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dew points in the upper 60's to the low 70's for most of us. here is how it feels. 101 in quantico. very mild. make sure you are staying hydrated. check on the neighbors as well. here is a look at our satellite and radar. showers and thunderstorms to our west into west virginia. picking up a little bit of cloud cover into the afternoon. also, the potential for a few thunderstorms popping up. you can see at 1:30 p.m., already bubbling up in the higher elevations and drifting to the d.c. metro. after 2:00, you want to keep an eye to the skies, especially if you are picking up the kids from summer camp or going to the pool to cool off. , maybe a few additional pop-up thunderstorms with additional cloud cover.the real action coming to town as we go through the upcoming weekend. a slight risk for severe storms not only saturday afternoon, but also on su

expected to continue. coming up and my extended forecast, we will talk how hot it is supposed to get and when we are expected to cool down. stay tuned. adriana, back to you. adriana: thank you so much. stay connected with the stormwatch 7 team for any weather alerts that can come with this heatwave. you can download the free stormwatch 7 app or follow us on facebook and twitter. president donald trump is shaking up his legal team. he is asking some controversial questions about his ability to pardon as advisors and his family, maybe even himself. megan hughes has the latest. megan: jeff sessions back to work as president donald trump dodges questions about his "new york times" rant against the attorney general. changes are afoot on france legal team.his lead s legal team. his lead attorney steppi d

investigators looking into possible collusion between the trunk campaign and russia. they are looking for conflict of interest within robert mueller's team. kellyanne conway says many are democratic donors, telling fox and friends -- >> it is relevant that people know what the motivations are. that is not an attack on the team. that is what is fair is fair. megan: the white house doubling down on comments that robert mueller would cross a line if it includes trump's family finances not tied to russia. >> the president made it clear that the special counsel should not move outside of the scope of the investigation. president trump senior advisor jared kushner is set to answer questions on capitol hill. his son donald jr. and paul manafort face a deadline tonight to testify. if they do not agree -- >>

subpoenad. megan: a new communications director at the white house. adriana: the associated press is reporting that sources are telling them sean spicer has resigned over the hiring of the new communications director. in about 2.5 hours, three of the five remaining survivors from the uss arizona in pearl harbor are being honored at the white house. all three were rescued by a sailor who to a rope to them, but they did not learn his identity until 50 years later. sam sweeney has the story. these threes after long on a rope to escape the flames of the uss arizona, they were honored. for donald, warren, and ken, it is not about to limiting themselves. these members of the greatest generation wanted to honor the man who through the rope to them. his name is jo

been recognized. his daughter came to washington to accept the award. >> he knew what he was doing in that moment of time. he did not think about anything but helping those men get down that road because he knew their lives mattered. that is what i think of. sam: joann taylor says her father did not tell anyone about what he did for decades. taylor would eventually find out her father disobeyed orders to throw that rope. he saved sex lives that december six lives that december day. later today, they will be honored again by president donald trump at the white house. reporting at the world war ii memorial, sam sweeney, abc 7 news. adriana: the trump administration will reportedly ban americans from traveling to north korea. the associated press reports this move comes after the death of

pastorally after falling into a coma in a north korean prison. the state government will make use of u.s. passports their illegal. the change will be put on the federal register next week and will go into effect 30 days after that. developing right now, two tourists from turkey and sweden died after a powerful earthquake jolted the island. more than 500 other people are injured. the 6.5 magnitude quake damaged several buildings there. after the quake, hundreds of tourists spent the rest of the night outdoors. ,he quake rattled other islands but the island was the closest to the epicenter and was the hardest to be hit. an update now. 4 teenagers are still missing somewhere in the u.s.. six students disappeared. two of them are now in canada with family and friends. they are trying to find the other four.

competition's closing gala. investors believe they were trying to orchestrate a bid for possible asylum. a deadly crash on a major commuter route. john gonzalez is along indianhead highway to tell us how this happened. john: traffic moving smoothly on the southbound lanes here on indianhead highway route t 210. they have all lanes open on the other side. you can see the traffic vehicles there. they have the tow trucks on the scene. they have one of the vehicles at least on the flatbed of one of the tow trucks. vehicles that really do not look .ike vehicles any longer they were a charger and a mustang. head on collision at 2:30 a.m. this morning. one of the vehicles driving in the wrong direction. both drivers killed instantly at the scene. this was such a violent crash that one of the cars burst into flame.

