the first area pushing and building southwestward to the city. this will drift downtown in the next half hour and diminish. we have a second area that we are tracking in frederick. this too makes a slow drift. it should diminish in the next couple of hours. outside of that we don't see packtivity. >> areas with the rain may see the patchy fog. the highs near 90. chance of a go-around tomorrow afternoon. the rest of the week, weekend and the next ten days comes your way in 15 minutes. michelle: see you then. roads are reopened after this hour after a driver rammed his car in a barrier and injured an officer. michelle: this happened at

second street southeast. alison: stephen tschida has been out the scene all afternoon. tell us what happened? >> a tense situation here that went on for hours. >> they hauled away both the damage police cruiser and the car which intentionally struck the car. the police say at 11:45 this morning the black car hit a barrier and a cruiser that injured a police officer. it prompted a lockdown of the area. those inside buildings told to stay put and those on the street told to get inside. some waited anxiously at the library. >> we heard a commotion and they told us we couldn't go outside. we were on lockdown. >> eventually the all-clear. nothing dangerous found in the vehicle. but a lot of fr

capitol hill. >> scary. isn't it? yeah. >> at this point there is no apparent link to terrorism. these are serious offenses and we should learn more about the suspect when he goes before a judge. alison: and the incident went outs a a breaking news text alert. to get notified of breaking news go to wjla.com/text. michelle: a man found dead in an attic and a second buried in the backyard now. the roommate on trial accused in the murders. d.c. bureau chief sam ford explains what happened in court today. sam: the trial in the third week. 24-year-old jeffery neal accused of killing his two roommates leaving leon young's nude body in the attic, delano

in the backyard. he is charged with double murders say prosecutors. >> we are arguing it was a love triangle and leon was jealous. sam: the defense argues they were lovers and young killed wingfield when he learned that wingfield was in relationship with neal and attacked neal in a fight that young lost. neal killed him with a hammer. problem for the defense since the other victim was killed with a hammer. >> it's a trying part but the house was under construction. hammers were all over the place. sam: they had been friends since ninth grade and ended up living together in a house that neal's family owned. they worked dish washing and server jobs at restaurants near nats park. manager of nando's described young in such glowing terms a juror started to cry. the prosecutor put on martin, a close friend to all of them who challenged the notion they were lovers say young and neal had sex once. the police never had to l

he turned himself in after fleeing to florida initially. he came back to d.c. the prosecution is expected to wrap up the case early this week and then the defense can test the theory of a love triangle. reporting from d.c. superior court, sam ford, abc7 news. alison: today the group opposing the healthcare bill held the first of the two day of protests. minority leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi is expected to speak tomorrow. inside senate officers hundreds of people plan to stage more sit-ins against the bill. don't expect a vote, though, on the revised republican healthcare bill anytime soon. the senate is postponing the vote. after john mccain had surgery on a blood clot above his eyebrow. the budget office was supposed to recease assess. of the bill today but that is delayed. michelle: the administration is dubbing ts

america week. the businesses from all 50 states showed off the product at the white house. president trump: no longer will we allow others to steal our jobs and drain our wealth. >> the previous weeks focused on the subjects like the infrastructure and energy have been largely overshadowed by the stories involving russia. alison: today, senator richard mataleno became the sixth democrat in the race to challenge larry hogan. he is the maryland senate first openly gay member. hogan meantime has the second highest approval rating of any governor in america of either party. michelle: possible danger lurking in some ford police vehicles. the local force are now looking into the

alison: tragedy in arizona as the death toll of flooding rises and a family is hit the hardest. michelle: the stormwatch7 weather team is monitoring any more pop-up storms and doug is back with what to expect for the r

michelle: the little familiars library in bethesda is weeks away from a grand reopening. alison: we have a sneak peek for you tonight. the new additions include a circulation desk, l.e.d. lights, stronger wi-fi, reading coves and vintage furniture. the renovations come after this -- look at that. the library flooded. ruining the building. the damage totaled $1.2 million. >> you had water. debris and mud. so the hardest part was getting out the mud. >> this was a phoenix. it rose from the ashes. alison: it is scheduled to open saturday july 29. now the huge flores sinkhole is final -- florida sinkhole has finally stopped growing and it's time to figure out how to clean up everything carefully. michelle: it swallowed two houses and a boat among other things. the neighbors captured the moment a roof split in half as a house fell in. the sinkhole measures 225 feet across and 50 feet deep.

