the images. we got them from the f.b.i. just minutes ago. now these are the kind of weapons that were used by the gunman james hodgkinson. one is a .9-millimeter handgun and the other is 7.62-caliber rifle. they were purchased legally with a federal permit. they have forensic evidence to connect the weapons with the gunman. back live we just finished a briefing about an hour ago with the hospital officials. they do say that the congressman stap us the has improved. he is still in critical condition. but in better shape. improving but in critical condition. he is under sedation and he is able to understand when people speak to him. he arrived at the hospital in critical condition with imminent risk of death is how the doctors described it. go to the scene in alexandria, back on wednesday. a very difficult day at simpson park in del ray.

congressman scalise hit by a single high rifle round. high caliber rifle round. doctors call it a transpelvic wound. the bullet entered his left hip. and went out the owe side. damaging internal organs. bones and blood vessels. the biggest concern was the loss of blood. you will remember how the congressman lying on the field for several minutes because everyone was pinned down by gunfire. the bullets and the hundreds of fragments they tell us are still inside mr. scalise. doctors say he is critical but his risk of death is now substantially lower. >> the congressman's status remains critical. we are encouraged by improvement in his condition over the last 36 hours. we have controlled the internal bleeding. and his vital signs have stabilize. he will require additional operations to manage abdominal injuries and other bone injuries. >> it's terrible when, you know, your neighborhood is the crime scene and that becomes

normal. coming from every day the tape is up and all that. we understand they need to do a thorough investigation. we appreciate their service at all times. richard: that gentleman is one of many who heard the gunshots that day. now the f.b.i. said it plans to release simpson field back in the hands of alexandria officials by some time on monday. the congressman we are told will be in the hospital for at least several more weeks. so they will be keeping a close eye on him. by the way, the family sent out notes of congratulations and thanks to the two officers who stopped that gunman on wednesday. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. nancy: thank you. congressman continues to get the high profile visitors in the recovery. paul ryan spending time at his bedside. president trump and vice president mike pence made visits. we want to thank those who

stopped by to sign our banner outside last night the congressional baseball game at nats park. we want to take a minute to say thank you for everyone who signed that. we will soon deliver the banner to capitol hill. larry: president trump confirms he is the subject of a federal investigation. today mr. trump sweeted, "i'm being investigated for firing the f.b.i. director by the man who told me to fire the f.b.i. director. witch hunt." apparent reference to rod rosenstein who wrote a memo raising concerns about james comey. after he fired comey they hired robert mueller as a special prosecutor to investigate the russian election meddling. the white house would not confirm mr. trump was under investigation but said the tweets speak for themselves. nancy: still no verdict in bill cosby's assault trial. now the defense team is asking the judge to declare a mistrial. the judge says there is no time limit for jurors to work if they want tory

the deadlock. the jury asked to review his 2006 testimony about giving quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with. larry: new information on the tragic story in montgomery county. two teenagers gunned down hours before they were supposed to graduate from high school. one of the victims may have known his killer. maryland bureau chief brad bell led our conch on this. brad, you are live at the montgomery county police headquarters. what are they saying now? brad: they need help. they are releasing new information that shows us the crime was more brutal than we knew. two weeks after the brutal murders of two germantown teens there is a new and emotional appeal for information from police and the father of one of the victims. >> the reward is $20,000

for anyone who knows who killed our beautiful young boys. brad: najjar's son died in a hail of gunfire with his friend artem ziberov at 10:42 p.m. on june 5 as they sat in a car in a montgomery village community far from their own homes. police now revealing at least 30 shots for fired from at least two guns. with the victim hits ten and four times. for the first time, police are confirming this was a targeted attack. >> we can't imagine what someone did to deserve this fate. brad: that remains the unanswered question. one of the teens apparently owed somebody money. there had been a previous attempt to collect. publicly the police will say only it is part of the investigation.

