>> now abc 7 news at noon, on your side. sandoip we begin this noon on storm watch. the fireworks have cleared, but we could be in store for a few light shows in the sky today, with the possibility of thunderstorms popping up in our area.

meteorologist brian van de graaff is in the weather center, and it's dry for now at least. brian: it's really soupy. that's the bottom line. the air is really, really socked full of moisture right now. you can see clouds outside chesapeake beach resort, and a few showers are firing off. let's talk about the numbers. temperaturewise outside right now, we're at 82. oh, that's not too bad. we've been in the 90's the last couple of days. factor in the humidity, it feels like 88 right now, very, very soupy. temperatures in the low 70's. winchester at 79. warren ton, low 80's. want to show you the radar right now as we push in, a cell has fired up east of winchester, east of 81 and route 11. just kind of fired up recently. meanwhile, another little cluster of showers through central virginia, portions of green county under a flash flood warning. that's the concern through the afternoon. a few more showers will pop up and develop. some could be heavy rainers, otherwise gray, muggy, and periods of rain, a rumble of thunder. you can always keep an eye on showers and rain

storm watch 7 app. tonight, the nats are at home. maybe a slight delay, but game should get underway. next couple of days are unsettled. i think by the weekend, a nice pattern emerging. you'll like what i have to share about saturday and sunday. back to you. adrianna: while many safely enjoy the fourth of july festivities across prince george's county, a wave of violence, three homicides there in less than 24 hours. suzanne kennedy is at prince george's county police headquarters with the details. suzanne: a busy fourth of july here in prince george's county, one that was marred by violence. three homicides in a period of 24 hours, the first one taking place overnight at 1:25 this morning. that is when police responded to the apartments in the 2500 block of darryl drive. police, when they arrived, found an adult male. he had been shot. they pronounced him dead on the scene. yesterday afternoon, in broad daylight, in the 7300 block of landover road, a man was s

gas station. that victim then walked himself to a local hospital, where he later died. authorities have been able to obtain surveillance video, which they hope will lead to a suspect. and then at 6:45 yesterday morning, police receiving a call for a welfare check, and when they arrived in the 800 block of kayak avenue in capitol heights, they found a victim with trauma to the upper body. that person was pronounced dead on the scene. as of right now, there have been no arrests made in any of these cases. if you have any information about the violence, you are asked to call police immediately. at prince george's county police headquarters, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. adrianna: and it was also a busy night for d.c. police. violence all across the district. at least eight shootings or stabbings investigations are going on right now, covering every quadrant of the city. one of those shootings on galveston street in southwest turned deadly. one person died after

shot several times. police only have a vague description of the suspect. the victim's name has not yet been released. and check this out, d.c. police cracking down on illegal fireworks last night. a whopping 3,093 pieces were recovered last night from four police officers, and they weren't even assigned to the fireworks unit. so this should serve as a reminder that illegal fireworks will not be tolerated in d.c. fourth of july celebrations did turn day on the nick baltimore. large fights broke out last night in the inner harbor. this is coming in from our sister station, wbff. police were not letting anyone into the harbor, only out, but no word on what started these brawls. president donald trump is going overseas for his second foreign trip as president. first stop, warsaw, poland, then on to hamburg, germany, for the g-20 summit, and the highly anticipated

meeting with russia's president, vladimir putin. abc news has more. reporter: president trump appears hopeful ahead of an overseas trip that promises to challenge his diplomatic skills on an international stage. on friday, he has his first face to face with russian president vladimir putin. president trump: i would love to get along with russia. you've had a lot of presidents that haven't taken that tack, but it's possible i won't be able to get along with him. reporter: the president's relationship with russia's leader is complicated. >> vladimir putin, have you ever met the guy? president trump: i've never met him. i don't think i've ever met him. putin even sent me a beautiful present with a beautiful note. i have nothing to do with putin. i've never spoken to him, i don't know anything about him. reporter: anticipation for the high-powered meeting is amplified, with growing tensions between the two superpowers. there's the multiple ongoing investigations into russia's meddling with the presidential

