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>> abc 7 news at 11:00 starts with breaking news. nancy: at breaking from silver spring, sky track 7 over the scene of belvedere boulevard. details have a lot of except one man has been found shot come in the hospital in serious condition. alison: and more breaking news tonight, arizona senator and former presidential candidate john mccain diagnosed with brain cancer. nancy: mccain just had surgery last week. lindsey mastis explains. : this began last week when he went to the mayo clinic to remove a blood clot. that is when doctors discovered he had a brain tumor. and the mayoce clinic are releasing details about the senator's condition, it is an aggressive cancer.
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he and his family or exploring the next steps, which could include radiation and chemotherapy. his daughter meagan mccain released a statement on twitter about how her father is handling the news. it is knows a prize that the one who is most confident and calm is my father." he is getting an outpouring of republicans and democrats. president obama said john mccain is one of the bravest people i have known. president donald trump put out ,his statement, and it reads "senator john mccain has always been a fighter. we give our thoughts and prayers to senator mccain and their entire family. get well soon." senator mccain is recovering at home in arizona. alison: also more breaking news, our
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gunman in a in alexandria road rage incident. nancy: gunshots rang out in the morning rush, the victim a woman in stable condition. alison: tom roussey has what we know about him and what triggered these terrifying moments. tom? tom: all of the folks around here believe this started on the beltway a short distance that way. when the vehicles got here, this is where the road rage shooting happened. the suv the victim was in stopped over there, but the van the shooter was driving made a right and sped away on eisenhower avenue. haswoman inside the suv already been shot. it does a slow u-turn and comes to a stop on eisenhower avenue. >> i saw the lady laying, the guy was holding the lady. tom: a witness said the shooting happened on the short road connecting eisenhower to the beltway. the woman driving the suv block the van in. she and a man got out of the
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and began screaming and cursing and telling the van driver to come out. the police say that driver was 58-year-old ernest the color of mechanicsville. >> she tried to confront the guy, and he did not say anything. he opened the door and started shooting. tom: in surveillance video coming you see the shooting victim's suv, then the shooter's . the police have not released the name of the woman who was shot, but say she is 33 from bladensburg. the man turned himself in in frederick county and faces two charges, including malicious wounding. tom roussey, abc 7 news. --cy: new at 11:00 tonight >> i had to make it to see my child. nancy: a father's desperation after a day care group abandoned his child at the mall. alison:
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investigation, but as anna-lysa gayle reports, it is a cleaning crew he wants to thank. >> you have to trust the academy to care for our child. anna-lysa: when marvin johnson left his child at the ebenezer baptist church day care, he expected his child would be closely monitored while he and his wife or at work monday, but the police say that trust was broken when the day care let his toddler into the potomac mills -- left him alone at potomac mills mall alone. the 2-year-old was eventually found by custodian, who left him with mall security until the day care recognize theuir mistake. >> he was still asleep in his stroller. my fear is anybody could have taken my child away and then i would have been on tv. anna-lysa: an administrator at the church says there is an investigation under way. meantime, johnson says he
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made sure that his son was safe. says he was very nervous about the entire mixup, because in 2010 he lost a soghter as a result of sids, he is afraid of losing his son. he is no longer enrolled in that day care program. anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. molly: the summer sizzle continues, feels like still in the 90's. we are in the upper 80's. hagerstown and leesburg, 97 is what it feels like in quantico. really no relief from the heat and humidity overnight and for the next couple days unfortunately. we are in the upper 90's friday through the weekend. factoring in the dew point, upper 60's, low 70's. we are talking about feels like temperatures in the triple digits.