>> i love my son. my son is smart and intelligence i would never think he would do something stupid to ruin his future. >> we reported that when they found the victims he was clutching a $20 bill. the theory was he was meeting to buy something or pay someone but none of that can be explained at this point. until they have someone in handcuffs they won't know for sure. this is the sort of thing they are investigating, looking for an explanation, looking for the link and looking for the break in the case. montgomery county police headquarters brad bell abc7 news. nancy: work is underway to determine what caused this inferno in mount erie yesterday. the commercial building is now a complete loss.

site to make sure no one was inside. so far no injuries have been reported. larry: don't expect to make an evening snack run to the target in columbia heights. the d.c. department of health planned food sales after rodents were found. target says it is working on the problem to get a reinspection and resume food sales and hopes to have it done this weekend. nancy: a mayor change in the battle front that is the grocery store wars. amazon is buying whole foods for $13.7 billion. kevin lewis is outside the whole foods in arlington. this is stirring up a lot of reaction. kevin: a lot of humor, too. one person on twitter jokingly saying and asking if the whole foods meat section will now be referred to as amazon prime. but jokes aside, this purchase could revolutionize the grocery industry. >> there must be some sort of a demographic he is trying to reach. or trying to take over the world. i don't know. kevin: jeff

empire will soon include whole foods. >> i'm hopeful. i think amazon and hole -- whole foods will be a good combination. kevin: the deal worth $13.7 billion is expected to close by christmas. whole foods promising to keep its healthy organic brand. austin, texas, headquarters, and no layoffs or store closures. >> someone posted on linkedin today on my feed. i thought c'mon. >> you thought what? >> strategic. it makes sense. it could automate the entire shopping process that could be interesting in a couple of years. kevin: by mid-afternoon news of purchase sent whole foods stock soaring 30%. while other major grocers including wal-mart, target, costco and kroger watched their stock plummet by up to 12 points. customers at all 22 d.c. area whole foods stores optimistic. >> i'm trying to wrap my head around it and what it means. listen, as long as whole foods keeps up their mission

statements and the pricing, which i think is decent i'll be fine with it. kevin: of course amazon fresh already offering at home grocery delivers. a rapidly growing industry. so far, jeff bezos who also owns the "washington post," keeping quiet about his plans. live in arlington, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. nancy: thank you. coming up at 5:00, a woman's crusade to go bare chested on maryland beaches. the latest shot fired in the legal battle you need to know about before your vacation. larry: plus, tropical vacation plans in limbo. president trump's major change for the u.s. policy in cuba and what it means for those wishing to visit the island nation. nancy: the president's unexpected run-in with a wasp. how he reacted after accidently chomping down on this. it's all caught on video. oh, my.

q: if you are looking for something to do this weekend, why not consider awesome con? at the washington convention center. your live report is coming up. hi. i'm the one clocking in... when you're clocking out. sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. there. i can even warm these to help you fall asleep faster. does your bed do that? oh. i don't actually talk. though i'm smart enough to. i'm the new sleep number 360 smart bed. let's meet at a sleep number store.

nancy: special day at the library of congress as people got a chance to talk to the original wonder woman herself. lynda carter. the 65-year-old access played wonder woman in the 1970's tv series and was at the library of congress to promote the library of awesome exhibit that includes famous comics and graphic novels and the role in culture. larry: all of that coincide with an event drawing superheros around the globe with their fans. we sent our ensuperhero q mccray -- i think he is still super -- to get a firsthand look at awesome con. oh, you have changed. or it was somebody pretending to be you. q: somebody else? what are you talking about, larry? i'm not sure who you are referring to. we are live at awesome con at the walter washington convention center. listen, if you are a fan of science fiction, maybe japanese anime or even "star

to be. awesome con is the premier midatlantic pop culture convention. you will find everything here from super man to pokémon. you will notice vendors selling everything from comic books to silks, posters of wolverine from marvel's x-men. speaking of marvel this year's headliner is stan lee, himself. the creator of such superheroes as spiderman, wolverine. professor x. the list goes on. he will be signing autographs this weekend. they even launched an awesome con junior this year. so there is something here for literally everyone. >> i personally like to see the different costumes and dressing up myself. you don't get a lot of opportunities to do that outside of this stuff. you get to see really great art, talk to great people. >> i saw kathryn tate. i got her autograph. she touched my phone.

