hearing. >> thank you. alison: right now, big news. o.j. simpson states his case for freedom. nancy: and it's granted. he could walk out of prison as soon as this october. the former football star now 70 years old had been locked up for nearly a decade. alison: the question now. what comes next in the process? marci gonzalez is in nevada. >> mr. simpson, i do vote to grant parole. >> thank you. marci: with that, o.j. simpson will be a free man. >> our decision although difficult is fair and just. marci: granting parole after pleading to the board from prison where he has been behind bars serving nine of the 33-year sentence. >> i'm sorry it happened. i'm sorry. i did my time. i would like to get back to my family and friends. >> contributing to the board's decision, testimony from one of the men simpson is convicted of robbing in 20

what the nfl hall of famer maintains was an attempt to reclaim his personable memorabilia -- personal memorabilia. >> it's time to give him a second chance. time for him to go home to his family, his friends. this is a good man. he made a mistake. marci: simpson is now 70 years old. his age and perfect record as a prisoner playing into the appeal for freedom. he explained to the board he has taken a course on nonviolent ways to deal with conflict and helped start a baptist church service to the prison. >> i was always a good guy but i could have been a better christian. my commitment to change is to be a better christian. >> the board receiving hundreds of letters, many asking them to factor in the 1994 murder of his ex-wife nicole brown and her friend ron goldman for which he was infamously acquitted. >> it will not be included this case. marci: he plans to move to florida aft

and as soon as that could happen is october 1. marci gonzalez, abc7 news. alison: the saga of o.j. simpson started with the worldwide broadcast of a police chase in 1994. accused of killing 1994, he was acquitted. there were develop divides over the decision in the country. he was then convicted of a different crime almost ten years ago and sent to prison for robbing two men of sports memorabilia from a hotel room in las vegas. now he is going to walk out of prison later this year. tom roussey has reaction. tom: i was at the university of maryland at the time listening to the verdict. there was so much reaction to it back then. here we are, 20 plus years later, getting reaction again involving o.j. simpson. we asked several folks to tell us what they thought of the fact he will be a free man.

>> i thought he was guilty so i hate to see this but if that is what i decide i go with the government. >> if anyone is incarcerated and served their time, what would you think? tom: you are in support of setting him free then? >> did the man serve his time? he served his time. tom: we'll keep asking people about their opinions. we didn't find anybody yet who was totally against the decision saying they respect what the parole board did. the parole board wasn't allowed to consider acquittal for murder. but the court of public opinion, it may be a different thing. reporting in northwest live, i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. nancy: tom, thank you. check out the facebook page where we took the hearing live. you can watch to see how the fellow viewers reacted in realtime to simpson's responses. that is facebook.com/wjlatv. also developing right now in the middle of a

until 7:00 p.m. tonight. it feels like triple digits and it will be like this for several days. brian van de graaff along the national mall. ducking in the museums are a popular choice right now. the a.c., man. brian: for sure. it is hot out here. 97 again today. we did it yesterday. this is the fourth time this year we have been at 97. the fifth time we have been above 95 degrees. there are things you can do to beat the heat. we will talk about the evening. not much in the season, and the temperatures if you head out this afternoon, 92 at 7:00. by 8:00 this evening, 91. at 9:00 we'll be in the upper 80's. as far as the morning lows, not cooling off. we are still about 80 degrees downtown tomorrow morning. by tm

again. mid-to-upper 90's. when you factor in the humidity, it will feel like the mid-100's. isolated chance of cooling shower for us tomorrow afternoon. i want to talk about cool things to do inside. we first want to talk about the kids and how they are trying to acclimate to the heat. kevin lewis is live in camp right in stevensville, maryland. how are they staying cool without getting heat stroke, kevin? kevin: they are trying their best. no serious dehydration or heat stroke to speak of. there are around 300 campers and the staff taking part in this week's session. where is the best place to be in the heat? the pool. the water is a lot cooler than the air. there is a swim meet going on now. prevention is the game plan for the camp. it has dozen of water coo

