>> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. >> breaking news at noon, reports of a possible active shooter at an army arsenal in huntsville, alabama. we're learning now they are on lockdown. you see police set up there. that's all we know at this time but we are watching the story closely and we'll update you if we get any more

also this noon, the senate health care bill is on life support and we may know its fate before the july 4 recess. lana zach is following the latest from capitol hill. lana: at this hour president prumple is meeting with one of the vocal critics, republican rand paul, the white house trying so hard to right what they see is a ship that may be sinking. >> i won't vote to proceed unless the bill changes. lana: today the senate republican health care bill seems to be on life support. >> how you put this together and get to 50 will be tough and the c.b.o. score doesn't help any. lana: with the democrats in opposition, they only can afford to lose two votes but six republicans are on record saying they can't support this bill. some republicans are taking their opposition one step further, threatening to present it from being debated on the senate floor and susanne collins defeating i want to work with my g.o.p. and dem colleagues to fix the flaws.

i will vote know on m.t.p., short for motion to proceed. it's a necessary step before the bill could even be considered. democrats taking to the capitol steps in protest. >> i tell you right now, this crazy, evil bill, it's not about going together, it's about leaving people behind. lana: the nonpartisan c.b.o. score reports two million americans will become uninsured under this plan and 15 million more uninsured next year alone. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell plans to push through vote this week. >> unless we act more americans will feel trapped to buy insurance but left without the means to actually do so. lana: even though things look bad for the republican bill at the moment, house leader paul ryan cautions no one should bet against mcconnell, in his words, and vice president pence is

offensive, inviting wavering g.o.p. senators to dinner tonight. reporting live, lana zach, back to you. adrianna: developing now, the white house says the syrian government may be preparing for a chemical weapons attack. the government says there are activities similar to those that happened before april's chemical attack on a rebel held town. three days after that attack, the u.s. military launched a missile strike on a syrian air base. the white house says that the syrian regime uses chemical weapons again, it will, quote, pay a heavy price. and in just 48 hours, the state department will begin implementing part of president donald trump's travel ban. in a 6-3 decision monday the supreme court allowed part of the ban to go in effect. the ban restricts travel from six muslim majority countries and the president is calling that partial win a victory and democrats say it unfairly targets muslims. also on the hill today the

infrastructure committee will vote on a bill giving new protections to bumped passengers. in short, it will ban involuntary bumping if a passenger is already on an airplane and won't put a cap on how much money a passenger can get if bumped before boarding. if it passes it would go for a full vote in the house and senate. and now an update, one person is dead after an early morning crash in suitland. police say just before 2:00 this morning a car drove off silver hill road, crashing into a utility pole. the scene is clear now, all roads are open and petco crews were there most of the morning working on repairs there. also another update to yesterday's crash on the beltway that stopped traffic for more than four hours. we're now getting a clearer picture of what exactly happened. police are saying a woman pulled her car over, she was then rear-ended by a pickup truck. she got out of that car, walked into traffic, and was hit and

she has not been identified just yet. happening right now in the district, the department of motor vehicle is making history for the first time d.c. residents can now choose to have an x on their driver's license rather than an m or f. d.c. is the first in the nation to take this step in transgender rights. sam sweeney has this story. sam: this is a big day for the transgender community. people began lining up outside of this d.m.v. on benefiting road well before the doors even opened and wanted to be the first in line to get the gender neutral x on their 50eud -- their identification or driver's license. for 14 years nick waited for this day. nick: i got here at 4:45 in the morning and i really wanted to get here to be the first person in the u.s. to apply for non binary gender neutral driver's license. >> by 7:00 a.m. he was joined by others who don't identify as man or

recognized for who they truly are. >> it's important to have an i.d. that validates my existence where i know the government recognizes that i'm a person and that i want to have an i.d. that isn't false. >> in february transgender rights group and health care workers began working with the d.m.v. and mayor's office to make this day a reality. >> i'm really excited to be in line here this morning to apply for a gender neutral i.d. >> by 8:15, nick was out the door with the first-ever license with an x on it. nick: i'm excited and really just glad to have an i.d. that actually matches showing my i.d. doesn't mean telling a lie every time. >> while d.c. is first in the nation to allow this, oregon plans to start issuing gender-neutral i.d.'s in july and california, new york are both looking at their own legislation. in southeast washington, i'm sam sweeney, abc 7 news. adrianna: a near perfect day but it's about to get hot, real hot. chief meteorologist doug hill is here trackin

