pollgize for trapping some people on the old landover road in their own home and say the contractor should have put temporary access gravel or steel plates to allow people to use their own driveways. i feel like i'm imprisoned all weekend. >> you can see the roadwork is still going on here. there are the concrete crews that are trying to get the work and the access along old landover road. we will show you what you need to know if they come to your neighborhood and they try to block your driveway. reporting live, "7 on your side." >> thanks. beautiful weekend giving way to the hottest temperatures this summer. meteorologist steve rudin in the weather center tracking a heatwave. steve? >> the heatwave starting today. it's only going to get hotter as we move

several days. nice day to head to chesapeake beach maryland. temperatures are in the upper 80's. show you what is going on closer to d.c. 88 at reagan national airport the feels like are still in the middle 90's. looking at the stormwatch7 satellite and radar. it's dry now. showers to the west of us. it should not amount to a lot. temperatures hour by hour, have water. if you plan to do anything outdoors. the temperatures from the upper to the lower 80's by 11:00. heat indiction value from 100 to 105. the next best chance of shower and thunderstorms. alison: thank you. we are learning new information about an infant's death over the weekend.

hospitalized. they fell on hard times and were homeless. they were raising 4-month-old brooklyn irby in a van parked in the motel 6 parking lot. but yesterday brooklyn got sick and by the time paramedics arrived she wasn't breathing. >> she always tried to talk and grab your hand. i had never seen her cry. she was that good of a baby. they say the center denied denie mother for housing two times. the county is investigating the claims. we have more at 6:00. larry: tonight a man is dead and the woman in custody after the car ran into a police cruiser. the story is develop now in mount airy. kevin lewis? kevin: th

watched both of the suspects break in the home today. person cops tried to stop them it went south in a hurry. this afternoon, officers opened fire at the mount airy intersection. the officers had tried to stop a white cargo van. two officers opened fire to shatter a window and killed a driver. the female passenger was uninjured. jessica lives across the street. >> i heard sirens. there was a crash in front of the house and then there was gunshots. >> right before the chaotic traffic st

watched the man and woman burglarize a home a mile away from here. they may be responsible for more in the area. >> they have to make split second decisions. life and death decisions. you never know. every situation is different. it's a difficult job. wi hope we go home safe every night. >> no officers were injured. kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: seth rich was shot a year ago today in bloomingdale neighborhood of d.c. in what police say was a botched robbery. he was the d.n.c. director of the voter expansion data and he died at

>> at 4:00, we were a block away and now we moved to the d.n.c. building. according to the police, rich was shot on the way home last july. he later died at the hospital. the d.c. police tell us they have shared the information they had to share in the last few months including the belief it's a botched robbery. so far, there are no suspects and not a single arrest. >> not a partisan representation. this is american people standing up to say to people in charge we want to

more. there are several memories set up for rich. the nebraska society of d.c. will help fund in seth's name financial assistance to any intern. the family is not part of this vigil but they put out in the statement saying if you know anything about what happened on july 10 last year, involve his murder call the police. larry: congress is back in session that are scrambling to pass key priorities before summer break. but again the talk is all about russia. this time it's the president's son at the center of the scandal. reporter: the fate of the senate bill to overhaul healthcare looms over washington. but lawmakers may be distracted by a new scandal involving

on saturday the "new york times" reported a meeting between donald trump jr., the then campaign manager paul manafort, son-in-law jared kushner and a russian lawyer with kremlin ties. the president's son responded saying it was about russian adoptions. but then the story changed. by sunday in response to another report he acknowledged needing to hear potentially damaging information about hillary clinton. he said a friend set up the meeting. the woman stated she had information that individuals connected to russia were funding the democratic national committee and supporting ms. clinton. the statements were vague, ambiguous and made no sense. reaction was swift and often scathing. >> we want to question everyone about it. >> trump said i'm the first person

take a meeting to hear info about an opponent. went nowhere but had to listen. >> there was no information given or action taken or follow up. the kremlin says we don't know who that person is and we can't monitor all meetings held in russia and abroad. alison: a plea from the two senators this afternoon for the trump administration to honor the commitments at home. nancy chen in the "live desk" to explain it. nancy: chuck schumer and corey booker don't want the president to make changes to federal grant program that is supposed to pay for repairs at penn station. this is the first day of the two months of repairs at the busiest train station. by all accounts it went smoothly but without something for the

