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m/votenow. we are now getting reaction. tweets smart controversy. let's show them to you. you see what the president tweeted, saying he does not want transgender men and women in the u.s. military, this comes one year after the secretary of defense under president obama granted transgendered men and women do privilege of serving openly in the military. in the transgender community, shocked, surprised, disappointment. the of them questioning president's motivations and whether transgender men and women are a distraction. someone from the transgender sanity -- center for equality said -- >> we spend more for a week or two

security than they do want transgender, these numbers are made up and more to the point, these are qualified service members. the estimates on how many men and women -- transgender men and women are serving in the u.s. military openly is somewhere in the area of 15,000, that is according to the william center at ucla which has done a comprehensive study. thet of people in transgender community and the community at large wondering what motivated the resident -- the president's tweets, whether it was another attempt to change the conversation. adrianna: the other big news in washington, the showdown over health care taking center stage. the gop health care bill did not get enough support asked in a republicans are still feeling the pressure from president trump to repeal and replace obamacare. we are on the

latest. urgingident trump republicans to keep their promise to repeal and replace obamacare. president trump: any senator who votes against repeal and replace is telling america that they are fine with the obamacare nightmare. >> republicans are without a clear path forward, at this point without a health care bill that can get enough support to pass after the latest way to repeal and replace died hours into debate. we want to get: legislation to stop obamacare, the failed status quo through congress and to the president for his signature. this certainly will not be easy. >> as capitol hill tries to overfill health care, the president's twitter feed may overshadow the process, announcing a major change to military policy that transgender individuals will no longer be allowed to serve in any

, even though thousands are reportedly already serving in the armed forces. the president took aim at his own attorney general. charles schumer: president trump finds new ways to humility his own attorney general. every american should be troubled by the character of this person who you million and turns his back -- humiliate and turns his back on after only six months. >> senators will vote on bills and amendments and trying to make headway to repeal and replace the affordable care act. adrianna: breaking news, representative steve scalise is getting out of the hospital, metro washington made the announcement 10 minutes ago, saying he will start intensive inpatient rehabilitation. he was shot six weeks ago during a congressional baseball game practice. hopefully, you are enjoying a bit of a cooldown but we could be in store for so s

molly cochran is here with a look at the forecast. molly: a great day to spend time outdoors. , some look in alexandria people out on the course getting the round of golf and, a perfect afternoon for that. upper-70's to low-80's for the metro region, to the west, cooler, winchester at 73 degrees. a very comfortable change. feeling very nice this afternoon and this evening. satellite and radar showing a little bit of cloud cover. some higher keenness clouds. -- chemo was clouds. hours, nothe next 24 much rain but through friday, late thursday night, we will pick up some steadier rainfall. one computer model forecasting about three inches to four inches into late friday night. heavy amounts of rain coming our way.

main timeframe. through tomorrow, a little bit of cloud cover through the afternoon. some thunder possible in the later half of the evening. ar that reason, we have slight risk for severe storms through thursday afternoon. coming up, your extended forecast and talk about the weekend, will the rain last through saturday and sunday? more on that in a bit. adrianna: breaking news out of northeast, police trying to figure out who shot and killed a man, his body found on the anacostia river trail. police searching for a man wearing a red baseball cap and writing -- writing a red mountain bike. police in lorton searching for answers in a double homicide after two men found dead inside a car. fairfax county investigators say this could be drug-related. john:

a double homicide, fairfax county police investigating in the floor to neighborhood. desk lorton neighborhood. -- lord to neighborhood. -- lorton neighborhood. around 3:30 this morning, received calls about a suspicious vehicle in the neighborhood. when they arrived, they found the late-model white four-door acura stopped with the motor still running in the middle of the street with both doors open. dead with from a to the upper body and there are bullet holes throughout the whole -- throughout the car. we see them on the front doors. homicide and crime scene detectives are here throughout the area searching for a suspect or suspects. canvassing and processing the scene, collecting as much evidence as they can. >> did you hear gunshots? >> nothing

no gunshots, 26 years i have lived here and this is the first time i saw this kind of thing. detectives have talked to residences and no one seems to have heard any gunshots. there is no reason to think the victims were killed somewhere else and moved here with identification has been tenderly on the tentatively made victims but they have not made it public. as they wait for next of kin to be notified by the investigation continues. laurel,: right now and police investigating after a man hit and killed by a pickup truck. we are over the scene on route one, the truck involved did stay at the scene, three lanes blocked because of the accident but they have since reopened. the identity of the driver and victim have not been released. a developing story, a horrific crash

in anne arundel county four hours this morning, traffic backed up for miles over the bay bridge. investigators believe a wrong way driver is to blame for this. sam: around 2:00 this morning, the first 911 call for a wrong way driver on route 50 come in but by the time it maryland state police can get here, it is too late. the drivero cars and was speeding east in the westbound lane. the scene ande on another driver and a passenger in the third car are rushed to the hospital. the cars almost unrecognizable. for 5.5 hours, the westbound lane approaching exit 28 were shut down and trap expressed across the bay bridge. police work to get the bodies out for more than one hour. the fire department needed to chop because of hard to get in. unclear

people involved. by 8:00, traffic moving in westbound and eastbound lanes but maryland state police say the crash remains under investigation. news.am sweeney, abc 7 , aianna: coming up at noon shark caught on camera being dragged at high speeds in the video thatoat, the triggered outrage and an investigation from wildlife officials. and people now record everything they do on cell phones and that goes for inmates escaping from jail. the video you have to see coming up. police out west trying to crack these with a bandit behind center of investigation, we will explain. first, a check on the traffic. >> good afternoon. 395 northbound with a trouble spot headed to the 14th street

camera but an incident in the left lane. you see the police car arriving as people get out of his way and the left lane with extra volume northbound ride into the city. , a lot ofnd off of 50 eastbound volume. indiana, crash to the left -- in vienna, crest to the left with the left lane blocked on top of it, that is the main source of concern for the eastbound ride. more volume eastbound into the beltway, a work zone on the ramp to the outer loop on the right side. 66 eastbound is struggling. westbound lanes doing just fine. capital beltway, georgetown pike in good shape in both directions.

