d.d.o.t. worker as well. ja in the last hour the man behind the wheel appeared before a judge. now we get new details about what happened that night. jonathan: stephen tschida just left court. what happened inside there? stephen: well, for the first time we are learning that the man charged with running down the police officers brandon figures mormon appeared normal just prior to this incident the he did not appear to be drugged up as raised as a possibility. we learned from the defense attorney that it sounds like mr. figures mormon is the son of a police officer so there is a idea he worked for the police in a voluntary position that he is sympathetic to the police officers.

we learned he started to talk about how all police must die and sent snapchat the day before the incident about killing police. the defense is raising possibility that he might have done drugs and this marijuana dab, it may have been laced with something. the victim in this situation, the officer underwent the surgery for bone piercing his heart and he remains hospitalized. he has rehabilitation before he will walk again. the other officer underwent ankle surgery and is recovering. the ddot employee, the third person struck suffered

concussion. has a severe brain trauma. that is latest. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: police are trying to figure out why a megabus driver hit several cars this morning on h street between 7th and h street. there were no passengers on the bus at the time. they are looking into if they had a medical emergency. nancy: amazing video where tropical storm cindy flooded the state. and people nearby created a human chain to get am with out safely. you can see them there. the question will ge net any remnants in our area? steve rudin has answers. steve: a few showers that came through earlier. heavier rain tonight and tomorrow morning that is part

tropical storm cindy. the temperatures out there now. middle 80's. the temperatures will fall moving through the overnight hours. stronger storm to ohio. this is part of a cold front. that is once cindy moved our way by morning. the few remaining showers out there now. the temperatures this evening falling in the 80's. the clouds increase by midnight. i'll give you timing for the showers and the thunderstorms in the morning and the rest of the weekend looking better. more coming up in a few minutes. jonathan: see you in a few. developing in london, hundreds of people in public housing are being evacuated because of safety concerns. the five buildings evacuated have combustible renovation materials similar to what was found on the high-rise that caught fire last week. remember this? horrib

renovations on the public housing building are expected to take up to three weeks. in the fire, 79 people were killed because it started in a refrigerator near the fourth or the fifth floors. nancy: this appears there is not enough support among the senate republicans to pass the g.o.p. healthcare bill. >> this is in front of the entire staff. >> i didn't run on obamacare like. i didn't run to replace it with more government programs. >> the bill would provide tax credit to buy coverage and requirement that everyone have insurance and roll back medicaid expansion. speaking this morning on fox news president trump said he is optimistic that the senate will pass the bill. also today signing legislation to reform department of veteran affairs. v.a. president under president obama resigned after it was revealed that dozens of

because of the long wait times around the country. it aims to give leadership power to file failing employees and protect whistle blowers. jonathan: what caused a man to kill someone in upscale apartment building and take his life in a half an hour. >> gunshot echoed through the hall around 10:00. residents poked out the head on the front door to find a man outside a hallway. since then, they have been on scene and the morning is around the corner from dematha catholic high school and less than a you are the quaer mile from the hyattsville police department. 30 minutes after the morning murder the female owner of this nearby house found a man shot de

police believe it was the killer who took his own life. the frantic neighbor called for help. >> the cop have an incident and running from the cop. >> the prince george's police leading an apparent murder-suicide investigation. the big question who are the men? how are they related and what was the motive? nancy: crash in the air show practice and see what happened to people inside. jonathan: father and the daughter that win the lottery together stay together. the winning story coming

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jonathan: investigators are trying to figure out how an a-16 crashed at the dayton airport. the crew was practicing for an air show and this is part of the thunderbird precision flying team. these are the best. landing the plane it went off the runway and flipped over. the first responders rescued both crew members. nancy: good update to pass along. congressman steve scalise is out of the i.c.u. jonathan: good news. one of five people shot last wednesday. repres

fair condition. but he faces a long rehabilitation. have a look at the picture. lobbyistist matt mika was also injured in the shooting and he got a hospital visit from jayson werth. good to see him smile. nancy: absolutely! update now to a story that shocked a lot of people in d.c. they dropped charge against a man accused of collecting the blood of the strangers in d.c. he was paying people to take their blood but they are leaving open the chance of filing different charges in the case. jonathan: a woman finds an intruder in her home and wave she did to make him run off. nancy: how to help animals from the flood zone down south. jonathan: video