>> we are looking a firm commitment from the united states this guy went around the country and degraded the nation. now this is time to put up or shut up. we'll be asking him and inviting imto do that. it will mean further trains. nancy chen, abc7 news. >> is selling names the way to save metro? i'm stephen tschida. i will fill you in on the proposal in a moment. >> plus, what a burning beautifully here that made it tricky for the fire crews

state fraternity head to court in the death of a pledge. what the judge deciding before that case can move forward. >> a custom agent may only have a minute with a family to make an assessment. a flight attendant has one to eight hours. larry: later, stopping child sex trafficking from not,000 feet.

larry: crews are going to start testing waterproofing stations. that means single tracking weeknights after 9:00 p.m. between friendship heights and medical center. on weekends the trains between the grosvenor and friendship heights through august 6. stay a step ahead through metro. to sign up for those at wjla.com. alison: staying with metro now the board of directors is seriously considering selling names rights to the stations. stephen tschida is covering metro from the l'enfant plaza station with a closer look at the plan. stephen? stephen: metro is looking to make money. a possible way of doing so is selling the names of some

>> met low is in a dire state. that would be a revenue generator. >> the stations in play, the gallery place, navy yard, metro center and l'enfant plaza. the names could take that of a product or the company because of the locations near the prominent venue and heavy traffic. >> i don't think it would be right at all. other pockets are wrap-around for the rail cards and blanketing the station with ads for a product. also in play is upping the marketing of the metro increasing number of the digital screens throughout the system. >> it's just going to be one more small irritant to make money for somebody. the rest will get used to

stephen tschida, abc7 news. larry: look at this. torrential rains turning stairs to waterfalls. three weeks' worth of rain fell in one hour. that shattered record from 1995. the summer storm brought down two inches of rain in two hours sunday night. alison: look at this. a massive water spout that was caught on camera in the outer banks. this is just one of many that were spotted in the area this morning. that prompted the tornado warnings in the area. one reportedly came ashore as

there was no major damage reported. alison: it's hot, hot, hot. steve:and humid, humid, humid. a lot of folks like the heat and the humidity. not my favorite or yours. larry: 75 every day. >> san diego. steve: go to national harbor. we have cloud cover out there. nothing to bring us the rain. if you have outdoor plans this evening for the overnight it's a firm go. look at the temperatures. 88 degrees. downtown d.c. 92 at rockville. 87. we widen the view out. we are looking at the 80 t

290 degrees with the feels like in the middle 90'sment. look at the record potential. the best chance is wednesday and thursday at dulles, b.w.i. marshall. 100 degrees is hard for tomorrow at b.w.i. but you never know. the temperatures are above average this time of year. mid-to-the upper 90's with the feels like temperatures hotter than that. satellite and the radar from stormwatch7. quiet and dry around the capital beltway. up to 70. hagerstown. showers north and west of us to garrett and allegany county. across eastern oklahoma to western pennsylvania. what you see here now will not have any impact on the area for this evening. at :00, upper 80's. middle 80's by 8:00 and lower 80's by 9:00 p.m. warm and humid overnight. the low temperatures along the blue ridge and the i-81 corridor. 68 to 69.