there are also jugs of the s.p.f. 30 sunscreen in the main office. none of the wooded cabins have air conditioning, let alone electricity. needless to say, many campers brought battery-powered fans. camp wright is located on the chesapeake bay so you get an occasional breeze but nothing to really help. there is a mandatory rest hour every day. slip-and-slide, gatorade and sunglasses and hats are helpful tools to keep the kids cool. >> it's very hot. like 100. like 200. >> feels that warm. >> yes. plus we have to drink water because it gets really hot. today is really hot. if i wasn't swimming i'd be really hot. >> when you see the kids with the red faces and the sweat dripping down, time to dial

cooler things to do at camp. kevin: i snagged this plastic cup from the dining hall here and filled it up half a dozen times. it's necessary, folks. all new at 5:00, we will take a trip to the camp nurses office. goldbond. a lot of that is being used this week. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: we'll see you soon. thank you. support for senator john mccain following his brain cancer diagnosis has flooded in on twitter. he thanked his well-wishers. while he enters the cancer battle, we spoke to a doctor who experience in treating this form of cancer. >> he is facing the most common form of brain cancer. the tweet today shows signs of hope he will

the director of the brain tumor center at medstar georgetown university hospital says mccain has many treatment options. he will likely go through radiation and chemotherapy and is recommending a clinical trial to treat the immune system. 50% of the patients with glioblastomas survive more than 15 months. but age and health do matter. >> i think it's important for senator mccain and his family to hold on with the enrollment in the cine call trial. >> coming up at 6:00 we hear from a woman who is a nurse here who battled the same type of cancer as senator john mccain. she has survived four and a half years. in northwest washington, cheryl conner, abc7 news. alison: all right, thank you. great to have you back. meanwhile, a new a.p. poll sheds light on healthcare in america.

the affordable care act. but less for the plan held up on the hill. most say it's the government's responsibility to make sure all americans have coverage. 37% say it's not. the same questions were asked in march and only 52% said coverage is a federal responsibility. nancy: new at 4:00, one person who got sick after eating at chipotle in sterling has been diagnosed with norovirus. the restaurant closed for a full day for cleaning an reopened yesterday. in total 60 people reported symptoms in the days after leading up to the closure. the health officials are not ready to say it's the cause of everyone's illnesses. nancy: christopher wray, president's pick to lead the f.b.i., passing a procedural hurdle. hours ago they approved his

nomination. if the full senate votes to confirm he could replace james comey. alison: new twist in cabinet and the russian relations. the treasurer department is fining exxon-mobil for violating the russia sanctions that took place while rex tillerson was running the company. this is in 2014. exxon is countersuing the treasury department to try to stop the fine. would you be interested in going from d.c. to new york in 30 minutes? nancy: absolutely! that is faster than most of our commutes alone. elon musk says he has initial approval for a system that will do that. alison: so meteorologist brian van de brianne carter has a look at the hyper loop. brianne: it could be coming closer to reality.

today, elon musk sent out a tweet that said he received approval to build a hyper underground loop to help a train pod levitate at high speeds, to get the passengers to destinations seven times faster. right now the trip could take three hours. but it doesn't say who the approval came from or when and where it would begin. today at union station the travelers are on board. >> i'd go for an hour. maybe not 30 minutes. that sounds too good to be happen. brianne: some travelers say they wouldn't take it even if it's built.

