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>> abc 7 news at 11:00 starts with breaking news. that breaking news from fairfax county where the police found a body in a pond in centerville. this is on trinity parkway near the shopping center. the police say the body as an adult male, but it is still my clear how he died. stay with abc 7 and wjla.com for updates. alison: the other top story, pop-up stories hit the region, bringing rain and hail and damaging trees and power lines over montgomery county. the trees blocked roads, making a real mess of the commute. tom roussey is live at the scene. with the latest? -- what is the latest? if woodfield road has ever had a worse day and night, i don't know when it was. those crews are
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power pole that is leaning precariously over the roadway, one of many issues in the area. >> i'm getting lots of steps on my pedometer. i will get 10,000 for sure. tom: kathy drove to zumba class and got more exercise than she bargained for. >> everything is closed off. tom: her only option, walking home. >> got lost. justw where i am here, so have to walk to my house. tom: getting around was awful on woodfield road, the section o f route 124 between gaithersburg and damascus. woodfield road was shut down and not one, two, but three places. this part of montgomery county also saw flooding on the roads and plenty of floating off the roads as well. there are power lines down in many places, such as these on rocky road.
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more than once. off.erything is blocked they have one roadblock to come another roadblock is the water is high. in laytonsville, some areas received a little over two inches of rain, but there was one spot that received 4.5 inches. the big issue around here was not the flooding, it was problems with down the power lines and trees. outside of laytonsville, tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: tom, thank you. are we in the clear? steve: almost, but it depends on where you are. west virginia has newly issued severe thunderstorm warnings. are still warm, 85 degrees at reagan national. hot and humid, and thunderstorms well to the west of interstate 81. zooming in closer, newly issued severe thunderstorm warning, now expanded until 11:45 for
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hardy county, west virginia, gusty wind and heavy downpours. these storms stay well to the west of the d.c. metro. daytime highs tomorrow near 90. we are talking heat index values closer to 100 for parts of the upcoming week. more on that and looking ahead to a sizzling weekend coming up. nancy: get up-to-the-minute information about the forecast at your fingertips by downloading the stormwatch 7 app. alison: now breaking news from capitol hill, where two more republican senators oppose the party's revised health care bill, utah senator mike lee and jerry moran of kansas. inh four gop senators opposition, the bill is effectively dead. president trump tweeted a response a short time ago, encouraging republicans to repeal obamacare in the work on a new health care plan. the administration continuing to defend the president's
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his meetings with the russians during the campaign. americansds 63% of saying that the meeting was inappropriate. the white house however has a different take. >> quite often people are given information during the heat of the campaign and ask what it simply is. alison: businesses from all 50 states showed off their products at the white house today as part of "made in america" week. the president was hands-on, climbing into a fire truck and putting on a cowboy hat. nancy: the department of homeland security approved 15,000 additional visas for seasonal workers. the visas are for seasonal jobs in the areas of tourism, landscaping, and construction. in, theand this just house approved a new safety agency for m
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maryland have already signed off on the commission and so has the u.s. senate. the federal transit administration has overseen metro safety on a to bury basis since 2015 and will continue to do so until the new entity can meet its response abilities. man facing multiple charges after he rammed his car into a barricade at independence and second streets, near the library of congress. the police blocked off several streets while they searched the car for explosives. nothing was found and terrorism is not suspected. >> we heard some commotion. they said we were on lockdown. both the driver and a capitol police officer were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the officer has been released. four months ago a woman crashed a car into a capitol police officer's cruiser and ran, and dating with officers opening -- ending
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fire on everett. she is currently undergoing a series of psychiatric exams. alison: developing in prince george's county, the police are investigating a serious crash involving two cars and two motorcycles, which collided on harry s truman drive in largo. one person suffered life-threatening injuries. prosecutors say that it was calculated murder, but attorneys say he acted in self-defense. neil was accused of killing his roommates and hiding a body in the attic, the other in the backyard. his defense says the three were involved in a love triangle and neil had to defend himself during a fight. the trial is in its third week. nancy: new video about the double murder that took place here, three men getting out of a car old silver hill road. then they walk out of the screen. the police believe they were