heading closer to the d.c. metro. 73, 74, 75. the temperatures are not falling much to cool you down. the temperatures tomorrow morning are upper 60's to the lower 70's. warm and a humid start for tuesday. dress for the comfort. have water with you. be on the lookout for thunderstorms that may develop afternoon and evening. this is the freshly updated future cast. if you find yourself under a shower or thunderstorm put down rain. not going to last long. 15 or 20 minutes. may find gusty winds. then they are out of here tomorrow night. look at the forecast. day planner tomorrow. heat and humid is the big story. 100 to 105 for feels like temperature. this is the heat index. i want to take you through the ne

look at it for 5:00 tomorrow. near 100 degrees. moving in day on wednesday we stay in the upper 90's to near 100. by thursday, which will likely feel the hottest of the heat waver. feels like 100 to 105. we are watching a cold fronted set to arrive on friday. that is likely to bring us a better chance for showers and thunderstorms. extended outlook from stormwatch7. heat and humidity, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday. heat index value close to 100. the cold front moves through and it will be cooler on saturday. next week the heat will build again for monday and tuesday. we are back in the lower to the middle 90's. rd record challenging -- the record challenging for the next few days, elderly, pets, young folks. take it easy out there. you don't realize how hot it is until you are really hot. it's often too la

alison: okay. larry: you know it's warm when 89 is the relief. alison: and still humid. not good. thank you. larry: still ahead at 5:00, the scenes from space. we get latest for efforts to stop two massive wildfires spreading across the west. >> but first a look it what is coming up tonight on abc. larry: autria godfrey has a preview of tomorrow's "good morning washington." >> thanks, guys. tomorrow on "good morning washington," kids and computers. practically inseparable. how bad is it for their vision? dangers of the digital eyestrain and how to avoid eye damage. >> moms, get ready to stretch your kid's brainpower. we show you how to make slime of your own. >> stay with us for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow morning starting

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alison: developing now. outburst in court from a man accused of stranglalling his stepfather over the weekend. the latest in a spike of violence in prince george's county in the last week. brad bell live in upper marlboro as police are trying to figure out why? brad? brad: yeah. you know what? that remains a mystery. so all they can do is take ca

we are focusing on this case. the domestic murder. the stepsonnagedly killing his stepfather over the weekend in bowie. a bond hearing, all was going normally until the defendant started to speak saying nobody answers to the law but him. and nobody had been hit by a satellite but him. from chillum to bowie to suitland, four people were murdered in prince george's county this weekend. outburst of violence brings the death toll in a week to nine. despite even the -- a spike even the police chief can't explain. >> i don't understand why people find themselves in a place resolving a dispute and ending with a death. >> it was a violent end to strong troubled relationship. the accused, navar beverly is a career crimi

time for prior murder. according to this request for protective order had been threatening the stepfather for months and choked him in february. it's alleged that beverly fumely did kill pinkney and bragged about it posting a picture of him with the victim on twitter. navar beverly was ordered held without bond after a court appearance where the alleged killer shouted out several bizarre statements. the woman identifying herself as the victim's sister storming out of court. >> the mother, the victim's wife. one of the things they are looking at here in the courthouse and the state attorney's office is navar beverly's extensive criminal history. they want to go back over it to see if there is anything that could have been done. should this person have been locked up like the victim sister told us? that investigation is

we mentioned the assault in february. how come he was never charged in that allegation? we don't have that answer. upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. larry: thank you. coming up at 5:00, what is giving parents of a baby boy in england new hope about treating him tonight? >> as the healthcare debate continues on capitol hill. today in northern virginia we heard from the mothers of the children with disability who would be impacted be i the g.o.p. bill. you will hear from them coming up. alison: forget the ring of fire. swirling flames. that caused fire that caused this stun

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larry: congress went to back with a healthcare bill on the agenda. the u.s. capitol police called to locations in the building after 2:00 this afternoon. they warned the protesters to peacefully disburse. but 80 of them refused and were arrested and charged with disruption. they went to hear their concerns. >> minutes of greeting participants in

discussion, virginia senator tim kaine got to the bottom line. >> the response to the senate bill has been frankly asounding. >> of the more than 11,000 calls and letters his office received about the bill. kaine says 98% have been against it. 2% is for it. >> it should be dead but i don't think we can say it is. they are still working to try to find ways to get the bill passed. >> democrats like kaine are working to kill the bill with impacts like this one. like 9-year-old kay lynn reese of sterling suffering from a says -- from a seizure disorder. the build would cut medicaid by $770 billion in the next ten years. meanwhile, senate republicans attempt to rally support for the bill, president trump this morning tweeting this --