nancy: i am for it. go up to new york to grab a pizza and come back for dinner. alison: we'll see. "abc7 news at 4:00" -- nancy: a team competing in the d.c. robotics championship vanishes. where they were last seen. alison: and accused of being crooked cops. how many cases might be thrown out because of allegations of planting evidence in baltimore. >> and where the great white was spotted that may have you rethinking a trip to the beach. it's a big

nancy: the baltimore seen planting judge has been suspended. it comes before a suspected drug dealer arrested. two other officers watched as the drugs were being hidden and now the case the three have been involved in, is under review. >> this is a delicate process. so far we identified 100 cases where the officers have had involvement. the charges have been dropped against the man they arrested that day. alison: that was from j

the sinkhole is now 2350 feet wide. it's -- 235 wide and still growing. it's chewed up a hot tub, a concrete slab, more dirt from the two homes destroyed in this. they hope to start clean-up this weekend. look at this in houston, texas. applebee's customers and workers turned the tables on would-be robbers. one went straight for the cash register and the other held up a knife. they took down the teens. on the ground a customer asked them why they did this. one said to pay for a funeral and expenses for one of their friends. nancy: major drug bust to tell you about in texas. police in austin say a woman is facing federal charges after 75 pound of liquid crystal

car. they pulled her over last week for speeding and they found the meth in white drugs with the label "purple power." alison: a warning for pet owners in colorado. someone out there is deliberately poisoning dogs. three doggings died of rat poisoning. another is in critical condition. one man said he knew she was going to day after being sick a few weeks ago. >> she was dizzy and week and couldn't walk. they are posted warning signs for the neighborhoods targeted. if we get to mars we will need to get around. nancy: we are thinking far ahead on this. but don't worry, this is what is covered with the mars error. brian van de graaff live at the smithsonian national air and space museum with a look at it. hey, brian. brian:

uber yet on mars. this is happening for a few days, saturday here downtown. >> this is an opportunity to come and talk to the scientists on the staff. brian: this a vehicle we're building and it might not be that far away. >> we might see a landing on mars in our lifetime. they are already starting to build the building blocks of the mission to mars. >> this is a

that is designed by nasa. >> right. brian: making visits to the other cities. this is through saturday. >> 10:00 to 3:00 until mars day and it's here until 3:00 on saturday. >> what is something to know about the mars day? >> mars day is wide variety of the activities here. we have activities for kids, there is anything you like. maybe he will let me drive. probably not. alison: we'll see you when you get back. it

small step and giant leap,, apollo 11 landing at 4:18 p.m. on july 20. neil armstrong placing a human foot on another world. one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. nancy: very cool to see. keep an eye out for this guy. the great white is nearly 13 feet long and weighs more than 1300 pounds. seen as far south as west palm beach.

doug: day two. we a five and a half days of the heatwave. the peak is probably tomorrow through saturday. keep in the back of your mind that the severe thunderstorms are parts of the area. this is about the heat and the humidity until 7:00 tonight. that is how long this will run. it could get up to feeling like 105. it feels like 105 in leesburg. 101 at reagan national and fredericksburg. 105 in quantico. we will we pete the process -- we will repeat the process. i don't think the values will go higher than this. 100 to 103 tomorrow and saturday. satellite and the radar, watching showers and the storms out of a developed after a big complex of the storms last night. the strongest chances of this holding together is fro

we know the thunderstorm chances ramp up tomorrow afternoon. this is hot and humid. this is probably going to get to 80 in downtown washington. that is where we start the day tomorrow. climb up to the upper 90's again. we are already in a slight risk of the severe weather. but keep that in mind because it could cause damaging wind, isolated tornadoes will be a possibility as well. when is the relief coming? i'll move out of the way to see. the showers and the thunderstorms

next week we get to the regular summer dissal. the average the hot and the humid summer day. but not the extreme variety. nancy: thank you, doug. next at 4:00, after competing in the robotics competition, they vanish. clues where two might be and the search for the others next. alison: next at 4:00, is seacrest out or in? ryan answers the question. will he host "american idol" when it returns to

alison: big news regarding "american idol." ryan seecrest is confirming he will return for to host the show. that will air on abc7. you might remember that seacrest hosted the original from 15 seasons from 2002 to 2015. it will kick off august 17 as the idol bus tour begins. how does he have time for that? nancy: he is the busiest guy in hollywood. good watching. alison: absolutely! nancy: here is your reminder not to miss tonight's episode of "boy band" as they are perform "untown girl" live --

the show. alison: we spoke to some of the judges and he asked an important question. is there any chance of a tour? >> people ares no stall olympic. that is what we are proud of. we are proud of who we are. there have been all the things. ♪ if you want to be my back street ♪ -- >> it's already begun! >> the band, we thought we'd dust it off. why not? nancy: i would buy a ticket for that. baby spice is my favorite. you ca