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affect the next couple days. stay tuned for a look at the extended forecast, coming up. tomorrow we will know with o.j. simpson will go free. michelle: it is up to his parole board. they could let him go after nine years in prison. he was sentenced to more than three decades behind bars for a casino heist. there are six commissioners on the board. he needs four of them to vote in his favorite to be granted freedom and he is expected to get it. he is 70 years old and even the victim of the case is slated to speak in favor of simpson's release. if it goes his way, simpson will not walk free until october 1. they say that simpson has demonstrated good behavior while locked up. watch the hearing live on wjla's facebook page or wjla.com. alison: bn
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new developments involving president trump and russia. and white son-in-law house senior adviser jerod kushner will testify before the senate intelligence committee and a closed-door meeting. wednesday the said that judiciary committee -- the senate judiciary committee has invited paul manafort and donald trump junior to testify. all three attended the now infamous meeting with russia promising damaging information about hillary clinton. nancy: the congressional budget million fewers 32 americans will have health insurance in 2026 if the republicans simply repeal obamacare. the cbo says that premiums would double. president trump told gop senators to cancel their august recess and continue working. capitol police have arrested 155 health care protesters for staging citizens. alison: fast-moving developments
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shot dead after she called 911. herthe first time, we hear last words and what she told the 911 dispatcher when she called for help, twice. what is still a mystery, why one of the responding officer shot her. >> behind the building. alison: tonight, a picture emerging of her final minutes. the police releasing the transcript of her late-night call to 911 from her minneapolis home. "i can hear somebody out the back. i'm not sure if she is having sex or being raped." she told the dispatcher come it has been going on for a while and i think she tried to say "help" and sounds distressed. even calling back eight minutes later, still waiting, worried officers got the address wrong. investigators revealed the responding officers came to the dark alley with their squad car lights off. the officer said they were startledy
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and one appeared immediately at the driver side window. the officer was on the passenger side and fired his gun through the open driver-side window. >> shots fired. alison: in her native australia, and emotional memorial, due to get married in just a few weeks. even the australian prime minister demanding justice. >> how can a woman out in the street in her pajamas seeking assistance from the police be shot like that? alison: one officer's attorney said that it is reasonable to assume the police believed they might have been the target of an ambush. the police tonight also want to talk with other possible witnesses. nancy: new tonight, d.c. playing host to two big movie premieres, "dunkirk" and for at the same hour, former vice president al gore
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at a screening. richard reeve was there to talk to him. richard: a bit of hollywood glitz at the newseum. >> there is a new participant in the discussion, and that his mother nature. richard: former vice president al gore, attending his second climate change documentary. >> the extreme weather events are way more common and way more destructive, and that is convincing a lot of people. but not the president, who pulled out of the paris climate accord in may. >> i was elected to represent the citizens of pittsburgh, not paris. richard: the administration arguing the agreement signed by 200 nations would hurt the americans. there are skeptics, but they are hoping this production will change some minds. president trump is in the documentary. >>
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it's freezing. richard: and the vision of solar, wind power, and clean jobs. >> we are on the path of a clean energy revolution that is like the industrial revolution. >> there are certainly people who do not believe. all we can do is try to get the message out. richard: richard reeve, abc 7 news. nancy: still ahead -- raccoons maul a man at his home in arlington. >> they were chewing me. nancy: what is believed to be the reason for a series of attacks. plus -- >> do you understand your rights? >> yes, sir, i'm a cop. alison: a suspected drunk driver busted, but the twist, yup, the driver is a cop.
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t-bone. is the nancy:
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car chase in southern california, a man leading officers in a chase ending in that violent crash. he then jumped out of the car and ran. the police caught up with him. sh camera video shows a rookie police officer arrested for drunk driving in new jersey. >> you understand your rights? >> yes, sir, i'm a cop. alison: the video was provided by a newspaper that shows officers stephanie regina's arrest last august. before she surrendered to regina led the police on a short chase. once in custody, she repeatedly told the arresting officer she was a cop and tried to get out of being busted. it is not clear if she is still with the department. nancy: a small airplane made an emergency landing right in the middle of a highway on long island. luckily nobody was injured. the pilot city and no choice but to make the landing
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airplane was having a mechanical issue. and right now thousands of people forced from their homes as a wildfire continues to burn outside of yosemite national park. 7000 people are under evacuation orders. the fire is threatening some 1,500 buildings and has destroyed at least eight homes. this is an around-the-clock battle for firefighters. >> a lateral firefighters have traveled through the night to get here. they have not had any time all. their rest has been short, may a couple of hours of quality slate. nancy: heavy and unpredictable wind fueling the fire. there is also no power in yosemite valley, forcing visitors out as well. alison: a store that you saw west on 7, people in a arlington neighborhood facing a vicious problem, a rash of raccoon attacks. the latest happened this morning as a man tried to take the garbage