would dare to leave washington without a beautiful new healthcare bill fully approved and ready to go. >> so, two months. >> corun is the mother of 5-year-old dylan born with a rare spinal and respiratory condition. >> it's not something that anyone expects to go through and it's not something that you prepare for. >> it's important for the legislators to understand really who is affected. >> now the republican leaders in the senate pushing for the bill are currently encountering opposition from the moderate and the conservative members of the g.o.p. senator kaine hopes they will reach out to work with the democrats on the healthcare legislation. >> jeff, thank you. now we turn to developments out of london where the fight over charlie gard's treatment continues there. the parents of the sick 11-month-o

wednesday to prove to a judge why the child should receive an experimental treatment. they want to use a procedure that hasn't even been tested on mice with the same disease as charlie. the hospital is considering cutting the child off of life support. larry: in baltimore a baby giraffe getting around the clock intensive care. julius received a plasma infusion yesterday, the second in a week for the 3-week-old calf. he has had trouble nursing since he was born, which has veterinarians worried he is not getting the right antibodies to protect him from disease. alison: jury selection began today in trial of kempton bonds who is accused of stabbing tyonne johns in an argument in chantilly. bond's attorney said his client was scared and acted in self-defense. larry:

piazza heading back to court today. the prosecutors played surveillance video from the night he died and that they say shows him physically drunk and in pain from falling and the frat brothers trying to cover it up. the defense says there was no intent to hurt him. >> the charges should be dismissed. >> penn state has shut down the fraternity and announced proposals to improve safety on campus. >> in california, the firefighters are in an uphill battle against the wildfires spreading across the state. as danya bacchus reports the extreme heat is not help

>> 14 large wildfires in california forcing 8,000 evacuations. the largest is the alamo fire that is twice the size of manhattan. in santa barbara county, whittier fire shutting down both sides of highway. surrounding 90 camp children and 50 counselors at a summer camp. the kids and the staff told to shelter in place waiting for two hours as the crews tried to reach them. they knew there was children trapped on the other side and there were flames in front they could not access the children. >> we were there loaded on boths and rushed to safety. this time lapse video to show how fast it has spread across the country. camp reduced to rubble and cars scorched. >> the camp director husband taking us to the

scenes like this happening across the west with 40 other wildfires burning from the southwest to the rockies now currently with the red flag warnings. in santa barbara county, danya bacchus, abc7 news. larry: the flames are out of the video of this fire spreading around the world. due to the toxic nature, has math chemicals that allow firefighters to fight from a safe distance. they posted the video online to help train other departments. alison: speaking of mesmerizing right now the nasa juneau spacecraft is on the way to the giant red spot swirling on jupiter. the mission is to fly above the massive storm in four hours now. it will pass by it

feet. that is considered close in space terms. s that is a trying to figure out how deep the storm is. it's 10,000 miles wide. large enough to swallow the earth. nasa hoping to release some of the photos by friday. we'll let you know. >> the job is to protect and serve. a local police officer credited with saving a man's life in a dangerous situation. what he did up next. q: a couple, they say they could be using your credit card and you don't know it. "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice is next. alison: new at 6:00 tonight, a family rushes home from vacation to find their home burning. investigators n ♪ vacation to find their home burning. inveno, please, please, oh! ♪