part of the messiest and will include trying to determine if speed or alcohol played a factor, but we can tell you this is an extremely dangerous stretch of roadway. we spoke to one of the residents here who said he and his family have lived here five years. they have seen 20 accidents in that short span. >> something has to be done. we need a light. we need something. i am tired of seeing it. i have kids who come out to this. john: some of the residents we have been talking to out here wondering why there is no speed cameras. we asked police about that this morning. they tell me the law is speed cameras have to go one mile or two from a school. there is just no school that close to this area. reporting in for washington, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. [indisce

on camera watching a man drowned. the reason they will not face any charges, coming up next. next, a drunken joyride on the beach. how this while police chase came to an end. what is next for o.j. simpson now that he will be released on parole? that is ahead on abc 7 news at noon. stay with us. >> good afternoon from the conference center. it will be a bit of a busy ride already in a few spots on this friday afternoon. here is 66. westbound delays after route 50. eastbound looking jampacked. westbound is not as bad. southbound 95 at route 123 out of fairfax this way very heavy as the lanes narrow down. try to take a look at northbound

screen. northbound is heavy to fairfax parkway. both directions on 95 already slowing down in a few different spots. 395 northbound on to the 14th street bridge to the city, that is going to be a very tough stretch this way. expected google volume already well in place beginning near route 110. try to take a look at delays on the capital beltway near route 4. it will be happy for the inner loop with a possible incident heading past this way. volume spots already building for the inner loop pass connecticut avenue as you make your way to silver springs.that is often the traffic center for now . don't go

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adrianna: one crazy joyride. police arrested this guy in clearwater, florida, after he spent down a stretch of beach and streamed it on facebook line. looks like he is breaking in the video. thankfully, no one was hurt. >> we are not fixing to help you. >> better get down here. adrianna: no criminal charges for a group of florida teenagers who taunted a drowning man and also filmed his death. they can be heard laughing at as he struggles to stay afloat. another can be heard laughing and saying "he is dead." there is not a law where anyone who is unable to call for distressed. a decade afte

he will soon be a free man. the nevada parole man decided to release the 70-year-old man after almost nine years in prison. martha gonzales has what is next for oj. >> o.j. simpson now being held in a separate part of this nevada prison away from the general population. a precautionary measure for protection now that the nfl hall of famer will soon be a free man. >> i do vote to grant parole. >> thank you. [applause] >> that unanimous decision made by the parole board nine years into simpson's 33 year sentence for a 2007 robbery in this las vegas casino. >> you believe the property was yours? >> it has been ruled illegal he by the state of california that was my property. >> the 70-year-old could be released as soon as october 1, telling the parole board you plans to move back to florida, where he lived for about a decade leading up to his arrest. >> he will come to the tampa area. a lot of his friends are in tampa.

his kids are here. >> a dispute of that on "good morning america," saying he will live elsewhere in florida, refusing to say exactly what his plans are. >> he wants to visit all of the people that died while he was imprisoned, pay his respects. he was to visit his daughter's grave. he wants to visit nicole's grave. >> the 1994 murder of nicole brown and her friend ronald goldman in which o.j. simpson was famously acquitted did not factor into the decision. >> we will do what we have been doing and continue to try to go forward and make the best of a bad situation. >> the goldman and brown families are still trying to collect on the $33 million settlement they wil were granted in a civil suit. they have no access to the nfl pension system get each month because it is protected. adrianna: molly cochran here.

we often look to the weekend for relief from the work week, but weather-wise, this weekend is not going to do it for us. molly: definitely not.we're still tracking the heat and humidity through the upcoming weekend. we are affecting a cool down, but coming into next week. we will talk about that in just a few moments. the heat advisory extends until 8:00 local time. is,ls-like temperature we are talking upper 90's to triple digits for the quantico area. definitely want to check on the neighbors and pets. make sure you are hydrated in the afternoon and evening hours. here is some additional tips. the feels-like temperature's in the triple digits not only today, but through the upcoming weekend. check the backseat before you head out of the car. that is a good idea. a few showers and thunderstorms heading into west virginia. picking up some cloud cover in the d.c. area. looking a little hazy at times.