q: kathryn kate from "the two." if you are from trekie or a follower of the dark side, this is where you want to be this weekend. awesome con. and on sunday, here at the d.c. convention center. reporting live, i'm q "darth" mccray. back to you. nancy: q, happy father's day. or should i say who's your daddy? larry: yeah. nancy: i like that. he looked really nice over there. really got into the role there. brian: larry, i am your father. larry: that is next hour. he will bring that in. can't wait. nancy: looking good out there. brian: you have to have fun. for sure. outside right now we are still watching this rain. it has been so heavy to the west/southwest. it's slowly trying to head our i what. we could get some later this evening.

that is part of the problem. the rain will stay over one area for a long time and bring heavy rain. take a look outside. talk about the trend for the next couple of days. it is going to feel summer like. today we got to 84. typically 85 is where we land. tomorrow, 88. i think sunday out of the next stretch of five days that is the warmest of all the days. 92. we will have humidity around as well. so i think by the time we get to sunday we could feel at times like 100-plus degrees for the back half of the weekend. so it will be hot for father's day. that is why dads get to chill. monday is 86. that is the next big shot for the widespread showers and the storms. then temperatures level off for tuesday and wednesday. the humidity will be scrushed back so it's going to be more comfortable for next week heading to the start of sum cher happens on wednesday. notice the green areas. these are the flood watches up since earlier this afternoon. a flood watch is a precursor. it happens before a warning. that means hey, be on the lookout.

see some flooding occur. not ongoing right now but could occur. areas in red is where it's actually flooded right now. that includes portions of green, madison county, southern rockingham county and deeper in the valley. that is where the heavy rains have been sitting for last several hours. we have been watching this carefully. below warrenton, but there is really heavy rain. cluster of the heavy showers lifting east/northeast. if it continues to track east/northeast, this could head in our vicinity and our direction as the high pressure moves off the coast, this could move eastward. but i don't know how quickly it will get here. this model by 7:30 and 8:00 some of the heavy showers are moving in here but it has the heavy rain now that is not out here now. we have to continue to watch this. we could see the period of rain off and on that should taper off by tomorrow morning. then in the afternoon tomorrow. should improve somewhat. so for the weekend, yes, we have a mention of the

however, it's limited. saturday, scattered late day storms. don't cancel plans. but you may have to duck inside briefly. 88 tomorrow, heat building. not a bad day to be on the pool. slather on sun screen. father's day is when the heat really starts to crank up. on sunday, temperatures could be in the low 90's. so starting to feel the heat on father's day. on father's day i think the storm chance diminished more so than on saturday. 40% chance saturday to 30-40% chance on sunday. it's not a washout weekend by any stretch of the imagination for sure. but the heat does build as the humidity. by the time we get to monday, 80% chance. that is the widespread chance. the reason why we have something coming through, a big cold front will swing through on monday. that will bring more widespread showers and storms that could linker to early tuesday. tuesday is drying out. less humid. highs on tuesday in the mid-80's. for wednesday,

kick off thunderstorm. could see a shower or two. fitting. after summer starts we will crank up the heat and humidity next week. the coolest may on record since last year and then we don't have a spring and then all of a sudden it's hot and humid summer. nancy: that is the way it goes though. we are hoping the weekend stays nice. brian: for the dads. nancy: happy father's day. brian: thank you. nancy: how about this. video from costa rica. the costa rican president talking to reporters when suddenly gasps, a wasp flying right into his mouth. we zoomed in and slowed it down so you can get a good, good look. it's buzzing around. suddenly into his mouth it goes. s for his part the president stops, says i ate it. i ate the wasp. he laughed with the reporters. you say him take a drink of water. it provides protein you could

everyone; no need to stop for lunch. just move on to the next appointedment. nancy: multitasking. brian: i heard it could sting going down, though. larry: that's what the water is for. still ahead at 5:00, pelted with avocados and a brutal attack. the victim breaks his silence. nancy: and they lay down the law for the push for women be allowed to go topless on local beaches. larry: and changes to the travel to cuba. nancy: the line-up tonight --