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hottest weather is south and west of us over toward raleigh and louisville with the daytime highs in the 90's. this weekend let's talk about a break in the heatwave. we are looking at a cold front that arrives late friday and saturday. saturday looks great. 89 degrees. it's not as humid. lower 90's on sunday with a good amount of sunshine. you are watching "abc7 news at 5:00". we are back af

q: welcome to "7 on your side" fighting back with of justice. i'm q mccray. we have a special alert for you from the metropolitan police department. they are looking for this couple who they say has a knack to steal plastic around pretending to be someone else. police want you to take a good long look at this man. he looks like your run of the mill customer. but detectives say he steals credit cards and using them to buy things for himself. in this footage, they say he is in a convenience store using a stolen credit card. in the send clip he is in a restaurant accused of the same crime. he had a friend with him this time. if you recognize her or the suspect a $1,000 reward could be yours if you have information to help police make an arrest. call the metropolitan police department if you have any information about this couple. now let's take a look at the wa

in calvert county, police continue to look for ryan watson who is facing attempted robbery and burglary charges. melissa westmoreland wanted for child neglect. in prince william county, frederick is wanted for neglect. her 5-year-old son was found wandering the street. and johnson is facing malicious wounding charge for beating and biting a woman. george is accused of trying to choke a woman forcing his finger down her throat. he is facing abduction and strangulation charges. if you recognize the fugitive goes ahead and call police. i'm q mccray. see you next week for another edition of the "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice. larry: well, just in the abc7 newsroom, the d.c. police looking for this car wanted in a hit and return. this happened ereie street on june 30. police say the driver struck a person on a bike.

checked on the victim and drove away. the bicyclist taken to the hospital in critical condition. if you recognize the car, call d.c. police. lisa: i'm senior investigative reporter lisa fletcher. nearly 21 million people are trafficked every year and more than a quarter of those are kids. i will show you how flight attendants are targeting child traffickers after the break. alison: plus, a special honor for nationals pitcher max scherzer in tomorrow's all-star game. robert burton tells us what

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larry: human trafficking traps millions of people for slaves labor and sex. 26% of those trafficked are children. lisa fletcher has those fighting it from 30,000 feet. lisa: when flight attendant donna boards a plane, serving drinks is the last thing on her mind. >> i am looking for people vulnerable and those who may seem a

nervous, anxious. >> one of a growing number of flight attendants trained to identify human trafficking when it involves children. >> i understand it from a personal place. i'm a survivor. >> she was sold to a gang for a case of a.k.-47's. >> the issues linked to drugs, arms and terrorism. >> nancy is founder of airline ambassadors, a program to train flight attendants to zero in on the traffickers and their victims. >> flight attendants are in a unique place to detect and discern trafficking indicators. a custom agent may only have a minute to make an assessment. a flight attendant has one to eight hours. >> the unicef end trafficking campaign estimates 5.5 million childr

the world and subjected to violence. >> the traffics range from 32 billion to $150 billion a year. in case after case, the flight attendants numbering more than 5,000 have been on the money identifying the children smuggled and drugged to stopping a kidnapping in progress. on one flight she noticed a child who seemed disoriented and in pain and whose parents were not responding normally. >> we asked more than once did we need to get a doctor on board. they were like no, no, no. he just ate something bad. but that wasn't what it looked like. she reported it to the flight attendant deck and the authorities and the e.m.t.'s were waiting when the plane landed. she asked a custom officials how it turned out. >> he said, "i can't discuss it with you but i can tell you, you made t

>> jeff leads antisex trafficking organization call it would guardian group. he is a counterterrorism expert who spent 25 years in special forces. he says terrorists and traffickers are similar with the way they operate. and they are building critical human infrastructure saving lives. >> the flight attendants want it to be mandatory. we want every person that works in the industry to understand the indicators of trafficking. >> it hasn't been easy. many airports are in lock step with the anti-trafficking training and promotion, many airlines had a lackluster response.

