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hour. he turned himself in this afternoon. the shooting aned at -- happened at eisenhower and claremont avenue and the victim is in the hospital in stable condition. the surveillance video from local business shows aftermath of the shooting before 8:00 a.m. the shooting victim turns her suffer to eisenhower avenue where it slows in the middle of the road before coming to a stop on the curb. >> we believe this is road rage between two vehicles. >> i was in office and i heard four shots from outside. >> stephen who works at a nearby tire shop says the man on the bike saw the woman struggling. >> he hopped off and helped her. >> the argume
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on the beltway and escalated when the vehicles got to the stoplight at eisenhower in claremont. >> hopped out of the car and tried to confront the guy. didn't say anything. opened up the door and he started shooting at her. >> the male summit fled the scene as two other men reportedly ran after him to get a license plate number. police in virginia and maryland searched for hours until this afternoon. when 58-year-old ernest stickell turned himself in at the maryland state police headquarters in frederick. >> traffic and then started shooting. i don't know. >> wrappers from the medical equipment on the ground. there was a passenger in the black survivor. he was u
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to figure out the secret of event that lead up to the road rage shooting. >> michelle: no arrest after a shooting that left a father of four dead. someone shot lombray as he drove on the beltway. they are asking anyone who saw something suspicious that remember seeing the car with the redskins rear window sticker to give them a call. >> this happened in fredericksburg and the vehicle is distinctive. the police say they were riding in a blue colored moped with a milk cart in the back. described as gray headed man with a scruffy beard and a dark tattoo on the left forearm. blonde woman with hip at a too tattoo on her left
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survivor. michelle: a major victory in a fight to build purple line in maryland. they ruled that the construction can begin on the light rail project while a lawsuit trying to derail the project continues. it does still need federal funding but the ruling allows the state to pursue the money. the 16-mile project would stretch from bethesda to new carrollton. nancy: now to the summer sizzle who has everyone, everyone sweating across the area. unfortunately it's only going to get worse from here. michelle: days like this you appreciate being indoors. josh knight is with people at the pool but they are not there to cool off. there is serious competition. josh: i savor every drop that gets flashed my way. we are between events so the kids can do warmup and
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next one. the northern virginia swim league have incredible cheering sections as well. [cheers & applause] how are you holding up in the heat? >> it's so hot. >> really hot. >> really hot. >> team is doing well. that is great. >> get to the weather graphics. we talk about how hot it is. the temperatures have been in the mid-90's today. we are very slow. overnight we are only dropping down to 78 degrees. so we just don't get the relief tonight. we work our way to the next three days it goes up from there. the temperatures today topping out around 94. tomorrow we are back to the 96. 97. 98 range. as go throughout the weekend treat the heat seriously. stay safe and stay hydrated and take plenty of breaks to get inside in the a.c. they don't need it. that i seem good to go but we are getting ready for the next event to start. send it back to you. michelle: it looks fun. thank you. stay connected with the
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stormwatch7 weather team for alerts that could accompany the heat. download the free stormwatch7 weather app or follow us on facebook and twitter. nancy: meantime, the chipotle on route 7 in sterling is back open after dozens were sick after eating there. workers scrub down the kitchen and the dining room yesterday. the health department is trying to determine if the norovirus is to blame. michelle: senator trump wants senators to skip the august recess to get a healthcare deal done. the president hosted the republican senators at the white house today working to convince them to repeal and replace obamacare. mitch mcconnell says he will move ahead with a vote to repeal the affordable care act but even the president says that is not enough. >> they need a repeal. repeel and replace. >> repealing the healthcare law without a replacement is worse. it would cause the healthcare system to implode. creating
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michelle: a new report from the congressional budget office says repealing obamacare without replacing it would leave 32 million more americans without insurance by 2026. nancy: the supreme court says they are exempt from the president travel ban. it affects people from six majority countries. the health carrying the son of a cabinet member made emergency landing off long island this morning. >> coming in for the emergency landing. deploy the pontoons. it happened so quickly.
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pilot was fantastic. nancy: theson of linda mcmahon head of the small business administration. michelle: must-see video from comic con in phoenix. dressed like punisher most assumed that this man's guns were fake. right? part of a cos sume. they weren't. the police arrested him after receiving a tim he planned to kill another convention goer. the incident have the convention organizers around the country rethinking the rules on the prop guns. nancy: a cargo ship trip turning and what happened. >> first, a state trooper said he went flying the wrong day down the interstate. what
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nancy: shocking video led to the resignation of a state trooper who was racing the wrong way down the interstate. he was responding to reports of a group of the b.m.w.'s racing down the highway. the drivers were arrested. the cars were impounded. the highway patrol policy allows troopers to drive into oncoming traffic but only if the need to respond outweighs
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the danger all that happened when the deputy tried to pull over the man for expired license plate. the driver was only only person hurt. nancy: more problems for the baltimore police department after the public defender's body shows an officer planting drug. this shows an officer placing a soup can in an empty lot and coming back to pool out a baggy of the white capsules. they saved the 30 seconds of video before the camera is activated. >> there is a serious credibility issue with an officer involved in this case. absolutely. there the prosecutors dropped the charges and th
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dozens of other cases involving the officer. the state attorney's office are investigating. michelle: a family finally knows what happened to hackenson. his remains were among those buried in a scrawl space under chicago home of serial killer john wayne gacy. gacy was put to death and six victims are yet to be identified. nancy: coming up how an eagle scout and prosthetic leg turned hero for fisherman who fell in waiter. michelle: another raccoon attack and some believe the
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michelle: flames swallow marina in texas. the smoke could be seen for more than a dozen miles away. fortunately no injuries. the fire took hours to knock out.