intelligence community believes putin ordered directly. then something president trump has consistently cast doubt on. >> the idea that donald trump would show up in a meeting with vlad my purr tin and not say something about the election would be astounding. reporter: and syria, the u.s. government and russia are on opposing sides in syria's civil war, with the u.s. supporting the rebels and russia backing president assad, who's accused of using chemical weapons against his own people. the white house insists the president won't go easy on putin, but they've also downplayed the meeting as a normal bilateral discussion. >> i also think they don't know what their president is going to do. reporter: right now it appears unlikely that president trump will actually confront putin about election meddling with one senior white house official telling abc news that it could be a waste of time, even calling it "a loser of a topic." adrianna: overnight, th

and south korea responded to north korea's recent missile launch with one of their own. the country fired short-range missiles into the waters off the coast of the korean peninsula. this comes just hours after north korea successfully launched a two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile. that could reach alaska. >> we know that they now have a rocket that could reach the united states. but the real trick is to be able to have that nuke on that rocket survive the high heat of re-entry. we know they're working on this. adrianna: a u.s. official said right now self restraint is the only thing keeping the u.s. and south korea from going to war with north korea. and new now at noon, turkish airlines and emirates sight u.s. ban on large electronics has been lifted, so this would impact those traveling from dubai and instan bull to the u.s. the change came after officials of turkish airlines say they have boosted security measures and protocol to meet the department of homeland security's guidelines. that ban is still in effect for some

and also in the middle east. starting today, it could cost you a little bit more to park in bethesda. parking on the street will increase from $2 an hour to $2.25. lot parking goes up to $1.50. in parking garages, the three high demand facilities will now cost you $1.25 an hour. all other garages increase to $1 an hour. and those new garage rates will be phased in starting on monday. coming up on abc 7 news at noon -- >> oh, my god. adrianna: a car turned into a bomb, why a driver did this on purpose. lus -- >> [beep] adrianna: a nypd officer shot and killed after a day of fourth of july celebrations, what we now know about the gunman and how police are remembering one of their own. and last

spectacular among the national mall, breathtaking. but the independence day festivities here are not done yet. we'll tell you where you can still celebrate tonight. but first, a quick check on the traffic. >> thank you very much. good afternoon. first, some trouble out on 50 heading back from the beach after the holiday weekend. this is westbound over the kent narrowing bridge, so heading toward kent island. you can see the left two lanes are blocked. those delays are jam packed for about two miles at this time coming off of the eastern shore. that's a big trouble spot. once you're past that, over the bay bridge, things are still lacking wide open. also on 95 in virginia, this is southbound, already looking a little bit slow over the occoquan, so expect a little bit of volume coming together already. the northbound ride is a little bit slow up this way through dale city as well. and finally, looking at 270 northbound, right as the spur and 270 north merge together, you can see

blocked for minor work zone, nothing too bad. traffic slows down just a little bit of rock ledge drive. don't go anywhere. we'll be back.

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>> i mean, there was an old lady in the apartment upstairs right above that car, and charlie carried her out. oh, my god. oh, my god. adrianna: just an incredible scene in florida. police saying a man purposely put propane tanks in his car and then drove it into an apartment building with the intent to kill all five people inside, including a toddler. this all stemmed from a

the driver died there at the scene. no one else was hurt. >> he intended to do damage. he raced his car in at a high rate of speed into this apartment where five people were. apparently intending to kill them, blow the place up, or wreak some kind of havoc. adrianna: police say the driver had a history of domestic trouble with the woman targeted. all eight units in that complex did sustain damage, and 19 people were displaced. if you thought that was wild, check out this car swallowed by raging floodwaters in japan. at least one person was killed as heavy rain slammed western parts. country. some 20,000 people were forced to evacuate. this all as parts of asia, including china, are still recovering from torrential rains and deadly floods that have killed more than 50 people. right now in new york city, the nypd is mourning the death of one of its own. investigators are trying to figure out why a man walked up to a police r.v. command center and shot an officer in the head.

