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, an accident on a ride left a teenager dead and several others hurt. across the country are shutting down some rides. >> people went flying off the fireball. >> a trip to the ohio state fair goes horribly wrong. spending when an entire car breaks off, flinging riders onto the concrete. >> her whole leg. it hit the ground. she wasn't breathing. injured, five in critical condition and an 18-year-old man killed. >> we will begin an investigation. >> organizers say the ride past inspections hours before the accident. a station was there with state inspectors checking equipment. >> they have been doing this their whole life and they know these rides better than we do. >>
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aggressive thrill ride, other fares cautioning against the fireball with north carolina announcing a moratorium across the state and he warns county fair shut down a similar ride -- orange county fair shut down a similar ride and the ohio governor has ordered all right in the fair closed until the investigation is complete and safety inspections can be conducted. john kasich: the best things in life, and with this accident it becomes a terrible, terrible tragedy. the 7 on your side team is digging into the safety records of the manufacturer of the ride. we will have a story coming up tonight at 5:00. is on storm watch, this afternoon a small threat of rain later in the day but tomorrow, it looks to be a wet one. brian van de graaff is tracking the storm. brian: more heat and humidity today but friday and
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model depiction, one inch, two inches, maybe three or four in some spots inches with heavier rain through friday, late into saturday. right now, a lot of cloud cover. a mostly cloudy day, 82 degrees, more muggy in the atmosphere with other temperatures across the area, 82 in winchester. through the afternoon, a gray day with storm chances isolated, a few in west virginia that may pass to our south but friday and saturday, the weather aware because heavy rain could leads to flooding. more on that in the 10 day outlook coming up. adrianna: police trying to track down the man who ran up to a woman on a walking trail in fairfax county and stabbed her. sam sweeney is there with what police know about the crime. sam: it is an
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unusual and disturbing crime. it happened on the cross county trail off of -- in front of the parking garage or the vienna metro station. morning, a 7:30 this woman in her 20's is walking up this quiet trail when a man runs up behind her and stabs her in the back of the neck. he takes off, not a robbery. it is just a random crime at this hour. i doesn't investigators are on scene. the man took off and the woman walks up to the street and notifies another person who is walking by that she has just been stabbed and a turnaround and sees a police officer from fairfax county driving by and flag him down when the investigation then begins and it air unitsake long for and k-9 units but they came up short. the description was either hispanic or bl
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hoodie, 5'4" inches but then they changed it to a man wearing a white t-shirt. not clear what the motive was. or a better description of the suspect but a frightening crime in broad daylight. once we get new information, we will pass it along. in fairfax county, sam sweeney. adrianna: thank you for the update. police are trying to figure out how a manager of a cvs died. 64-year-old rex mack olsen's body was found last night behind the store in a dumpster but not clear how he died. police do not believe there is a danger to the community and the case is still under investigation. thecountry reacted to president sweeping policy change regarding transgender people in the military. he announced transgendered people will not be allowed to serve. transgendered people and advocate plan on fighting back. >>
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the abrupt reversal leading to immediate outrage. an attack on transgender americans, transgender military members, i know attack on the military altogether. >> the president announced sweeping military policy regarding transgender service members. >> i do not know why he decided it but the right way to do it is to have a hearing to hear from both sides. >> it provoked a strong reaction from the organization representing a rock and afghanistan veterans, calling the move backward, harmful, and contrary to american values, saying it is bad for national security. >> your policy and transgender people? president has not spoken on the decision by the white house insists -- >> and expensive and disruptive policy. >> beltway study by the pentagon says transgendered people in the military have had little or no impact on unit cohesion, operational effectiveness, or
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spending on active duty transgender members increased by about 1/10 of 1%. some are calling the move another broken promise by president trump. >> i will do everything in my lgbtqto protect our citizens. memo from a top commander showed it there will be no modifications to current military policy at this point and that they will continue to treat all personnel with respect. white house communications director anthony scaramucci is in the spotlight after the spotlight after deleting a tweet where he called for the fbi and justice department to investigate what he claims was a felony leak of his financial disclosure form. politico posted the form last week but this may be the reason he deleted between, officials say the form becomes a public document 30 days after it is filed. that form was filed