is on hold until the surrounding ground is stabilize. crews are testing the water as well to make sure it is safe to drink and wasn't contaminated. the entire clean-up process could take a few months. five children are among the nine people confirmed dead after this flash flood in arizona over the weekend. they were enjoying a swimming area at a national forest when a wall of water tore through the narrow canyon. the people were members of a single family. they were all out celebrating a birthday. one person is still missing. alison: a car ends up on the roof of a house. coming up next, what sent it flying? q: well, the potomac nationals -- are they moving out of town or will they be safe at home here in woodbridge? i'm q mccray. i have details that you need to know in a live report.

michelle: must-see video from minnesota. that is a car that is buried in the

the driver was speeding, lost control, hit a hole and flew off a hill clipping one house before slamming into this one. the drive survived but the res cuse but complicated no one inside was hurt. took hours to remove the car. alison: police officers may be in danger behind the wheel. some police interceptor models of the ford explorers may leak deadly exhaust in the passenger compartment. the senior investigative reporter lisa fletcher has details on the issue that is already sent some officers to the hospital. >> nurport beach police officer is behind the wheel. he blacked out at high speed, jumped the median and crossed several lanes of the on coming traffic. narrowly avoiding a head-on collision before hitting a tree at 55-mile-per-hour. >> i just had that nauseous feeling and feeling like i had a headache. >> he is one of a g

number of officers who say carbon monoxide leaking into the vehicles caused headaches, nausea, in at least one case unconsciousness. >> my fear is we have the officers in the city driving around being poisoned and they don't know about it. >> that the d.m.v., hundreds are on the roads from the d.c. metro and the maryland state police to local departments. >> we are looking to the issues they are reporting and responding and we are talking to our officers to make sure they are not experiencing the complaints. lisa: lieutenant vance drives an explorer and says so far they haven't had problems but are on high alert. they are about lively investigating if this is due to a safety detect. this previously investigated 1504 complaints of the engine

consumer versions of the ford explorer. ford settled those claims as part of class action lawsuit. ford is looking in the complaints but so far not identified a problem. lisa fletcher, abc7 news. alison: that is $1 million of marijuana found inside several ford fusion cars. the cars were built at a ford plant in mexico. the police in minnesota found drugs in the fusions shipped from mexico as well. michelle: wow! let's talk baseball. potomac nationals are looking for a new place to play ball. alison: that is right. prince william county residents hope they will stay put but the team says it

q mccray is live from the current home in woodbridge where the team could be moving. hi, q. q: hey, guys. the potomac nationals have been calling this place home for decades but now they call it outdated. they say that this place needs upgrade and that is why they are looking for a new home. news of the potomac national potentially leaving woodbridge isn't going over well with fans. >> i wish they would stay. i like them in the neighborhood. >> support the local teams. >> as far as the team is concerned it has no choice. their home field for 20 years now is outdated and according to the team management negotiations for a new stadium fizzled. >> did you know that the potomac nationals used to call the field home? >> no. i didn't know that. >> dominic jordan says he

league team in his backyard in alexandria. >> they were the dukes and mariners 30 years ago at now what is four mile run park. sean murphy is ready to welcome back the team. >> it would be exciting to see the nationals here. spotsylvania county is an option. arlington is out. woodbridge is out for thousand but could have another at-bat. >> i had an opportunity to talk to the alexandria officials and loudoun county officials and they are both excited to play ball with the nationals. i also had a conversation with the owner of the team and he is confident they will find a new home but worst case scenario he would have to sell the team. reporting live in woodbridge, q mccray. abc7 news. mi