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it is the second attack in as many weeks and one of four incidents in the past 10 months. >> as i pushed the door a couple times forward, they are trying to rush into the house. i'm taking them with my foot, trying to get them off, screaming like this. alison: my goodness, trying to get in the house. the animal welfare league says that trashes a big reason raccoons come to an area. in fairlington, there are strict rules regarding trash collection, including what time the garbage can be put out and how long it can stay at the curb. new developments, bread new features at the scene of a tragedy in southeast. this is six-year-old save your lucky with struck by a car and killed along livingston road last spring. he had been celebrating his birthday nearby. now new speed bumps are being placed along the road as a reminder to drivers to slow down and stay aware. nancy:
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fight to will -- in maryland. a federal appeals court said construction to begin on the light rail project. 16-mile project would stretch from bethesda to new carrollton. the ruling also allows the state to pursue much-needed federal funding. new air security measures going into place today, passengers from mexico to the u.s. can expect longest security checks. there will be extra screenings of any portable electronic devices larger than a phone. authorities say that passengers should show up at the airport three hours before takeoff to give themselves extra time. alison: steve jobs the subject of a brand-new opera? you heard that right, a 90 minute production will have its world premiere this weekend at the santa fe opera. affirmance is are also scheduled in seattle and san francisco -- performances are also scheded
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temperature's are still in the 90's. it was that way all afternoon in the 90's. the current temperatures right now are in the mid-to-upper 80's for some of us. the live picture, not touch to show in the d area, quiet skies tonight. to the northwest we have this area of disturbed weather. a line of showers and gusty thunderstorms moving into chicago, under a severe thunderstorm watch until midnight local time. this line of showers is expected to weaken and redevelop tomorrow. overnight tonight, mostly clear lower torm and humid, upper 70's. southwesterly wind in place, keeping dew points in the mid-70's for some of us, making it uncomfortable.
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highs tomorrow, mid-to-upper 90's, mostly sunny skies, slim chance of an isolated shower, mainly in the afternoon and evening when we could see a thunderstorm pop up. better chance of isolated thunderstorm into the upcoming weekend, especially in the afternoon. daytime highs in the upper 90's. the heat continues into this weekend. remember we have code orange in effect through friday if you were in the sensitive group. if you are the group, limit your time outdoors. definitely had to the pool to cool off. the best chance of thunderstorms coming up monday. that is when the cold front moves through. we could have the potential of gusty, possibly severe storms. tuesday, back into the mid-80's. cannot wait for that, but unfortunately we have the thick of the heat coming up. nancy: you are just driving along to work, then you see this guy
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foot of a car in north carolina. the driver said she was terrified to even get out of the car, but this big guy ultimately just slithered away. alison: oh, my goodness. i cannot believe she can even a hold the phone. my goodness. you remember the sudden closing of alfred angelo bridal stores? the saga is not over. nancy: there is already a major pro tip: giant has great prices on produce. raspberries for john... strawberries for amy... what's a jicama? thanks! take a fresh look at giant's produce prices.
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nancy: we showed you the chaos created when out for it angelo bridal went bankrupt, leaving brides across the country in limbo. alison: the company said that it would mail the dresses it had to the brides who ordered them. a california woman received the wrong dress. knowing somebody else needed it, she reach out to wait local television station and together they tracked down the rightful owner. >> as soon as i saw the label i said, ok, this is somebody else's dress. i cannot take that. at least some of the else will have a happy wedding. alison: she is hoping that somebody received her dress by mistake, but she has not heard anything yet from th
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another dress, and her wedding is coming up in april. nancy: she has a little time. erin: plenty of time. thing. the right the good karma will come her way. in anaheim, trying to be devil the angels. sports is coming up.
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>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. nationals continue their two-game series in anaheim this evening. last night everyone was watching bryce harper and mike trout to p. madech former m.v.op the bigger statement, but that doesn't happen tonight because bryce harper got a much-needed day all. pujols singles, escobar scores. right now the angels lead 1-0 in the fifth. theght after scoring 12, orioles went double digits again, scoring 10 runs tonight against the rangers. jonathan schoop drove in three, and the orioles beat the rangers, 10-2.
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introduced by the wizards as a max player today. they offered him a max deal. the former georgetown star will make $106 million over four years. some critics say that is too much, but as porter told robert burton, he will prove them wrong. >> i love everybody. i will prove them wrong. i'm only going to get better, going to continue to grow, especially with this team. my development is only going to get better. it's something i definitely look forward to showcasing my talent. ralliedd the mystics from a 21-point deficit to beat the atlanta dream.
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alison: the ladies are all here. it will definitely be hot, talking upper 90's through the weekend. finally some relief nearly half of next week.
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