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nancy: a woman came face to face with an intruder. he first walks her to the purse and demanded money and cell phone and then he forces her to the bedroom where she thought she would be rained and she acted fast to save herself. [screaming] >> i said you can take my stuff or anything you want but you can't take my body. i went for it. >> the woman scream and it sent the man running out of the house. he has not been caught. this is the second time that the man was in the apartment. got in while he was running and dropped open the window -- propped own the window. a sad story. a fan was told his son died bu

from a mental illness and he chooses to be homeless. the family would see him periodically but in may he received a call from the coroner's office to claim his son was dead. they said they identified him using fingerprints. the family saw the body before the funeral saying it was unrecognizable. 11 days after they buried him, had to pay thousands to do that. they found out he is still alive. >> blessing, but the experience -- no. >> doesn't go away. >> the people have to be held accountable. >> the family is suing saying that the corner was negligent. i.d. was made from an old d.m.v. photo. >> three teenagers were put in handcuffs for selling water on the national mall illegally. two 16-year-old and 17-year-old were involved in

them to ask if they had a vendor's permit required for selling on the mall. they were given a warning and released. delegate asking people to come explain. jonathan: the zoo addition has a name. julius, the giraffe. the giraffe has had problems but he is showing progress and gaining weight. there were changes in the blood and that was a concern but they have been working to treat the giraffe calf and hopefully he will be fine. nancy: images from the south and they came through to create the flood and tornadoes. they show us now that the dogs and the cats need

>> they have been coming in all day long. once inside they are making a beeline for those rescued after tropical storm cindy. >> curling up with me. >> nola and her husband are from alexandria looking to foster a puppy and adopting. >> knowing there was a need to have a home. something that struck a cord with the family. >> left with this guy but the others are still looking for love. >> we are at capacity with our own animals. we have another hundred here. we need someone to help out. >> last chance is lending a hand but needs help fostering and adopting the animals. >> it's flooding. there ar

the water. we teak as many as we could get. >> the storm has been downgraded after making landfall and the animals are not out of the woods yet. >> the shelter is picking up 200 animals on wednesday. >> they are getting another chance after surviving the storm. in waldorf, ryan hughes, abc7 news. nancy: adorable. jonathan: something tell me the weekend ends when you are new friends at home. nancy: five dogs will be joining my household. steve: i would love that. i don't want to be the crazy dog person with five dogs. jonathan: have your hand full with one. steve: exactly. we cooled the temperatures down but now the sun is back out, trying to peak -- peek out and warking us up. at the white house, it's so green, lush and beautiful. we are looking at more

tonight. at 2:00 or 3:00, they are watching the skies. 84 at potomac. falls church at 83. 87 culpepper. way west where it's yellow and we have the cooler air. heavier rain showers. winds are picking up. it's a little breezy out there. if your allergies are bothering you the mold is in the higher level. the forecast this evening if you are out and about, the temperatures are in the 80's. a few isolated showers possible. if you are heading north, western maryland, stronger thunderstorms for the evening hours. it's where they have severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00. no watches, no warning, no advisories for the d.c. metro moving throughhi

the main part north and west of us. a severe thunderstorm warning. that will stay north and west for us. to us around the beltway and outside of it. college park and oxon hill looking nice this evening. the temperatures for the overnight are 68 to 75 degrees. heavy rain is possible after 1:00 to 2:00. it will feel warm and soupy before the rain coming in before the sunrise. the future cast, moving overnight, in the early tomorrow morning. moving across the district and montgomery county. it is out of hear by mid-morning and then brighter skies on the way for the afternoon. 90 tomorrow.

temperatures will go in the lower 80's for the delmarva beaches. the temperatures are cooling down and the lower 80 oz mon monday. upper 70's on tuesday. heat and the humidity is back for the end of next week. nancy: father and daughter are $200,000 richer thanks to the dad's good luck. casimer carros plays his daughter and granddaughter's birthday and buys a ticket with the same number for himself and then one for his daughter. it was a winner! nace from dear old dad. jonathan: before the ticket was bought she said, "i have the best dad." now it's with emphasis.

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last season oshie tied for 33 goals with alex ovechkin. home sweet home the seven-day road trip is finished and the nationals return home to open a new series against cincinnati. stephen strasburg is on the mound in the series opener. the nats need to play better at home. the last home stand they were swept by texas. lost two of three to the braves. with 14 of the next 17 games at nats park. the club has an opportunity to pile up wins before the all-star break. >> tim

ground. three on the road and one time change. that is huge. >> the nba draft is finished and sometimes we forget the players selected are teenagers. case and point markelle fultz who went number one last night to the sixers. he had one question for the new team after learning he was going to philly. do they have a chick-fil-a? true story. he loves a crispy chicken sandwich. we will have redskins live tight end vernon davis tonight. check that out on newschannel8 apt 9:00. jonathan: nice to see a button down individual with the priorities in line. nancy: waffle fries. they have the best fries. >> absolutely. jonathan: that will do it for us. thank you for watching. see you at 11:00.

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tonight, as we come on the air, severe storms hitting from dallas to pittsburgh. the east coast. d.c., philly, new york are next. the human chain, the woman trapped in her sinking car. an f-16 flipping in the blinding rain. ginger zee is standing by. also tonight, the emergency landing. passengers reporting smoke in midair. the race to get passengers off. the police shooting, a traffic stop for a missing license plate. the driver does not survive. after the first trial ends in a mistrial, tonight, what's just happened in the second trial. is it a warning shot from the president? what he said about the special council, robert mueller. and your money tonight. the major car deals with the fourth of july coming. tonight what we didn't know. which fees you can bargain down at the dealership, even eliminate. and something else you