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president trump: i am canceling the last administration's completely one-sided deal with cuba. nancy: president trump in miami announcing major changes to u.s. policy with cuba there. the most noticeable change in all of this is who can go to cuba now. the president says americans can no longer go there for leisure. melissa dipane joins us to explain what else the developing story means. melissa: there has been a huge uptick to travel to cuba since regulations were loosened by the obama administration. american tourists filing for visa can do so for one of 1 the exemptions. but today, president trump is tightening the

>> coming to cuba is not only wonderful for americans to find out the other side. but it's a very interesting place. >> american travel to cuba is about to get harder. today president trump announced he is limiting nonacademic educational purposes to group travel. meaning individual travel will not be allowed. if you are in a group you can still go. the people to people educational visa has been keeping businesses very busy. they have had thousands of visas and travel plans booked for next year. they do not expect it to change for them because they work with a company that offers group travel saying traveling in a group is a tourist benefit. >> i'm sure mr. president, trump has a view for this. i call it good change for people. it will make it easier for them. >> trump announced he will hold the cuban

accountable for oppression and human rights abuses to further the national policy interest of the u.s. and the cuban people and help to empower the cuban people to develop greater economic and political liberty. the changes will not be immediate. the treasury has 90 -- days to drop the policy >> ed they are requiring women to cover up does not violate constitution. chelsea, an advocate for the topless movement opposes the attorney general's notion. nancy: just ahead at 5:00, a store clerk pelted with avocados until he was knocked out. now he is talking about whammed here and what seems to make the announcers so angry. larry: and in the aftermath of the devastating fire the death toll continues to grow. nancy: first, calls for change following the ballpark ambush in alexandria. the

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nancy: described as ten minutes of terror when a man opened fire on the baseball practice. by the time the gunfire stopped six people were hurt. two critically. many saying if not for two catch to police officers there who fire -- capital police officers who fired back it would have been a massacre. some on capitol hill are pushing to carry their own weapons. >> a growing number of republican lawmakers want to carry guns in the capitol to defend themselves after the shooting at the congressional baseball practice field that left majority whip steve scalise in critical condition. >> if it happened at home in georgia he would haven't gone as far because someone would have had a weapon in their car and do something about it. but here we can't. >> he was on the field when the shooter fired off more than 50 rounds and he wants congress to take up legislation to allow members who have concealed carry permits in the home state to use it in washington, d.c. which has some of the strictest gun laws in the

>> we were sitting ducks. we had nothing to fight back with but bats. >> congress is also looking at other security measures to protect lawmakers. >> it would have been a massacre if the capitol hill police weren't there. >> the capitol hill police were only present at the baseball field because congressman scalise is among house leadership and he is provided detail wherever he goes but not true for rank and file members who are pushing for their own police protection paid for by taxpayers and campaign money. >> i don't think it's realistic to expect taxpayers to pay for a security detail for 535 members of the house and senate. >> other members want to consider ramping up security at big events like town halls. tennessee congressman phil rowe says an armed officer goes out with him at some events, which only happened after congresswoman gabrielle giffords was shot in the head outside of a grocery store meeting with constituents in

2011. >> it's the presence of police will deter some people that might think otherwise but otherwise i don't. i just go around with my staff. all the congressmen do. >> they are looking to give capital police more advanced weapons. larry: virginia man will remain in jail pending his next court date in a brawl outside the turkish embassy. he was charged with felony assault in the brawl. a month ago today. a judge ordered him to be held until a status hearing next month. d.c. police filed assault charges against several people. but most of those individuals are turkish security agents who have since returned to turkey. nancy: meantime in london they are storming town hall to demand answers for the deadly high-rise fire. the angry group is wanting to know why more was not done to save lives. the death toll in the apartment fire stands at 30. meanwhile, queen elizabeth a

victims who are homeless. a criminal investigation is underway to figure out what caused the fire. but the police do not believe it was stared deliberatery. larry: checking the top stories, doctors at the med star medical center says steve scalise is still in critical condition. but they are optimistic. he is expected to undergoing more surgeries. crystal griner is still in the hospital as well but she is doing well. nancy: police in montgomery county believe one of the two teens murdered two weeks ago knew the killer. 17-year-old shadi najjar and 18-year-old artem ziberov were shot at least 14 times inside a car in montgomery village. sources say one of the teens owed someone some money. the investigation is ongoing. larry: amazon is entering the grocery store business. they announced a deal to buy whole foods for $13.7 billion. the deal is expected to close by christmas. whole foods no changes will be made to the healthy brand.