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anthony douglas. a few seconds later, one of the men walked back to the car and drives in the direction of the shooting. arepolice say they investigating their role in the shooting. alison: outrage in minneapolis over a police shooting that ended with a death of a bride to be. michelle marsh has been following this all night and has the latest. michelle: family and friends are stoned tonight after the -- -- family of friends are stunned tonight after the death. the yoga and meditation instructor called the police to report a possible assault in an alley near her minnesota home. when the police car showed up, she approached the police officers on the drivers side of the vehicle. the officer in the passenger seat open fire through the driver side door, fatally striking the woman. tonight, her
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fiancé wants answers to the questions. because the dead police officer shot her for reasons i don't know. both officers are on administrative leave and the police chief is calling for a transparent and independent investigation. neither body cameras n nore dash cams were rolling during the shooting. chief tonight the police in prince william county talked about an uptick in crimes. anna-lysa gayle has the story from woodbridge. anna-lysa: tonight the police chief talked about immigration to the need for diversity within the police department. one thing many people were focused on his crime. they do not look to see the same number of homicide cases that we saw last year. eugene johnson junior attended the meetin
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call for help. >> the issues where i live in williamstown, there are gang activities, congregating, drug smoking, definitely gangs in the neighborhood. anna-lysa: he is scheduled to sit down with the chief to come up with a solution to the problem. the number of homicides doubled in prince william county, jumping from 10 to 22. >> we know that we had several drug related murders. we had some domestic-related homicides. anna-lysa: of the 22 homicide cases, several are already closed. this year there have been three murders in the county, the latest at potomac mills mall in woodbridge. >> nobody knows more about their neighborhood and their street than the people who live there. anna-lysa: comparatively,
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about a dozen homicide cases at this time last year. so far there are three. live in prince william county, anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. alison: happening now in arizona, a desperate search for the father of a family of nine swept away in floodwaters. a group of 40 people are combing the area surrounding a popular swimming hole. monsoon rains caused flash flooding and a wall of water 40 feet wide. hector is still missing tonight. ir three, theu children, and four members of their extended family did not survive. >> i cannot even begin to tell you how i feel for this family. two years old, three years old, five years old. it's heartbreaking. alison: bystanders captured video of the rush of water that's what away trees, mud, rocks, moving up to 30 miles per hour. all of this cau
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discouraging news for those living near the sinkhole in florida that swallowed two homes. authorities say it will take months to clean this up. the hole is 250 feet wide and 50 feet deep, the largest in three decades for the county. .ater testing is happening now the results are expected tomorrow. an investigation into certain squad cars that could be affected by carbon monoxide poisoning. in a city could be wiped off a mount. what it says about
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alison: when you buy a car, you don't expect this inside, $1 million worth of marijuana. was found inside several ford fusion cars that were built at a plant in mexico and shipped to an ohio dealership. still no word on who put the pot and who was supposed to get it. minnesota police also
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drugs in a fusion shipped to mexico. deadly shooting at a gender-reveal party in cincinnati. the woman who the party was being held for was not pregnant. eight people were hurt, one person killed when somebody opened fire at the party july 8. the alleged mom claimed she lost her unborn child after the shooting. the police say they can only speculate about why the woman pretended to be pregnant. alison: a maryland family heartbroken and hoping for answers after a 37-year-old father of three was gunned down at a chillum apartment complex. family rumors say it was -- family members say it was three hours before anybody called for help. richard reeve has that story. hehard: family members say was the glue that held the family together. within 100 people came out to
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emotional gathering -- hugs and prayers marked the emotional gathering. rememberhere to 37-year-old anthony russell, gunned down in his chillum apartment complex. >> i'm asking for justice. richard: just before 5 a.m. the morning of july 8, officers found him fatally shot. he left a dice game on a scooter just hours before. fore lay here on the steps three hours. richard: his family believes this was a robbery. his pockets were inside outcome his while it and cell phone missing. the police are looking for any clues, no matter how small. a something as simple as vehicle out of place, a stranger sitting in a car. >> i wanted soft. i once -- i want it solved. i
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richard: family members say that he was building his business, fixing and selling cars. the police are checking surveillance video and they have posted a $25,000 reward for information. from the live desk, richard reeve, abc 7 news. nancy: with a consumer alert an investigation into looking exhaust on ford explorers that now impact police officers nationwide. the nhtsa has investigated more than 150 complaints about ford explorers leaking carbon monoxide into vehicles. there are some of the reports about the modified explorers used by law enforcement. this year's video from california, the officer driving a car blacked out from carbon monoxide. suv drove into oncoming traffic. he survived and he is now suing ford. we have reached out to the sea area agencies.