hey, doug. doug: hey, adrianna. it's very comfortable today and will be tomorrow and thursday and friday and into next week will be very hot and humid weather. very hot out there looking at chesapeake bay at the beach, temperatures in the mid 70's, around the rest of the year 79 at noon in warrenton and 78 in culpepper and 73 in hagerstown and 77 at the air station and 75 degrees in annapolis. plenty of sunshine and a few periods of cloudiness and the atmosphere coming through may trigger an isolated shower especially east and south of the city this afternoon but otherwise a comfortable day and turning cooler tonight. see if we can pick up anything on radar and satellite. most of the activity in pennsylvania moving northeast. we'll monitor these areas here in the appalachians and maybe a couple showers could develop in that region later this afternoon. temperatures tomorrow morning are going to be cool, comfortably cool, 52 in germantown and manassas and 52 in fairfax and

and 60 in the city. tomorrow we're back to full sunshine and low humidity and highs 83 but the 90's come back with a vengeance thursday and friday and the next 10 days through the fourth of july we'll talk about in eight minutes. adrianna: july 4 is a week away and the best way to enjoy it is safely. that's why a fireworks demonstration was held on the national mall to get you ready. susanne kennedy is there and has this story. susanne: we're one week away from the fourth of july and that means a lot of people will have their own personal fireworks display. this morning the consumer products safety commission issued an annual warning about the dangers of improperly using these explosive devices. according to the cpsc, more than 11,000 people were injured or treated in u.s. emergency rooms and four died as a result of direct impact from fireworks. children younger than 5

second highest rate of injury behind adults 20-24. advice from the experts, never allow children to play with or ignite fireworks. do not buy fireworks packaged in brown paper as that usually indicates they were made for professional displays and not for consumers. light fireworks one at a time and have a bucket of water available in case of an emergency. >> sparklers burn 2,000 degrees and is as hot as a blow torch. i don't think people realize that. and make sure if something doesn't light you don't bend over and check it out because it might go off right in your face and could be a really severe njury. susanne: many fireworks injuries are because of a malfunction and most were by professional or illegal fireworks being used by untrained consumers. on the national mall, susanne kennedy, abc 7 news. ad

news at noon -- a terrifying crash, what a teenager was doing when this truck ran into a brick wall. also next, two tourist attacked in the french quarter. the arrests in the case and a plea from police. and will he or won't? alec baldwin makes a decision whether he'll revise his role -- role on snl of president donald trump. >> good afternoon. it will be tough around the beltway and start off with a live view of construction on georgia avenue southbound heading past randolph road. you see the left through lane is blocked for the roadwork, a bit of a hassle here through the complicated intersection so be aware of that extra volume through wheaton for all directions at this time. on to the beltway near

the right shoulder and that's adding to a lot of volume on the beltway's outer loop offalen town road past route 4 and richard marlboro road. the inner loop was dealing with a police escort on central avenue and that since has cleared out. 95 in virginia southbound is slowing down as we head down past 123 where the lanes narrow down. that's all from the traffic

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footage of a bus crash in detroit that happened in may. police say the teenager was speeding and crashed into the bus. that set off a chain reaction with the bus careening into a brick wall. five people including the driver were in that bus. they were all hurt but they did survive. >> go ahead, honey. o ahead. adrianna: the heart stopping fall in new york, the teenager dropping more than 25 feet into a waiting crowd below. well, this is what police are saying now. it was her own actions, not mechanical issues, that caused her to slip under a restraining bar. the girl whose name has not been released was not seriously hurt. and now to new orleans where police say they've arrested one of the men wanted for a vicious attack in the french quarter. police said the victims who were visiting from boston were walking back to their hotel saturday night when they were

police are promising to hunt down the three others in the video. the victims are expected to be ok and one of them is still in the hospital this morning. right now crews in california are dealing with two new powerful and fast-growing wildfires. a traffic accident sparked one of them 80 miles east of los angeles. the other has forced nearly 200 people from their homes near san lewiso business bow. -- san luis obispo. 1,500 people have been evacuated from brian head resort as the nation's biggest wildfire has grown to 72 square miles. from mistrial to new trial, the stage for bill cosby's next trial shifts to california. there will be a hearing in santa monica to set a trial date in lawsuits accusing him of sexually assaulting a teenager more than 40 years ago. judy husk claims cosby took advantage of her at the