two men pelting an innocent store clerk with avocados and bananas. now the clerk is showing his face and revealing the serious injuries he sustained. he said it started that he told a man who he was trying to order food from was deaf in one ear and didn't speak english. >> i was trying to help him. and he thought i was being sarcastic. i was knocked out. out of conscious. one of the scariest moment in my life. larry: he suffered a broken orbitedal socket and suffers from blurred vision. they have arrested one of the men. nancy: coming up at 5:00, the police sending out a warning over a toy they say can get a child shot. the growing problem and what can be done about it ahead. larry: wounded warriors putting themselves to the test for the training regimen for warriors games in 7 salutes. >> firefighters lifted off their feet. the aftermath of a propane blast that rocked a neighborhood. larry: first, here is julie wright with what we are working on

"good morning washington." julie: hey, thanks, guys. monday on "good morning washington." one of the busiest morning metro stations shuts down for the final stretch of safetrack. we are live to help you navigate your commute and get you to work on time. plus "real housewives of potomac" is here live to dish out the dirt on the new season. >> stay with us for traffic and weather every ten minutes monday morning starting at 4:25 a.m. on "good morning washingt

brian: a lot going on on. tomorrow, innovations of flight at the udvar-hazy center. a b2 bomber will do a flyover. it will warm up in the afternoon. morning clouds. there could be a late day shower and storm. we'll keep an eye on that. sunday nationals at the mets in new york but it's called brunch on the baseline. you can go out to the field and have brunch on the f

watch the game from an outfield. it's cool stuff. whatever you have got going on. know that each and every afternoon you may have to duck inside for a storm. but the risk does go down on sunday. happy father's day to all the dads out the

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warriors training for the warrior games. we caught up with the team as the amazing athletes were practicing at walter reed. >> every day you got to take italyal by little. it can be a real struggle. we are all sailors but we have different injuries and illnesses. you don't know what everybody is going through. you don't have a choice but to say i'm going to put my pride aside or my anger aside or the anxiety or whatever you are going through and it will give you a focus point. a goal. >> with the camaraderie it lends itself to the outside. not just within the team. but outside of the team. where we can help each other out. it's long-term friendship from here on out. >> anything that is negative, it happened.

keep moving. stay positive. stay motivated each other and help each other out. nothing good comes out of being negative. it just sets you back. >> it's nice to be around others who truly understand. i feel like i don't have to explain anything. it's just a mutual understanding. >> when i first started to doing sports i would do an interview lick this in -- interview like this in a wheelchair. i'm actually standing now. brought me to a better place in life. >> we are ready to go and kick some derriere out there. jonathan: we wish team navy the best of luck. if you know somebody out there to feature here we would

to know about it. get in touch with me on twitter. they are on the way to chicago here. games begin june 30. we wish them luck. athletes will come from all over the country to compete. larry: it's awesome. jonathan: the bodies are damaged but the spirit untouched. great athletes. nancy: powerful, too. for them it's not a game. it's about a new attitude toward life. jonathan: no question. larry: thanks. coming up next, a patient double billed for a medical procedure. "7 on your side" gets to work but the resolution was something no one saw coming. >> takoma park police see increase in the young kids using fake guns like this one. tonight they have a warning for parents before someone

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off. >> i was going to fit in the cooler and then the a.c. blasting low. >> she opened up the car, got the puppies out, put them in a cooler and we went to work trying to find out who the car belonged to. nancy: it belonged to this woman who told police she was only gone for 15 minutes and she was charged with ill treatment of animals. larry: growing concerns over fake firearms. young kids playing with the toys in parks unaware of the dangerous consequences. police only a split second to reaction. tonight they are sounding the alarm. ryan hughes with a warning in takoma park. >> all of a sudden the middle schoolers have a b.b. gun and say "run." >> he and his friends had to dodge b.b. gun pellets after someone opened fire at takoma piney branch park. >> we didn't want to get shot we tried to run as fast as possible. >> this is one of several incidents the takoma park police responded to recently involving a fake firearm. over past two weeks the police say they recovered