sam sweeney has the latest on this heartbreaking story. sam: adrianna, this officer was a 12-year veteran of the force. she was about to wrap up her shirt in the bronx doing last-minute paperwork when this 34-year-old convicted felon walked up to that police vehicle and fired shots right through the window, hitting her in the head. [yelling] sam jrkt radio call in the seconds after the shooting are almost too difficult to bear. 12:30 a.m., 48-year-old officer miosotis familia is filling out her final paperwork of the night inside the police r.v. her head down, when alexander bond walks up the passenger side window and fires. >> she was on duty

oing what she believed in. sam: officers chased down the 34-year-old suspect more than a block away. that's when police say he pulled out a gun and pointed it at them. officers fired back. >> as they confronted him, he drew a revolver. officers fired at him, striking and killing him. a silver revolver was recovered at the scene. sam: officer familia had been in the neighborhood responding to another shooting earlier that night. police say surveillance video he walked into the command center, but investigators still don't know what provoked the killing. late this morning, officer familia's body left the new york city hospital in a police protection. bonds was paroled from prison back in 2013. he had served seven years for a robbery charge out of syracuse. he was scheduled to be released in 2018. reporting in the newsroom, sam sweeney, abc 7 news. adrianna: the canadian man accused of stabbing a police

airport will be back in court today. he's been charged with violence at an international airport. police say he yelled empty god is great" in arabic and mentioned the death of many in syria, iraq, and afghanistan. investigators believe he was a lone wolf attacker motive ate by hatred for the u.s. the officer attacked is now recovering and says he wants to head back to work. and here's a friendly reminder to not bring giant knives on an airport. a passenger was caught trying to bring this butterfly knife on to a plane at bi. a similar knife was ceased just weeks ago from the statement airport. no word on if that person who attempted to bring this knife on board was charged. if the weather cooperates tonight, the skies in annapolis will be lit up with fireworks. last night's scheduled fire worse were cancelled because of the weather. that show is expected to start at 9:15. and the fireworks last night alon

thousands of people, and lucky for us, the rain decided to hold off, so the skies were fairly clear. you get a good view of the fireworks. and how about annapolis tonight? brian: i don't know. adrianna: oh, no. brian: they're very sporadic, and that was the story last night. where i watched fireworks in the suburbs, the rain ended just before, we got the show in, and then it came back. in some areas, it's going to be sporadic. fingers crossed they get it done. just keep in mind, we're still unsettled. that's the bottom line. the next couple of days, really soupy out there. don't let the temperatures fool you. it feels pretty nasty. take a look outside, and i'll show you what's going on right now. low clouds, not much in the say of sunshine. yes, temperatures are held back, but the moisture content in the atmosphere, those are up, and right now it is 80 degrees, actually 81 at dulles international airport. when you factor in the dew point of 71, that means it actually feels more like 85 or so. it actually feels a bit warmer, easterly breeze continuing to keep us a little bit on the gray side. we've had some flooding concerns for areasn

flood watches up in rappahannock, madison, orange counties. the boxes are actually flash flood warnings that are happening right now through portions of green and albemarle county. culpeper, green, madison, these areas down here related in red just along 33, flash flood warnings to about 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. for winchester, a hefty cell has popped up, and that's the thing. cells will pop up and bring heavier pockets of rain at times. look at these numbers. when the dew point numbers are in the 70's, that just means the air is so full of moisture, how does it feel? it doesn't feel good. it's a bad emoji face because it is too sticky out there. here's our futurecast into the afternoon. a few showers, a few rumbles of thunder. this keeps the heavier stuff to the west. most of us are gray. but tomorrow, a little bit closer to the city, we can see some pockets of rain, some showers, even some thunderstorms. in fact, tomorrow afternoon and evening, we'll keep an eye to the sky. we have a