8:00 on abc7. alison: and then watch -- nancy: next at 4:00, it's hot. getting hotter. the on your side team takes a temperature gauge to the playground that might make you think twice about where you let your kids play this summer. sam: police located some of the young people who disappeared after robotics competition here. i'm sam ford. that story coming up. alison: new at 5:00, water flooding down steps and into basement apartments. what caused the scene today? that's when i join you at 5:00.

michelle: right now police are searching for analysis teenagers from the african nation of burundi. they vanished from the d.c. robotics in the district. nancy: we learn where they may have gone. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live with more on this. sam? sam:

time that people come here for an event and decide they don't want to go back home. in the case of the young people from burundi, a french speaking country two were seen entering canada. that is the word from the d.c. police who said they have been touch with the families. they are among the 100 from the 57 countries participating in a robotics competition at constitution hall that went on from sunday through tuesday. the shab ron couldn't find them after -- chaperon couldn't find them. but he then found their room keys in the bag and the clothing was done. burundi is one of the poorest countries still recovering from a 12-year civil war that claimed an estimated 300,000 lives. reporting live, i'm sam ford,

nancy: thank you. we are back in the weather center. doug, day two of the heatwave. doug: do the forecast. what are we looking at? nancy: hot temperatures. heat advisory through 7:00. doug: the air temperatures now are in the mid-90's. combination of heat and humidity makes it feel like 100 degrees. look at what we're dealing with, as far as the heat index. thank you for stopping by. peoples like 105 in quantico and 101 in the district and fredericksburg. we have a slow drop in temperatures and the feels like tonight. the last few days we have east of the metro area tonight. in the middle pennsylvania north of tappahannock and to the bay. a few isolated storms but that is it. don't count on cooling from the sky. hot, hot, hot friday, saturday and sunday. heat index is an issue.

85 is not cool. but compared to the mid-90's it is. that is what we look for tuesday, wednesday, thursday. tuesday night with the nats return home to nationals park and we'll warm it back up and get humid. nice break from the intense heat. michelle: a driver didn't realize he had been shot until he got to work so brad bell has more on another shooting on roads in our area. brad? brad: commuters have enough to worry about. heavy traffic and aggressive drivers and now the shooting. we have had three on the area roadways since the start of july. now this. the latest shooting

before 4:00 a.m. yesterday on this stretch of southbound i-95. just north of route 32. man heard a loud pop and didn't realize he had been targeted until he arrived at work and found bullet holes in the driver's side of the vehicle. the incident now investigated by the maryland state police. they are giving no description of the suspect or suspect vehicle. nor are they offering motives. we spoke to people traveling that stretch and several said they already worry about other drivers. >> to hear this is going on in the area we are driving through. without knowing this happened is alarming. >> that lady said she was eager to get in the car and move on up the roadway. >> when we come back at 5:00, we will talk about another incident. unsolved. murder on the beltway. around whether or not polic

here. right now we are told know. along i-95. brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: the man accused of shooting a woman in a road rage incident in alexandria waves the extradition in the frederick court today. and will head back to virginia. he shot a woman and took off after an argument on the road. nancy: the crews are going to try to capture raccoons after there was attack. secret to a long life. michelle: a 106-year-old man shares it and what is a good motivation to get outside. nancy: how hot is too hot for the pla

temperature but the equipment that the kids are playing on. you won't believe the temperatures we got. veronica johnson has a look to how to start friday with "good morning washington." >> the scorching heat is not letting up soon. why a dip in the pool is a good thing for the mental health. >> keep it here for traffic