as we head into 2:00, 3:00, showers and thunderstorms expected to fire up. first to our west and drifting to the d.c. area. notice the shades of yellow and red. quick downpours not out of the question i as well as a few claps of thunder. you may hav some additional isol showers and thunderstorms -- some additional showers and thunderstorms to our west. we should begin to clear out before the next round of showers and thunderstorms comes up this weekend. here is a look at your weekend forecast if you are try to get the round of golf in. i would head out early saturday morning. butas still be warm then, by saturday afternoon, severe thunderstorms not out of the question. that is also to be set on sunday. daytime highs in the mid to upper 90's. slight risk for severe weather. frederick, germantown, a

saturday. slicing the dmv in half. we will watch for some marginal risk thunderstorms in the fredericksburg area and southeast maryland. hot and steamy. thunderstorm possible monday. relief comes on tuesday. daytime highs back in the mid-80's. adrianna: thank you so much, molly. more now on the breaking news from the white house. chief political correspondent scott thuman is at the abc 7 bureau with details on shot spicer's resignation and donald trump's new hire. >> this started brewing overnight. this morning, we woke up to news that anthony would be indeed named as the new commute occasion communications directo. sean spicer had been filling in while technically still serving as the white house press seet

times," and some of this information confirmed from av sources would indicate -- ap sources would indicate sean spicer was unhappy with this decision. he expressed the sentiment to the president. the president made his formal decision around 10:00 a.m. on the new communications director. sean spicer immediately voiced his displeasure with that situation and said he was resigning despite other reports indicating that the president requested he stay on. there were multiple times where people thought maybe this was a breaking point for sean spicer over the past six months. notably, one of them was when they went to the vatican and had a time alone with the pope. sean spicer looking very much forward to that opportunity was not allowed in that room. that is one of many moments that people thought this relationship was not going to last or perhaps sean spicer may be on the verge of quitting.

has come. we will have to see what happens if they already have in mind who will take over for sean spicer. sarah huckabee sanders has been filling in quite a bit lately. many briefings have been off-camera. fewer on camera ones. they thought that was a bit of a defense against some of the scathing and scolding reports they had been receiving through cable news network's specifically almost daily after the briefings. a lot about moving developments on capitol hill and over at the white house. adrianna: thank you for the update. six months and one day, sean spicer is out. we will have much more on this coming up at 4:00. stay with us.

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boomers a run for their money, now millennials are getting their own airline. air france says it is launching something geared to the people between ages 18 and 35. it will not be a low-cost carrier, but a lifestyle brand and state of mind. among the differences, fight attendance will wear uniforms with a hipster casual theme. sharp advisers are posted at three central california beaches after a shark attacks to people in the water. -- two people in the water. this is off a beach in santa barbara. >> the first thing i saw was its jaw coming right at me. adrianna: hours earlier, a similar situation with a paddle boarder. neither person was hurt. an expert publicize at that shark at 11 to 13 feet, roughly the

white male shark. two years after cecil the lion was killed in a national park in zimbabwe, his son was killed in a trophy hunt. this happen in western zimbabwe. the hunt was led by a professional hunter, and the client was a spanish native. the hunt was done legally and properly registered. a final look at your hot forecast, coming up next. stay with us.

eat a chocolate bar or grab some chips and eat a whole bag. today is national junk food day. it is dedicated to those guilty pleasures that are not so good for you but oh so good. everyone has their own idea of what junk food is.it is almost always high in calories and low in nutritional value. mine is a snickers bar. >> i already had a doughnut, so i am good to go today. adrianna: let's talk about this hot weekend. molly: we had a heat advisory for the rest of today until 8:00. this weekend not much better. temperatures stay in the upper 90's tomorrow through sunday. also, the chance for some severe weather saturday afternoon. just a heads up. relief comes on tuesday. hang in there a little longer. adrianna: keep the sunshades with you, the hat, the sunscreen. thank you for joining us this midday. be sure to watch abc seven news at 4:00.have a great friday and an even better weekend . take care.

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