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vehicles on our website at wjla.com. report on rising sea levels pinpoints areas that could be hard hit, including several communities on the maryland eastern shore. this is a town long called the crab capital of the world. we talked with residents today who say they are not surprised by the report, saying floods at high tide are becoming more and more common. >> i don't think this will be here too much longer. it's sad. >> it's hard to believe, but the way things are changing now, the tide. the report by the union of concerned scientists claims that maryland will be among the hardest hit, with 22 communities expected to be inundated at least 26 days a year. planners at the eastern shore conservancy say the town of crisfield will have to retreat to higher ground. nancy: hundreds of volunteers came from across the country t
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cemetery. landscape professionals joined in the renewal and remembrance. many volunteers are veterans themselves. organizers say when the project started 21 years ago, they had about 50 volunteers. ,oday, more than 400 showed up including more than 50 children. steve: the high temperature today at reagan national made it up to 91 degrees, a little above average this time of year. if you like it hot and humid, wait until wednesday and thursday, when highs will be well into the middle 90's with the heat index values near 100. likegrees is what it feels right now at reagan national, downtown dca little hotter. -- downtown d.c. a little hotter. this is only getting hotter the next couple days. quiet and dry around the capital beltway right now. showers and thunderstorms just to the west, the strongest storms, and a severe
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posted for hardy county, west virginia until 11:45. this storm is moving to the north and east at about 10 to 15 miles per hour and reports of half-dollar sized hail with this cell. this has no impact on the immediate metro. however, we are looking at another around augusta, with areas of hail, a lot of lightning, well to the west of of 40,000 feet, continuing to grow. take a look at the wake-up temperatures tomorrow morning, upper 60's, lower to middle 70's. it will be warm and humid. futurecast wants to paint a picture similar to what we had this afternoon, scattered somers and thunderstorms, may contain gusty wind and heavier downpours, highs of 90 degrees, heat index values closer to 95 to 97.
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95 to 96, the heat index 100 to 103. lowt of a break saturday, 90's. we have a lot of hot weather to get through, and it's only the middle of july. alison: the potomac nationals may be moving out of woodbridge. the team says the stadium is outdated and negotiations with the county for new park fizzled. one of the city's rumored to be in the running, alexandria. also allowing county and spotsylvania county. we are told arlington is out. we will keep you posted. nancy: how about this, we all know these are wildly popular. alison: there are some new big competitors. that's coming up next. and does this look familiar?
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kirk and his agent, the redskins, they don't come to an agreement, who has the better end of this? lake: kirk. he's getting $24 million guaranteed this year. he will throw for over $4000 -- 4000 yards in this offense in his sleep. he will be in another situation next year where they can him 34se him, give million dollars guaranteed, which is absurd, or transition him, which means test the waters , the team has the first rate to match offers. get draft picks, a first round and may be a third rounder for him. robert:
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you're not taking these. hey, hey, hey! you're not taking those. whoa, whoa! you're not taking that. come with me. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. mom, i'm taking the subaru. don't be late. even when we're not there to keep them safe, our subaru outback will be. (vo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. alison: the storms out of here for the most part? steve: west of interstate 81, still a
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warning for another 15 minutes. no threat the immediate metro. highest tomorrow, another sizzler, 90 degrees. wednesday through friday, middle 90's, feels like closer to 100 to 103. alison: jimmy kimmel is next.
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you by your friend whose read the "game of thrones" books. >> that's interesting because in the books -- [ laughter ] >> no matter what you think of this week's episode you can all agree he's the worse. [ cheers and applause ] >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight, billy crystal, pizza with chef chris bianco, and comedian casey james salengo, and now, stay right where you are, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪

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