>> vern says gardening is the key to living a long life. >> i'll do a garden next year. if i don't feel like it, i won't. michelle: i love how he blows out the candles. i hope they show that again with his hat, fanning it. he has scaled back some but this year he is closed

garden and he has gone from planting 200 to 60 so he is taking it easy but he is still visiting the garden a few days a week. nancy: good for him. michelle: you can get fresh produce. who can argue with that? brought you patti la belle's sweet poe faye toe pie is unveiling -- potato pie is unveiling another item. but nancy is not thrilled. nancy: they are selling troppals. they are pickles with fruit punch. i don't know why this is happening. it's getting mixed reaction online. this sounds like one of the things that -- michelle: hoax. nancy: pregnant and having cravings. tropicals. so there you go. michelle: there is 16 and 25 calllies. there -- serves 16 and 25 calories. there you go. coming up. >> police officers deal with a

day. we get a look at what it's like. i'm jeff goldberg. we have that coming up. >> this is where we stay cool. i'm scott taylor. but this is a danger zone. how hot th

michelle: summertime means taking the kids to the park for many families. nancy: it can be dangerous. we are not just talk about the dehydration or the exhaustion. scott: this is hot and we have a laser thermometer to test the playground equipment. this is 130 degrees. over 130 degrees. this is dangerously hot. the results are hotter. we tested several playgrounds and found that playground surfaces are the most

dangerous. one with black rubber surfaces came in at 1784 degrees -- 174 degrees. a corkscrew ladder came in at 115 degrees. anything above 120 degrees would easily burn a child. so in the hottest part of the day, stay away from a playground. >> if this is too hotted for your hand, then your child shouldn't go down the slide. run them to the water park.

all right. in prince george's county a dump truck driver dies after her truck crashed to a utility pole and flipped. skytrak7 over the scene after 8:00 at the intersection of white house road at harry s. truman drive. energy crews arrived, the truck was wrapped in the power lines. no ord what caused the accident. nancy: a man back at home and is now facing felony aggravated assault and simple assault, which is a misdemeanor and he pled not guilty. michelle: being a cop takes a lot of training. no doubt. nancy: members of the media were given the test and they

academy. >> it begins in the classroom where offering a lesson on the risk of the traffic stops. >> i don't know until the stop is over whether or not it's a deadly encounter. >> pretty soon it's time for reporters like myself to suit up and see what it is like to do the job. with the assistance of the fairfax county police members we are simulating a traffic stop where drivers tags are expired. a driver played by an actor not making things easy. >> sorry, sir. you have to put that on hold for a moment. after going through speaking with the driver and writing the citation, the traffic stop simulation is complete. as the training continues you hear that there is no such thing as a traffic stop. >> everything we do is a safety concern for ourselves and for tha

>> a georgia man is in the hospital after trying to stop a carjacker. look at this. you can see that the man is pulling from the parking lot with a man hanging on the hood. >> i was going 70. he tried to kill me. michelle: he broke his ankle and he suffered other bruises. the police have not said if they have anyone in custody. "7 on your side" consumer alert. big improvement on the employment front. 15,000 fewer americans became the first time filers for jobless aid.

it a sign layoffs are not happening as much. nancy: the mortgage rates are dropping below the percent for 30-year fixed rate. it's a seemingly small change but it comes out to thousands over the years. michelle: this could be sears last chance to save a key brand, kenmore. i begin selling appliances on amazon including ones can be synced up using the voice assistant alexa. sears have been struggling as you know with many department stores with the plans to close hundreds of locations including the dozen of k-smart shops that it also owns. amazon speaking of that is now testing the social media waters. the retail giant released spark. the app is similar