alison: two for two. three for three. all right. so weather wise we have a stormy day. storms staying put. doug: yeah. they have been in the isolated areas but they develop and were stronger in the same area. a rainbow appeared in some of the frames. there it is! a little rainbow. alison: nice. doug: thought i'd miss it. thank you. is that emmy worthy? thinking of my personal reel. alison: absolutely! doug: thank you. the story, it's warm and humid weather across the area with the showers and the storms that are still occurring. those approaching the district are diminishing. the rain stretches from baltimore in

the area in frederick are building west. the whole area drifting as well. they will rain themselves out. go to the one in the district. or frederick first. it's showing the thunderstorm activity. this is diminishing based on the intensity of the rain and the lightning strike. this will rain itself out. the one in the district will do the same thing in the next hour or two. it feels like 98 in quantico. 96 in culpeper. 93 in baltimore. the hot and the humid weather will continue. it will intensify. as we go through tomorrow, wednesday, thursday, friday. temperature is rising. feels like temperature is rising. as far as the rain chances let's check out the short-term in the future cast. you notice showers and the storms now it will quickly diminish tonight. it will be warm and muggy. areas of fog in the regions with the rain. tomorrow is a hazy and a humid wakeup call. then to the 90-degree mark with the more chances of the storms afternoon and

today. thursday there is no rain in the forecast but a high of 96. check theneck ten days for you. get it out of the why. you can see each day. 90, it 5, 96, 96. that is a tough run of the hot and the humid weather. saturday a chance of late day storms and 91. we warm back to mid-90's on sunday and monday. tuesday is 91 degrees with a chance of showers and then good news. we will talk more about this later this week. but there are signs by the middle to the end of next week we will might get a nice stretch of cooler and drier mid-to-late july weather. that would be sweet! alison: it would. doug: what else is sweet? you guys. alison: thank you. michelle: all right. alison: sweet deal? robert: no. there is nothing. they couldn't get it done. deal or no deal? it's no deal. looks like co

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redskins and kirk cousins did not come to a long-term agreement so kirk will play under the franchise tag and make $24 million this year. guess what? he make history. he is the first nfl quarterback to play under the franchise tag for second straight season. it has been reported he was offered a long-term deal in may but didn't like the offer. next year if the redskins decide to franchise anymore in 2018 he will make $34 million. adam schefter reported that kirk is open to a long-term deal for 2018. >> he wants a fair deal. if they treat him fairly he is good with being here. but he is not going to just sign a deal to sign a deal. nor should he sign a deal to sign a deal. if you play two straight seasons with the franchise tag you get rewarded for that. he is on the verge being rewarded somewhere, here or somewhere else. michelle: wow! robert: okay. nats and reds today. big first inning if for nats.

go deep. back to back home runs for them. 235th home run, the most in nats and exhistory. now liner to right for his eighth home run of the season. the nat goes on to win. 6-1 is the final. congrats to anthony rindone, the n.l. player of the week since the all-star. kirk cousins is happy either way. >> no complaints. robert: not really. alison: a last look at the weather. doug: thunderstorms over northeast washington is diminishing and slipping from prince george's county to joint base andrews. that will continue to diminish. steve rudin has eye on things and talk about the next round of storms and preview of what is ahead. big numbers. highs in the mid-90's. alison: okay >> here we go again. doug: been there, done that. michelle: thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir coming up next. alison: hope you will join us at 11:00 tonight. have a great everything.

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tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. the deadly police shooting. the bride-to-be shot and killed by police. she had called 911 for help. their bodycam ras were not on. tonight, the family outraged and what police are now saying. gone in an instant. nine members of a single family swept away. children as young as 2. president trump hoping to turn the page, and then tweeting about the meeting with the russian lawyer himself. john mccain. what doctors have discovered and what this means for the senate's health care bill. two teenagers who disappeared ton a hiking trail. what did one of their phone