the storm prediction center for heftier cells, so watch it carefully through thursday. by friday, the atmosphere starts to calm down. by the weekend, things really improve big time. so nationals game tonight could be a lingering shower or rumble of thunder. let's keep an eye out for that, falling into the 70's. very muggy at 7:05, the last in the series with the mets. overnight, 65 to 74. going to be a little bit of fog possible with a stray shower here and there. tomorrow, the clouds basically win out. tomorrow will be more of a mostly cloudy kind of day, very warm and humid with a better likelihood of some showers and thunderstorms. as i mentioned, before some of those could pack a punch, maybe even a little bit of wind gusts in there. tomorrow, keep an eye on that weather. but the payoff is this weekend, because by the weekend, humidity will start to drop. saturday, i have a stray storm chance, so most of it will be gone. the front will clear our area. the humidity will drop back, upper 80's without as much humidity. it will feel more comfortable on saturday. and by sunday, noticeably less humid, 86. it's going to be pretty stellar for the

matter. so today's chance about 50/50. tomorrow, most likely with thunder and lightning. friday, showers in the mix, just still not cleared out of this pattern. but the weekend brings much calmer weather saturday, sunday, and into early next week. back into more heat by the middle of next week. not the best of weather, but for the weekend to be nice -- adrianna: exactly. that's really kind of all that matters. brian: yes. adrianna: thanks, brian. coming up at noon -- police are always the ones breaking up parties, but not this one. why a pair of cops decided to join in on the fun. now at havertys furniture, it's our star spangled sale. now through monday, save up to one-thousand dollars in bonus discounts to create your perfect home. plus, you'll get thirty-six month, no interest financing. hurry, this sale ends monday! with havertys, your home can be perfect. even when life isn't.

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against major league baseball. a longtime umpire claims a racial discrimination alleging minority umps are kept from the best jobs. abc's t.j. holmes has this story. t.j.: angel hernandez has been calling balls and strikes as a major league umpire for nearly 24 years. >> the call from angel hernandez. t.j.: now he's calling foul against major league baseball. the cuban-born such suing the league for racial discrimination, pointing the finger at joe torre, now executive vice president overseeing baseball's umpires. according to the lawsuit, since torre's arrival, there has been only one nonwhite umpire assigned to the world series, and the 55-year-old claims he has not been promoted to crew chief despite having more experience than nine of the 10 umpires that were promoted. >> he's pleading with angel hernandez. t.j.: he alleges the bad blood started in this game back in 2001. torre was outraged over this call, getting in hernandez's face, torre was tos

>> angel hernandez, something happens to one of the teams. t.j.: he claims "torre took to the media to insult him," saying he gist wanted to be noticed, and once torre assumed his role with mlb in 2011rk the notion that hernandez wanted to be noticed permanent ate the his early evaluations as an umpire. >> it's hard to know whether joe torre is holding a grudge or not. if you look at the history of baseball, and you look at the way grudges are held, it doesn't seem so ridiculous after all. adrianna: still to come here on abc 7 at noon -- the sun opted not to come out in play today. a final check of the forecast with brian is coming up.

adrianna: the fun is usually over when police show up, but that wasn't the case during a fourth of july block party in asheville, north carolina. cops responded to a complaint about a giant slip and slide blocking the road, but instead of shutting it down, they hopped on, took a few rides down the slide themselves. it's all in good fun. brian: oh, my gosh. if you were the family that called the police, you'd be like, oh, my gosh! adrianna: take a ride. take a chill pill. brian: it's all in good fun. adrianna: that's what i would think, but some people don't want to have fun. brian: a few showers today. tomorrow, very muggy. better by the weekend. adrianna: thanks for joining us this midday.

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