>> refusing to see what is in front of you. >> i look in their eyes. remember what it was like for people to look at me and not see me. >> of all the airlines delta embraced the anti-trafficking program and has taken on the issue with the great resolve. they launched a free app to allow anyone to report possible trafficking. go to wjla.com and click on "7 on your side" for more information. >> ahead at 6:00, new information on the mother of a baby girl found dead in van they were calling home. a

in their home and how they are helping them get action at 6:00. >> we are trapped in a heatwave. >> it will be oppressive. >> absolutely. we are day one in the heatwave. we hit 90 at reagan national airport. wednesday and thursday at the chesapeake beach resort, a beautiful evening outdoors. if you have outdoor activities planned or if you're barbecuing or eating dinner, firm go. but find shade. it's still hot. 88 at reagan national. feels like temperatures are in the middle 90's. at least inside the beltway. it's cooler to the west. winchester now at 84 degrees. there is a shower that moved through over the last hour or so.

the biggest system is well north of us. you can see that ohio moving to western pennsylvania, it won't have an impact on the area tonight or the morning hours of tomorrow. the hourly forecast. inside the beltway it will be cooler north and west of us. another sizzler tomorrow. daytime highs for the mid-to-the upper 90's. the heatwave is thursday. heat index is around 100 to 105. lower 90's on friday. it's cooler for saturday. head to the news desk. larry: all-star break right now. robert: yes. larry: most nats are at home.

nats in the all-star game, they are stacked. >> guess who is getting a start for the national league? max scherzer. once again he was honored. >> you are tickled to be in the clubhouse with the recognition. if the manager says we'll give you the ball, that is icing on the cake. to go out to represent the national league this is stuff you never forget. if you get the opportunity i'm kicking at the dirt to go out and pitch. robert: looked at all of them. in the n.l. east they have a nine and a half games over the brave but there is an issue.

>> the offense can swing. you have line-up depth. this is about the bullpen. this has been about the bullpen and it will continue to be about the bullpen. this is a man who hadn't -- >> 127 years old! that is what they are talking about. every team in the market. this is a elseller's market. it's a challenge. they have to give up payroll. young players that are the future of the team. >> it'sg

a "coming to america" reference. alison: funny! robert: he is great. >> 127. >> are you sure? >> not 128. >> thank you. see you soon. >> a police officer's job is protect and serve. >> when we come back ho

larry: the day started like any other but ryan hughes shows us what happened that had the officer hail ald hero by the end of the day. >> the only other thing that is critical missing person -- >> each shift calls with roll call inside the fairfax county police department. every day the men and the women protect the community they serve. last week the officer made a split second decision to safe a man's life. >> he didn't think about it. he just knew what to do. >> a stabbing c

sunday behind the heritage shopping center. the officer was the first on the scene. >> the suspect was down on the ground. the victim was 20 yards away. the officer only had a few seconds to scan the scene. he jumped into action. witnesses were holding down garcia but the bloodboxer cutter was still in his hand. >> i got his disarmed and started to drag him to the car. >> once the situation was under control, he realized the victim was bleeding out. if boxcutter hit an artery. >> his skin was white and he was in shock. >> the officer had been on the force nine years. the sintincts kicked in -- insinks kicked this. he wrapped a tourniquet and applied pressure. >> no doubt the artery was severed by the eye cut and the officer saved his life. >> but he says he was just doing his job. >> you just do it. there is no other choice. >> the

investigation but he is now being nominated for life saving award. ryan hughes, abc7 news. >> now at 6:00, i have never seen her cry. that good of a baby. michelle: a 4-month-old child dies in a van her mother was calling home. now a response from the crisis center accused of twice turning them away. >> just incredible caught on video. devastating flooding. enough to wash away entire buildings. >> what if we had a medical emergency? how would we get out. >> trapped at home. how a street full of people cut off from the road. how you can stop it from happening to you. >> "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. >> new at 6:00 tonight, a distraught mother hospitalized one day after her 4-month-old daughter died inside the van where they had been living.

crisis center responds to accusations they denied the mother police to stay. q mccray spoke to the grandfather and joins us live with the latest information. q: it has been a trying day and a half for grandfather. yesterday he loses his granddaughter. today his daughter is rushed to hospital. he is dealing with this without a roof over his head. >> brooklyn ruth irby at the center of a death investigation that her family says could have been prevented if montgomery county crisis center pitched in. >> i'm sure she would be alive. >> the crisis centers helps those who need it with the temporary housing and other services. we contacted them and they gave us a statement saying the death of a child is a tragedy. we work with at-risk families. as with any situation the