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. this afternoon, the president plans to welcome first responders from alexandria to the white house where he will honor them for responding to the shooting during the congressional baseball practice that happened in june. six people were hurt and the most seriously injured is gop house member steve scalise. some good news, the congressman is out of the hospital today and he will soon begin rehab. two-year debate over whether to change the name of a fairfax county high school will likely come to a head. suzanne kennedy in falls church with more of what could be a conclusive vote to strike the rebel general name from the school. >> they sign you see behind me at jeb stuart high school says we are one but clearly this has been a divisive issue in this community. the two-year controversy will come to a head tonight as school leaders make a final decision on whether to rename this falls church high school. it was named
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stuart, a petition was started in 2015 i actress julianne moore and hollywood producer bruce kogan to change the school name, they attended this fairfax county school that changed -- that petition has 35,000 signatures. saynents of the name change students of color should not have to attend a school named after a slaveholding member of the confederacy. those who want the name to remain say this issue is an attack on southern heritage. another issue debated is the fact that it would cost upwards of $700,000 to change the name. the school board. to be evenly split on the issue. the vote will take place at around 8:00 tonight. in falls church, suzanne kennedy. the justinoming up, bieber in the spotlight because his truck collided with a member of the top rotc. -- to
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health battles for angelina jolie, what she is facing and how she is doing. the first signs of football, we will take you inside day one of redskins training camp. but first, here is a look at the traffic. afternoon, a tough ride northbound into the city, 395 northbound past route 110 the nationalort, starting their game right now and a lot of folks are late for the game over the 14th street bridge onto the freeway, all , asy bit near nationals park lot of volume as people try to find parking. 66 eastbound roadwork just prior to the beltway, the right lane blocked, the ramp towards the outer loop's, 66 eastbound delays with a little bit of a factor. overall, a short stretch and southbound 95 below quantico
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adrianna: developing know, singer justin bieber caught on camera hitting a photographer with his pickup truck while trying to leave church. he did stay there on scene to help. overnight, a chaotic scene in beverly hills. justin bieber hitting a paparazzi with his truck on the way out of a church service. justin bieber first spotted getting into the driver side of his black pickup truck. as he slowly turns out of the parking
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photographer who falls on the ground, clutching his leg. justin bieber rushes to the side of the man. >> if you could give us a little space. >> back up. stays at the scene for about 10 minutes and tries to tend to the photographer. and talking to bullies. -- police. he is able to leave without being cited any photographer is taken away on a stretcher raising his arm. ♪ >> earlier this week, the pop superstar canceled the remainder of his world tour citing unforeseen circumstances. in this interview before the announcement, he can be seen brushing his teeth and leaning on his pastor. >> i want to love him more. >> you are doing a good job of that. >>
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australia two weeks ago has become an outspoken member of the church. prompting some close to the start to speculate he was ending his tour early to rededicate himself to his religion. adrianna: today, a big birthday for a d.c. mayor ahead of for 45th birthday on august 2, the party is set for 6:30 at the salt line restaurant in southeast d.c. city residents are invited but you need to register on the website a thin bright and do not bring gifts or contributions are not required. she will accept donations to her constituent services. right now, signs of football season, they one of redskins training camp underway, john gonzalez has a look inside in richmond. >> football is back in richmond, va. day one of training camp for the washington redskins again at their $10 million state-of-the-art f
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hundreds of fans already here for day one, there will be 23 field where fans can come and see the burgundy and gold. it is free for the next three weeks but you have to download or print a pass online, a fan mobile pass. that is what this man has done. a redskins fan, you are coming from cowboy country, texas. >> san antonio texas. first time. >> a long drive. >> 23 hours, well worth it. >> when did you think of this and what do you think? >> great, a lifetime experience, my wife made it happen. excited to be here. >> a 90 man roster today and it will get to 53 in the next few weeks, camp until august 13 with the first preseason game august