15 years old and comes two weeks after a pennsylvania jury deadlocked he drugged and molested a woman at his home. two local high school students featured in a viral twitter post life ting a potentially opportunity. they were selling water and photos of them in handcuffs went on twitter. raymond bell saw the post and is training the teenagers for summer jobs. >> i'm an entrepreneurial myself and am excited for seeing young people having an interest in themselves. >> i want to thank the guy who took the picture. without him none of these opportunities would have been possible. adrianna: the two 17-year-olds are being trained for information technology certifications. bell hopes to eventually hire them as iphone screen replacement technicians. i like how that story ends. almost anything can happen

live tv, trust me. take a look at this forecaster in ireland. >> plenty of scattered showers and we'll have full details on that, all the traffic to help you avoid the hot spots and your hotos with a bit of -- oh! adrianna: the meteorologist in ireland swept away during a weather report last week. his anchors simply can't hold it together and he pulled through, though. he tried to fix that umbrella. you know, doug, we worked in live tv for quite a while and seen it all. i'm not surprised by that. and those umbrellas, that's what happens, the wind comes underneath and boom, it's gone on live tv. doug: doing a live shot once, an active live shot where you're walking and right down. it was actually a bunch of years ago.

adrianna: did they laugh at you? doug: they did. no harm no foul. get up and go again. here's what we have, beautiful weather and some might think it's beautiful but if you like temperatures in the 90's and heat index values around 100 and that's beautiful, you'll be happy with this. a major change coming. what a great looking sky there in rockville at the campus in montgomery campus. looking live there at 73 degrees. the current temperature. other temperatures around the region, 76 degrees, washington-dulles, 78 in manassas and frederickburg, 77 in baltimore and 79 now at reagan international airport. we have clouds and we'll talk about the possibility of a few showers this afternoon but they'll be kind of widely scattered at the ballpark tonight, no threat of rain in the forecast, partly cloudy and comfortable weather. first pitch for the cubbies in game 2. 78 first pitch at 7:05. here's satellite and radar, most the showers clearly visible with the bands coming across the lower lakes, pennsylvania and new york, headed away from our

afternoon in the next three hours or so a couple showers could pop up and over the mountains or blue ridge and head east towards the metro area and see if that actually happens. satellite showing there are some healthy cumulous clouds building up and what this model says around 2:30 or three a band of rain will move through the area and that will be that. whether it happens or not, 40% chance, 30% chance maybe, we'll see. i do know areawide will clear out tonight as we get a swing in the wind direction and bring reinforced dry air and cooler air in the region overnight. so much so the temperatures will take a bit of a fall tonight into the 50's in most areas. tomorrow, beautiful, sunshine, 83, low humidity. heat and humidity return, friday 94 degrees and lots of humidity through the weekend. check out these numbers along with chances of thunderstorms saturday afternoon and again sunday. 93 and 90 and early next week the numbers get even higher here as we go into the mid 0's for a couple days and by the fourth right

forecast is for partly cloudy weather and feeling close to 100 degrees with an isolated late day stormy maybe and a touch cooler wednesday and thursday. it's sizzling summer heat and humidity. adrianna: on the fourth i'll be standing over a grill. and so many people in body heat. doug: we'll stay in touch, the forecast could change between now and then a bit but plan on plenty of heat. adrianna: next at noon the amazon prime day is set and what millenials do too much of. those stories next.

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slapped with a $4.2 billion euros, $2.7 billion. the european commission said they used their search results to unfairly steer customers to their own shopping platform. the company has 90 days to stop or face daily fines. google said in a statement this morning we respectfully disagree with the e.u.'s fine. everyone has to eat, of course, but a new study by bankrate.com said millenials may be eating out too often. a study found people in the age group eating out on average of five times a week, they say coffee is also a money drain. bankrate data shows nearly 30% of millenials say they bykovee three times a week, 51% go to the bar at least once every seven days. it is a big birthday for an invention that many of us depend on for some quick cash. the a.t.m. is turning 50. barclays bank unveiled the first automated teller machine in london on june

back then they used an imprinted slip of paper instead of a debit card. today there are three million a.t.m.'s around the world. and a big day of deals is coming up for amazon prime customers. the company's third annual amazon prime day is set july 11. some say this yearly sale is big enough to rival black friday. deals cover technology, clothing, baby items and a lot more. during last year's amazon prime day the company rolled out discounts as often as every five minutes. a last look at your forecast is coming up next. stay with us. we'll be back in 2 1/2 minutes. z2e2dz z1a2z

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adrianna: alec baldwin wants to make tv great again and will reprize his role of president trump. he has hosted an snl a record 17 times and he said he knows the trump impersonation is one of his most memorable sketches and it is pretty funny. doug: absolutely. weather is hot. not yet but we're going to get there. today gorgeous with just a chance of a sprinkle. 83 and sunshine tomorrow but heat and humidity build in tomorrow night, thursday, friday through the weekend and a good chunk of next week, summer returns. adrianna: summer's here. thanks, doug. thanks for joining us this midday, watch abc 7 news at 4:00.

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