guns in this park. they were found near the tree line not far from takoma park elementary school. >> this is a real gun. this is a fake gun. >> acting chieftyron comington says he is finding young kids at 12 to 14 years old playing with a toy pistol. at least two people had been hit by the pellets. >> they can travel a good distance. they have some type of velocity behind them. >> to make matters worse the kids remove the orange tip to make the gun look real but they don't know the real dangers and they could be faced with deadly force by police officer responding to weapons call. >> if you are pointing it at someone or at us, it could mean taking a bullet. >> 90 people were killed nationwide by police in 2015 and 2016. while holding a gun that looked real.

alarm. >> none of us want to shoot or injure anyone. >> in takoma park, ryan hughes, abc7 news. >> everything you see here that is not a blue uniform is cocaine. the coast guard took the picture after unloading 18 tons of the drug in san diego seized in 15 rate of suspected drug running boats. in central and south american waters. over the last fiscal year the coast guard has seized 400,000 pounds of cocaine there. larry: wow! a look at what is coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00", outrage across the pond. protests growing as the body count in the deadly high-rise fire in london continues to climb. who they say should be thrown in jail. plus, a wild fox attacks a man fresh off work. you don't want to miss his rapid response. that coming up at 6:00. nancy: now let's see what to expect on the roads and the rails this weekend. julie wright is on traffic watch. julie: hey, guys. we know a lot

head out of town. 'tis the season for the bay bridge. the best time to leave if you didn't head out this morning before 10:00 a.m. is tonight after 10:00 p.m. or early tomorrow morning saturday before 7:00 a.m. now around the capitol beltedway not too much going on as far as the road closures at this time. you will find this safetrack surge 16 kicking off tomorrow with a five-mile stretch of the redline shut down between shady grover and twinbrook. also closed is shady grove and rockville station with shuttle bus service made available. festivals kick off downtown climbia heights. day festival tomorrow from 11:00 to 6:00 p.m. there are closures on 11 and lamont street. we can't forget another favorite the columbia pikes blues festival. closure on 9th street and walter reed drive as well. that is our traffic watch. back to you. larry: all right. a big move will begin any minute. century in the making. the crews make preparations to pull a 90-foot tall sequoia out of the ground and move it a quarter mile down the

>> he will stay upright the entire time. you will see a tree on the middle of front street by friday mild night. larry: it was planted on a street corner a century ago. now the church at the corner needs to expand. so they are gifting the tree to the city to move it to a park two blocks away. but that short move two blocks away will take three weeks. nancy: wow! brian: let's talk about what looks nice outside. there are a few breaks from

temperatures are 84. the humidity is up out there as well. you can feel the mugginess. the big picture, the light sprinkles northern fauquier county to rappahannock and paige. paige had the heaviest earlier. the heaviest is south. fauquier county to charlottesville and green county. they have flash flood warnings for portions far south and west but locally inside the d.m.v. no big warnings now. we will watch to see the showers hold together. if they hold together we could heavier pockets of rain. we will see cloud cover laterred on the and fog developing in the morning. watch out for early fog on saturday before the clouds break. as far as the next couple of days, after 80's today. 70's tonight. upper 80's and it will feel warmer and muggier tomorrow afternoon. a couple of thunderstorms are possible as is the case on father's

it's 30 to 40% chance. don't cancel plans. be prepared to duck inside briefly if sowee a storm pop up overhead. look at the forecast. we talk about the next ten days coming up in a bit. look at sports. larry: thanks. erin has that. what do you got for us? erin: two major injuries nearly prevented this week's rising star. she plays at georgetown visitation and she is a lacrosse player. from playing the sport she loves. scott abraham takes us to the district for today's rising star. scott: most of the time you will see haze anderson with a lacrosse stick in hand. >> i used to question why i did it. after this and missing so much i never once asked myself why do i do this? i look forward to practice every day. scott: the soon to be junior had her favorite sport taken away. >> i tore a labram on the left and i overcompensated on the right. i realized i tore the other one, too, and i'd have to get double surgery in the fal

scott: she battled through six months of rehab this winter to make it back on the field. >> i learned a lot about resiliency and being able to come back. >> there is a comfort factor you learn. >> she never lost site of the dream to play college lacrosse. she still has two more years of club lacrosse. >> the raw talent she has paired with the great attitude and her leadership qualities, they make here a star player. scott: gaining experience from the process of getting knocked down and getting back up. >> this is a good turning point.