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in richmond, john gonzalez. day.nna: today was a nice could be storms later and potential for big rain friday and saturday. folks out west are getting it first. people dealing with flooding across the area including kansas city, missouri, covered in water with heavy rainfall overnight leading to flash flooding across the area, river swelling pass their banks as waterways take record levels. leading force in multiple high water rescues and shut down roads and left a driver stranded. cut -- some calls -- cars stalled and we say turnarounds, do not drowned. betweene the difference life and death and we could see flooding by this weekend, 2, 3 inches plus rain. thisnals work as afternoon, they started at 12:05 today and for the first pitch, 82
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cover through the afternoon, seventh-inning stretch, 85 degrees and 87 when you have home. muggy with a shower or for possible but the latest models keep the action down south. , warmer couple of days today, more muggy and storm chances today very isolated. 80 rain likely tomorrow, later in the day -- heavy rain likely tomorrow through saturday morning and it could lead to weekend flooding possible for the first half of the weekend. the rain gets out by saturday afternoon, saturday afternoon is gorgeous and sunday is amazing with liquidity, a great joy weekend but we still have to get past the home. -- hump. it feels like 85 when you factor in the humidity. 84 in fredericksburg. 82 in pax river and the dew points, an indicator of how much moisture is there, the numbers into the 70's and that means you feel it. showers evening, a few
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a few metro to the south and not very impressive tonight, maybe a few overnight. tomorrow morning, good to go in the morning after the middle of the day, ok, midday, lunchtime, maybe sprinkle or two but tomorrow afternoon heavier showers approach tomorrow night. friday night, 11:00, heavy rain and saturday, heavy rain. exactly where does the heaviest set up? hard to pinpoint now but as you look at the models, the go back-and-forth, some were he to get two inches, four inches plus rain, where the heaviest pocket sets up, we do not know but there could be several inches of rain before it is said and done on saturday midday. rough.d be pretty 65-73 overnight and the wet weekend for tomorrow night through saturday morning but saturday afternoon and sunday showing so much promise. the second half of the week and, 80 degrees on sunday, gor
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a knife -- dry. it could be active tomorrow night through saturday morning so sleep in saturday if you do not have plans. adrianna: a big misunderstanding about how to get the hot passes for the african-american history museum on the national mall led one local man straight to 7 on your side. he had a group of classmates coming in until he found out that ticket request had been denied. that is when our troubleshooter got involved. >> free at last, thank almighty we are free at last. >> the 72-year-old man was part of the civil rights movement in the 1960's. >> we went to montgomery and then to birmingham after the church bombing. >> the graduate of a miami florida high school decided they wanted to make a pilgrimage to visit the african-american museum of history and culture. he was in charge of getting the passes.
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havertys. life looks good. adrianna: new guess about hillary clinton's soon-to-be released book, her that she is promising to recount her stunning loss to president donald trump. simon & schuster claims the book will allegedly connect the dots about alleged russian interference in her bid to become the nation's first female president. what happens -- it is set to hit
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during an interview last night but he could not remember exactly how they were related and said may be third cousins are fourth cousins. a temper tantrum on the ball field in texas, rangers third baseman adrian beltre is on deck when he is told to stand in the batter circled, he likes where he was standing and take to the on-deck circle and move it. out and him thrown ranger fans were not pleased with the umpire because adrian beltre is closing in on 3000 hits. the rangers were down 18-6. >> rules are rules. for this afternoon, showers from later tonight and the weather tomorrow is the big story, heavy rain tomorrow night into saturday with several inches of rain possible and could be localized flooding early saturday so take it easy. adrianna: thank you for joining us and be sure to watch us at 4:00 for the weather and everything else, have a great
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>> welcome, everybody, to victory for veterans week. we are honored to have some of the courageous men and women who've served in our nations military with us today. and they're all ready to take that long, grueling march to $1 million, so let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ welcome to victory for veterans week here on "millionaire." [cheers and applause] we are paying tribute to all the brave men and women who have served in our armed forces together with a great charity, dav, disabled american veterans. they help connect america's 22 million veterans with the benefits they've earned and deserve, and we're happy to have a few dav members in our audience today. good to ve
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