>> straight ahead at 6:30, rumbling through the capital. rolling thunder reaches a milestone. the military members who never came home. of a rose.le gesture to give it to someone you do not even know, that sacrifices their lives to defend our country. anchor: plus, flowers for the fallen, the growing project that drew hundreds of volunteers to arlington national cemetery. >> it is supposed to be the unofficial start of summer, but you would not know it by the weather. josh is tracking another round of rain tonight. now, abc seven news at 6:30, on your side. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] kimberly: good evening, i am kimberly suiters.

area earlier this afternoon. it did not chase off supporters ridethe rolling thunder for freedom. the focus turns to tonight's national memorial day concert. iseorologist josh knight tracking this next round of rain. josh: that is right. for most of us, we are getting a break right now, but more showers moving through the area, so whether it is to the capital for the concert, or just going out to dinner, i would keep the rain gear handy. right now, it is try for us at the national harbour. you can see people on the pure taking advantage of this break, but let me show you what is going on. we have a warm front that has to push to the area. that will bring us showers. every saturday and sunday, we have been talking about the same thing. this easterly flow brings on the moisture and clogs up the system for us. rain.e a good chance of here is predominantly our break right now. you see all of ts

us rain over the next few hours. driver d.c. at this point. in d.c. atund -- dry this point. 9:00, though showers start to move in. tomorrow, looking much better. a slim chance for a shower. day.ly feeling like a pool i will outline your chance of rain, coming up in a few minutes. kimberly: the rolling thunder ride for freedom. that familiar rumbling noise celebrating 30 years this year. raises thunder awareness. anna-lysa gayle joins us on the national mall where the lincoln memorial. i heard there were riders from canada even. anna-lysa: that is for sure.

from tampa, florida. excitement in the air despite all of that rain that we saw earlier. many tiny that they are happy to be here in the nation's capital for the annual event. just a few hours ago, we saw people arriving early for the national memorial day concert. three hours in advance. this so that they can have a spot. this morning, they gather that the pentagon parking lot. poolwent to the reflecting for performances by billy ray cyrus and rocky. years, rolling thunder has brought attention to military servicemembers, prisoners of war, and missing in action. the annual event continues tonight with the national memorial day concert, which will be hosted by joe manchin. other guests included general colin powell, scotty

, and the national symphony orchestra. in the marine corps from 1965 to 1971. a long time ago. we came home from the war years and years and years ago. they did not like this. everything has changed. anna-lysa: that was ralph all the world from tampa, florida, who we just heard from. he is excited to hear from: colin powell. live outside the capital, anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. [opera singing] tonight is the 28th annual national memorial day concert. that concert on the west lawn of the u.s. capitol at 8:00. last night's had much better weather, and it grew big crowd

away as australia. as josh mentioned, some rain to fall during the show tonight. you might want to sign up for weather text alerts at wjla.com. arlington national cemetery draws crowds on memorial day weekend as well as the. and pay tribute to the lives lost. last week, the cemetery placed flags at the gravestones. today, hundreds of volunteers from around the country added something special to it. brian hughes shows us how they express their patriotism. one by one, the names of the fallen were read aloud, and a single stem rose was placed in front of their graves come a psalm of nt mark >> memorial day weekend that arlington national cemetery. two, and celebrate memorial day this weekend at arlington national cemetery. >>

with a fresh flower. the simple gesture of a rose to those who sacrificed their lives to save our country. >> they are decorating the grounds. brian: the flowers are shipped in from columbia, california, and is by volunteers. >> a tremendous respect and honor for people who served selflessly for people like us that they did not even know. >> it can get emotional. thankful for what they have done, their families, sacrificing for us and our nation. they not only protect us, they protect the world. brian: this sign of appreciation started in 2011 and has grown. 160,000 roses are being placed in front of the great this year. next year, they hope to cover the entire cemetery. in arlington, ryan hughes, abc 7 news. kimberly:

come monday, the spotlight shines on the national memorial day parade. arts tomorrow afternoon at 2:00. crowds will line the route. you can catch that parade on our sister station, news channel 8. jonathan elias is one of the cohosts. county policeng, are looking for the man who beat up a man, eventually killing him this morning. investigators say this attack happened in the parking lot of the days inn on 13th street. the man made it back to his room, where he called police. he later died at the hospital. if you know anything about happened, call police. deputy was among eight people killed in a shooting spree in southern mississippi. police finally took that suspect, corey, into custody. investigators say he shot his victims at three separate locations. people were killed at that first scene, including a deputy from the lincoln county

there was a second call that came in, a second scene. two people were discovered at that scene. a third crime scene. two more people were found at that location. kimberly: the suspect told investigators the shooting started over a disagreement about custody of his children. doctors did treat him for a gunshot wound. the developments at the white house. mark catholic, the attorney president trump hired to defend him, was in the building for meetings. afterward, he was seen getting into an suv with ivanka. the president sent out seven tweets. he used the term "fake news at the reports his son-in-law tied to to set up secret locations with the russian government late last year. the white house is pushing back against allegations of homophobia. this after the spouse of luxenberg's gave prime

was not included in a photo captioned on the white house facebook page. the post was later updated following intense criticism on social media. a white house spokesperson says the omission was simply an oversight. [singing] kimberly: don't they sound wonderful? a message of defiance in manchester, where thousands of people took part in the great manchester run less than one week after a terrorist bombing killed 21 people. runners saying oasis's "don't look back in anger." the rock band formed in manchester in the early 1990's. coming up on abc seven news at 6:30, british airways plays catch-up after a technical bug caused chaos at two london airports. still ahead, a

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british airways is telling fires to avoid going to london heathrow or gatwick airports a mess they already have a confirmed flight. the ceo has apologized. rain, please go away, and do not come back until how about next fall? josh tracked the rain that could hit during the big national memorial day concert tonight, and looks introducing the italian collection from subway. head in now to grab the five dollar footlong spicy italian. loaded with salami and pepperoni.