scott: the best is yet to come for haze anderson. i'm scott abraham with the rising star. erin: good for her. going through that and get back up. nancy: it will carry her not just in lacrosse but life in general. larry: okay. erin: wait. if you know someone that has overcome adversity to excel in the athletic arena shoot usen e-mail on the screen. larry: that is a compelling story when you are lost in thought. erin: yeah. you are still thinking about the story. oh, yeah, we have got to promote that. there you go. larry: patient paid for medical work and the insurance company also paid. nancy: case of double billing or confusion. see what happens when "7 on your side" got involved next at "abc7 news at 5:00".

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nancy: normally "7 on your side" helps you try to get your money back but in the next case when a dentist asked consumer investigator kimberly suiters to get involved with a billing issue, the story took a twist that we did not see coming. kimberly: the doctor may know more about medical bills than mouths. >> i was born with a cleft palate. >> she has had 15 corrective surgeries. the recent one was considered elective, cosmetic. she signed an agreement she wouldn't submit it to insurance she tried anyway and the hospital helped her with the claim. >> i wait a couple of weeks and i call. she said we paid georgetown. i said oh, i didn't hear anything. i

kimberly: to the doctor it looked like the hospital got paid twice. $4,000 from her and additional $13,000 from her insurance company. the doctor pored over the itemized bill. >> they charged for stuff i didn't have done. i didn't have medication given to me or blood transfusion done. >> but the hospital states emphatically there was no fraudulent billing. i gave the doctor a partial refund but declined to go over the codes with "7 on your side," explaining that self-paying patients get a discount. while insurance companies reimburse hospital at predetermined negotiated rate. >> that is part of why the health system is messed up. kimberly: patient advocate elizabeth russell fault her for breaking the billing contact but credits her for breaking open what she calls the bigger story. >> that is what consumers are waking up to, the outrageous, random and the arbitrary numbers that hospital use to charge insurance companies for

things. kimberly: but a twist we did not see coming. because of "7 on your side"'s inquiry the hospital followed back up with the insurance company. the insurance company decided it paid the doctor's claim in error so the hospital had to give all the money back to the insurance company. and the doctor had to give all the money back to the hospital. in the end, the hospital said we thank "7 on your side" for bringing this matter to our attention. surprisingly, the doctor thanked us too. >> you got results you were looking for? >> yes. she said it was always about the message not the money. kimberly suiters, abc7 news. nancy: one more note here if you wonder why the hospital helped the patient submit the claim to insurance everyone though she signed a contract that said she wouldn't, georgetown told us its billing department did it as a courtesy to the patient. michelle: now at 6:00, are we in store for father's day washout? we are tracking all you need to know as you prepare for weekend. jonathan: plus, president

to policies with cuba. while travel to the island got tougher. michelle: and talk about a tight squeeze. how one driver in china put a whole new meaning to the term "drive-through." announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. jonathan: we begin at 6:00 on storm watch. all clear for the time being but it could look different in a matter of a few hours. michelle: stormwatch7's meteorologist brian van de graaff in the weather center to track possibility of the heavy rains. >> we have been watching throughout the afternoon. they have had the flood watches and warning through portion of the southern shenandoah valley. some are added to maryland. temperatures are near 80. we were slightly below the average. it kept it calm throughout the day but we carefully are watching the showers. they are

area. builting in from fauquier county to spotsylvania and fredericksburg. we'll continue to watch progression. some of the models disagree how much gets here and when. we will watch the potential for heavy rain. the heavy rain could impact your evening plans. temperatures 60 to 70. a little fog in the morning and then it burns off. weekend is hot and humid saturday and sunday. but there is an afternoon storm threat in the next few days. michelle: see you soonch update tonight on the status of congressman steve scalise. he is in critical condition after wednesday's shooting. jonathan: the park is closed at this hour as the fbi continues