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>> that is somebody's boat. oh, no! >> yes. that is not supposed to happen. >> the problems didn't end there. the massive shipment clipped a maintenance drawbridge. nancy: tonight concern that the homeowner's policy may embolden raccoons. after they mauled a man. it's the center of an attack in the arlington neighborhood. we spoke to the latest video and an interview you will only see on 7. stephen tschida? stephen: yeah, this happened early this morning. the raccoons were in the bushes. inches inflicted by raccoons --
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by raccoons. greg had just stepped out of the front door this morning. suddenly two raccoons attacked. leeching on him, latching on and tearing into his flesh. he fell back on his front door. >> trial to -- i'm trying to rush in the house. >> this is the second in two weeks and the fourth in a year. they tribute it to trash. there are strict rules with the trash collection. some worry the raccoon problem could grow worse.
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>> after the attack the raccoons ran up this tree. there is no way to know if they are rabbit. he has begun rabies shots. nancy: thank you. incredible story of the survive, luck and the perfect timing from ohio. >> he wasn't even sure if the phone was working so he just screamed and screamed. the family on the shore heard him. an eagle scout and his father went to work to launch his own boat to look for him. the thing that kept him afloat is his
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being hit by a driver. >> it floated. >> we didn't realize he only had one leg. nancy: he calls the rescuers guardian angels. michelle: times like this in the hot weather you think about the water safety. everyone looking to calm down. nancy: be careful. doug: it's alluring to jump in and cool off but think about it first. we are also jumping to next week to think about the weather. this looks pretty enough. if you are walking around you can feel the heat and the humidity. it's 96 for the official high at
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it's 6 degrees below the record for washington. sun set at 8:30. the daylight hours slowly contracting as we work toward the equinox. 101 is the feels like washington and leesburg. 90's elsewhere. hour by hour this is how it looks with the temperatures. tomorrow a quick rise. and upper 90's in the afternoon. we will continue with the day two of the heatwave. now talk about the weekend. the whether for the swimming pools or any tacktivitys. this is what we have. upper 90's on the thermometer. over 100 for feels like temperature. we have a chance of thunderstorms on friday. friday we do. scattered satu
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% range. there will be a few to cool you off temporarily. but it will cool it off and add more moisture to the air as well. the beach is a good call for the weekend. over the weekend is upper 80's. still humidity. late day and the early everything thunderstorms a possibility. by tuesday there is a nice drop for the mid-80's. that is below average. highs on wednesday. 86 degrees. the humidity levels will rise. it's refreshing to have sunny day. i will take it in july. nancy: thank you. we have breaking news right now from cap
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donald trump jr. and former campaign manager paul manafort will testify in public next wednesday. they are set to appear on a committee for foreign influence on elections. both attended the infamous june meeting with the russian nationals who offered damaging
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robert: otto porter officially introduced by the wizards as a max player offered a max deal, they matched it. otto had a smile on his face today. i wonder why. season ticket holders. gave a few seconds. we talked to him about what is different now that he is a max guy. >> the motivated me. i continue to work hard. i want to be home. this is my home. i want to do right by d.c. robert: you have naysayers. >> of course. robert been clue you want to prove them wrong? >> i am looking forward to showcase my talent.
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>> giving them a chance to shoot hoops. giving the kids a chance to hang out with an nba player and something they will never forget. >> it was really special to be on the wizards practice court. with otto porter. amazing. >> otto is just all-around a great guy. >> the kid got on camera. >> wasn't afraid. >> great day! >> awesome. nancy: worked out well for everyone. >> it did. doug: it's hot. several for more days. molly is in for steve to monitor the daily chance for storms. michelle: we'll stay on top of it. "world news tonight" with david muir up next. nancy: join us at 11:00. have a good night.
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tonight, several breaking developments. the bride tob shot dead by police. tonight for the first time what she said in her calls to 911. and a new report tonight on what police might have thought right before the shooting. also tonight, the state of emergency at this hour. the fire out of control. nearly 5,000 already evacuated. and tonight, it's now moving in on one of america's most famous parks. o.j. simpson, the decision tomorrow. and tonight, what we have already learned already. how many votes does he need in that room? and we have one of the former prison guards here tonight. we have breaking news coming in involving president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, jared kushner. he has

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