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dramatic new video. take a look at this. we will me show it to you one time. a young boy slipping out of the emerald plunge waterslide in northern california. fortunately, he only suffered some scrapes and was treated at the park's first aid station. the accident as you can imagine put a damper on the water park half grand opening. the slide is being examined by the manufacturer. the park is looking into possibly adding a weight limit to the slide's 48 inch height. i have been in a lot of those slides. pretty scary ones. you seem like you're going to fall out. what a nightmare. josh: but you know you're not going to because they tested it. maybe opening day, a little scarier. [laughter] kimberly: when is this rain going to go away? josh: finally, tomorrow afternoon is when it feels a lot better. in. are going to move back 68 degrees for us currently. that is a pretty popular number across the area. really tough to warm up with. overcast skies

and off rain all day. that, the big reasons for all of that breeze blowing off of the ocean. that brings all of our extra moisture. we are stuck with it all day long. 68 degrees from annapolis to the sea 68 degrees should -- from annapolis to d.c. i don't think that it's reaching the ground. what is starting to come together is from western maryland and dropping down through the i-81 corridor. this is the batch that will try to move over toward the district. we could run into problems through the back end of the concert this evening. a lot of that rain has a tough time making it all the way here, but just enough showery activity that it is worth keeping the umbrella around. we have a warm front to get through tonight and tomorrow, and tomorrow's shower chances are thanks to the cold front. it is firing off a lot of rain. it is not going to look quite like that when it moves through for us.

walk, a bit of mud to deal with. here is what future scheduled for this showers. starting to come around, but you'll notice a lot of it really breaking down on its way to d.c. showers, not looking for flooding concerns or anything like that around the district. this rain should say light. tomorrow morning, good amount of cloud cover. around lunchtime, these showers fire up for us. already getting some back toward winchester and woodstock. then we bring the cold front through and right around 2:00, those showers should break down around d.c. in time for the parade tomorrow. late they shun shine makes a big makes late they sunshine a big difference. here is the downside. tuesday, we are back in two another cloudy pattern and bringing back in a decent chance for showers. tonight, the rain sticks around for us. temperatures stay close to where they

middle part of the day, -- cloud ier skies. middle part of the day -- tomorrow innded, general, our most summery day of the holiday weekend. tuesday, cooler thanks to the cloud cover and our chance for rain. wednesday and thursday looking like pretty nice days. unfortunately, it looks like we are tracking another stormy system heading into next weekend to bring us temperatures back into the 70's with another decent chance for rain. snow. tomorrow, make those plans. really heating backup. kimberly: have you seen this video of the indy crash? >> it is scary. kimberly: i can't believe they survived. robert: what happens there. a scary moment at the indy 500. we will take a look at that, next. next, in sports.

rrator: "the time is to do what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. and he won't let donald trump stop us.

>> and now, the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota did dealer. -- toyota dealer. little rain. only a 20 minute delay. not too bad. padres on the board first. ryan turned on one. that is gone. it is a two run shot. 2-0 padres. san diego.nd, 3-1 ryan goodwin saxis single up the middle. sacks a single up the middle. joe ross did not have it today. lines one out to right center. two more runners score. 5-2 padres. the final, 5-3. women's lacrosse coach our coach of the week.

half. game tied at 2-2. caroline upfront, gets the goal. she had a hat trick in the first half. we are tied at the break. second half, the terse start pulling away. a few finishes. she doubled up on the hat trick. 6-13, and take 1 the national title for the 13th time in program history. >> i think we came out really strong at the start of the second half and created a little room for us. what an amazing group. i'm so blessed and fortunate to work with these guys. we have a lot to take in, but i am so proud of these guys. it has been a really fun year. robert: some wild video today. the new 500 was on abc seven. it certainly had its scary moments like on lap 53, after hitting the wall. j howard comes across and scott

he straddles the inside wall. here is another look. he hits the safety wall. just so much debris everywhere. dangerous stuff. this race was red flagged for 20 minutes. both dixon and howard climbed from their cars, thankfully. a reckless. final lap. he is able to hold him off and take the checkered flag. it is his first in 500 victory. he enjoys the milk afterwards. congrats to that guy. senior pga final. hole. he witnessed the eagle, but irdies the hall. bernard linger on nine. in the whole. -- in the

under. birdie putt. 18 under. ninth major championship, passing technical is for the most all time. tonight after the news, it is a be seven sports sunday. chris russell will talk redskins with us. goodll talk all that

me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia.

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