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>> you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. adrianna: must-see video out of florida that has fishermen and other people outraged. watch as they cook shark this dragged --ed sharp shark dragged. wildlife officials are taking the incident seriously, now trying to figure out who the man on the boat. video captures a man stealing a package off of a court. -- porch. there is is rear end. that will not help police crack the case but provide a comical relief to the woman es

in shock. >> at first i was shocked, i said in broad daylight, how could it happen and when i saw him bend over and i thought it was funny. adrianna: police cannot use the man's backside to identify him but recognize the shirt and hat he was wearing. he released video of a jailbreak documented by three convicts as they escaped from a california prison. we have more on these unbelievable images that will leave you shaking your head. >> the orange county jail escape that gripped the nation last year seen from a new point of view. the inmates themselves. >> scared the hell out of people. theiree men documented moves on a contraband cell phone as they escaped from a maximum security wing, the video part of their ongoing investigation. >> as far a set up, we had a duffel bag and a backp

bedermind lifts up a bunk and underneath a metal screen which has already been cut open. he disappears into the event. -- vent. crawling through plumbing pipes. then the man who would find himself on the americas most wanted list stopping to give a thumbs up to the camera, finally reaching the prison roof, abc was the first station to be let up. authorities say they cut and moved aside the barbed wire and anchor their rope to the wall and rappelled down the building. attorney affiliated with the case shows the trio 400 miles away in santa cruz during their a today -- eight days on the run. >> johnny showed up to san francisco. >>

popular san francisco hotspots. >> trying to pass time. >> taking pictures with the cabdriver say they kidnapped and threatened to kill. all three in jail and facing new charges for the goering escape. that's daring escape. adrianna: a stunning site in the skies of russia, a circle rainbow captured by workers on a crane, it is not as uncommon as you may think, you have to have the right vantage point and have a perfect sky conditions to see this natural wonder. that is pretty. the other thing that is beautiful is the weather today. we got lucky. molly: not only talking sunshine but comfortable factor today. feeling much better. a good hair day. the temperatures in the upper-70's to low-80's and the beach looking packed. bright blue

to cool off. compared to how we are used to feeling around the area, our daytime highs below average for a few of us with 76 for the high in hagerstown and 81 in the d.c. metro with the average high at 88 degrees. through tomorrow, we are expecting partly sunny skies and maybe a stray shower or thunderstorm into the afternoon and evening. under a slight risk for some severe thunderstorms through the day tomorrow. that includes much of the d.c. region, southeast maryland, back towards winchester, martinsburg, frederick. a few gusty thunderstorms possible. we will time things out, 3:00, some cloud cover and showers and storms off to our west. ,he main threat after 5:00 futurecast around 7:00 projecting some showers and some thunderstorms with heavy rainfall, gusty wind, main impacts through thursd

the main event looks to arrive on friday, after lunchtime, this is starting to fill in with heavier downpours possible through friday night. the last day of the work week not looking nice so make sure you have the rain gear ready. through friday, a marginal risk of severe weather, that includes our northwest to but southeast maryland under the slight risk for severe storms on friday. you may be wondering if the unsettled weather will be here for the weekend, maybe if you lingering showers early saturday morning but that is pretty much it, it quite we can compare to this past weekend. daytime highs in the low-80's, nice and couple with the sunshine on sunday. the extended forecast, over the next couple of days, a little bit unsettled with showers, storms possible tomorrow evening with heavy rainfall on friday. a few sprinkles

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adrianna: we have a health alert focused on the most popular sport in the country. football. researchers found that among the brains of 111 former nfl players donated to science, nearly all of them showed signs of the brain disease known as cte. maggie rulli has the shocking details. >> 111 nfl brains scanned a

the results coming out of an unprecedented new study ringing alarm bells for anyone who has ever played or has a child playing football. >> i had two concussions my freshman year. >> premedical association study the brains of over 200 players from all levels who had showed signs of ctre when they were alive -- cte when they were alive, all but one nfl players had cte. >> it is more common and we anticipated. >> the new research comes seven months after the nfl finalized a nearly $1 billion class-action lawsuit by former players who complain they come -- suffered traumatic brain injuries during their career. the nfl says they have taken steps to change football culture , teaching kids new tackling techniques and instating more than 40 rule changes to make the game safer. >> over 100 millions of

of research not just to make football safer but it will make all sports safer. be diagnosedly after data and some former players question if they want to know the extent of the damage. >> if there was something that could show you if you had while living, i do not know who would take it, i would not want to know. wants you to know the number of players tested is not random because the players had shown signs of cte. but says the numbers are significant. adrianna: still to come, a comfortable cool down outside, a final check of the weather with molly coming up. from fields and factories they came looking for opportunity. they worked hard. we helped them work harder. they are the students of strayer university. for 125 years, we've supported

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adrianna: take a look at this cool project, engineers at stanford and the university of california had been working on, they created a wormlike robot that can grow 25,000 times its size. it is a tube of soft material folded inside itself, like an inside-out sock. they believe the robot can be used for search and rescue efforts and medical devices. at 12:30, i will go outside and stay outside. molly: a great idea, beautiful weather with showers and heavy rainfall by friday, with highs in the 80's. adrianna: enjoy it today and thank you for joining us. watch abc 7

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