shoppers to post images or stories about products they enjoy using. the app users can tag items that you can find on, of course, amazon. it's currently only available to the prime members in the u.s. >> the next story is cool. nasa is releasing stunning images of a solar flare from last week with the eruption of an athletic storm. this is just beautiful to watch. you can see it there. >> it's gorgeous. it's nice to look at. let's go back outside. speaking of space. the friend brian van de graaff out at the air and the space museum. nancy: yeah. brian: this is a great place to be. we are ducking in the shade outside the mars rover exhibit. this is hot. today we got to 97 degrees. take a look outside. we talk ab

happening. through the next few hours what you see is what you get. hot and humid. the storm chances are isolated in the last few days. i think they will pick up more later in the week but right now not widespread. look at this. this feels like 101 downtown when you factor in the humidity. it peoples like 105 in quantico. 101 in fredericksburg. in hagerstown it feels like 100. by 8:00 we drop a degree. this is a muggy evening. tomorrow more of the same. the upper 90's for the highs. it will feel like 105 at times tomorrow. we are still under the heatwave as we speak. we are looking out for saturday. we have a slight risk for the stronger thunderstorms to develop. not everyone in on the action. but if some come together for saturday it could be hefty with the gusty wind and the hail.

upper 90's tomorrow, saturday and sunday. by monday we will see transition for tuesday i think we will drop back. there is a mars rover. concept vehicle for mars. show you the video. this will traffic in the vary can. this is going to select museums around the area but here in d.c. just for a short amount of time. so tomorrow 10:00 to 3:00 is mars day so a lot of activities on mars and going to mars. we will have more in the 5:00 hour. that is the latest from the final frontier off independence avenue. back to you. michelle: you don't get to drive the rover, right? you don't get to drive it nancy. he was

next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- new sanctions against iranians. the middle east pledging to retaliate. what is left as the white

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violations. national correspondent michelle macaluso has the revolving situation. >> they are curbing the interaction but they are in compliance. >> they are in compliance with a nuclear agreement. >> they are pushing for the bah lostic missile development -- ballistic missile development. fresh sanctions a day after they certified the nuclear complaint for a dozen iranian groups and individuals. >> we decided that the best course of action we must impose new sanctions. >> in the campaign, president trump blasted the deal brokered by the obama administration. he declared he would rip it up.

to violate the spirit and the merit of the agreement. this is somebody who continues to sponsor state act of terror around the globe and in the middle east where it leads terrorism and the terrorism efforts arming people who wish to do the nation harm. >> the administration is in the middle of the comprehensive review of the u.s. iran policy. that will be finalized soon. depending on the results, they worry if they leave the deal it would be a mistake. >> if they walk away without a free pass without support from europe, which means iran could start a nuclear program about the consequences. >> they promise to retaliate and look at whether the move violates the deal. larry: right now at "abc7 news at 5:00". >> thank you. larry: a sigh of relief for o.j. simpson. we gather re

release. traffic, distracted drivers and another reason to be concerned on i-95. someone with a gun. and people's nightmares coming up fast. the cause of the water nightmare. announcer: from abc7 news this is a breaking news alert. larry: after eight yearlings behind bars, two hours ago o.j. simpson was granted parole. nancy chen at the "live desk" now. when could o.j. get out of jail? nancy: it's still a couple of months. the earliest he would walk out of prison is october 1. he was sentenced to 33 years for a botched armed robbery. he said he was trying to get things back that were his from a sports memorabilia dealer in las vegas and never meant to hurt anyone. >> i am so danger. i never pulled a gun on anybody. i never been accused of it. nancy: parole commissioners cited his look of any prior convictions, low

commit another crime and support from the community in their decision. at the hearing there was no mention of simpson's previous acquittal in the death of his wife nicole and friend ron goldman. tom roussey picking up team coverage now outside the newseum getting reaction to today's decision. tom? tom: tom: we are talking to people and there are parents explaining to their kids at the newseum who o.j. simpson is. they weren't born when it went down two decades ago. this was already making the news on today's newspapers. probably the front page of all the newspapers tomorrow. we talked to folks to get reaction to the fact that o.j. simpson is a free man again. this is what they had to say. >> my opinion is this is the justice system.