6:00". update on the small but heavy thunderstorms continuing to develop over part of the district. the area in orange and red and the lightning strike show the area of the city most impacted. northwest, downtown to part of northeast extending over the d.c.-maryland line to chillum. you can notice that the movement is very subtle. it's expanding. there are indications in the next 30 to 40 minutes. few additional showers could develop bethesda to cabin john. the big picture most of the areas are dry. the concentration over washington and the suburbs. we will continue to monitor the heavy rain and lightning and report back in a bit. jonathan: a growing warning after a dog died of rabies.

now owners and the pets are racing to protect themselves. stephen tschida has more about the dog and the daycare that it attended and the veterinarian. stephen: that is right. 15 minutes ago i got off the phone with the cherrydale veterinary clinic in arlington. we have learned that this dog, this bulldog named fred was at the cherrydale clinic on july 8 and july 14. arlington county health officials are trying to track down anyone who may have had contact with fred at the cherrydale veterinary clinic or any dogs that may have had contact with him as well. a stunning notice. dog that spent time at the dogma doggie daycare boarding facility in d.c. died a few days after leaving. >> he was diagnosed with rabies. even though he had been properly vaccinated which was sad and very scary for all of us. >> the dog named

rabies vaccination in virginia. tonight questions about the zax -- vaccine. >> i would be interested to know the batch number to check with my vet. >> the afflicted dog vent july 16-17 at dogma. he may have had contact with as many as 100 dogs. the health officials are scrambling to notify the owners to get the dogs boosters. >> i was panicked when i got a call last night. >> rabies usually spreads from a bite or a scratch and the virus gets directly in a bloodstream but it can transfer contact with saliva. >> it's very rare for saliva to get in the eyes and actually transmit the disease. but they are recommending everybody to get vaccinated, all the dogs exposed in that time. stephen: the big question is where did fred receive

rabies vaccine? which obviously was not effective. no confirmation on that yet from the cherrydale veterinary clinic. we are still working on it tomorrow. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. the team is following the story. to learn more about protecting your pet from rabies on wjla.com. we are digging more in the vaccination given to this dog. we have more on that for you coming up at 11:00. nancy: police in ocean city say there is no indication that a texas woman who died on the beach early monday was the victim of foul play. investigators are weighing an autopsy -- waiting on autopsy results to determine how 30-year-old ashley o'connor died. it's possible that o'connor who had been drinking fell in a hole and the sand collapsed around her. hours later a man drawned after getting caught in a rip current. jonathan: in florida they are picking up the pieces after a fast-moving tropical storm. some of the worst damage on the gulf coast.

they really got battered there. the roof was rimmed off a resort there. elsewhere, the biggest problem came from the flooding and the car crashes. 18,000 people lost power. at this point no reports of any serious injuries. that is the good news. on the north carolina outer bank the power is still out but lawsuits may have already begun. three businesses are suing the construction company that accidently severed the cable to bring the electricity to the islands. some 50,000 tourists have been ordered off the islands. enormous blow to the tourism. this is a peak season now. it could take two weeks to get the power restored. nancy: the montgomery county state attorney putting out a call for help. the office needs more resources to combat a surge in the gang violence. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis just spoke with the state attorney and just how drastic is this problem? kevin: i'll put it this way. at any given time

jail population here in montgomery county is affiliated with a gang. authorities say that m.s. 13 and the hit squad causing the most trouble. >> what we're doing is not enough. >> he says he needs a bigger bankroll to combat the gang violence. >> the reality is this exploded in the last couple of years. >> historically montgomery county has been immune to gang killings but in the last two years alone it has seen 18. >> we can stot and the back to wait for another body to fall. then let's research to find out who did it? no, no, no. >> they is more room for spanish speaking employees. >> we are not playing games. >> the conversations are underway with the county council to secure extra funding. >> this is n

i'll spend the next five or six hours with the county executive. a lot of our time in the next five and six hours is trying to put the final touch on what we want to do to address the issue. what monies will be made available to make sure we make montgomery county safe as possibly can be. >> he further explained the hope of slashing local gang control. similar to how the feds tackled organized crime in new york in 1970's and 1980's. i'm kevin lewis, news news. jonathan: a judge sun tensed a manassas -- sentenced a rahm emanuel to prison for -- a manassas man in prison for killing his son prince. he was convicted of can i feeling his son to collect life insurance money. he had taken out a policy on his son a few months before the murder. they believe he is also responsible for murdering his ex-girlfriend and his mother. nancy: we are learning more about a close call involving hund

korea's latest ballistic missile test. abc news reporting exclusively tonight that a plane with 323 passengers on board flew directly over the spot where less than ten minutes later a north korean missile would crash. the aircraft could have been in danger when the missile crashed to the sea of japan last friday. the boeing 777 was on way from tokyo to paris at the time. jonathan: wow! shocking video. a man coldcocks a valet without any warning at all and how he is defending the move and what the police chief said learning no charges have been filed. nancy: out of control rage. unbelievable case of road rage caught on camera and how it ended. doug: thunderstorms are isolated this average but seem to be isolated over the d.c. metro area. right now, we see a heavy rain still and lightning over much of the city and northwest that extended

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jonathan: you are watching what folks on the corner could not believe. road rage.

guy is out of his mind. this was playing out in california. those are the final moments that saw the man ram in a car for three minutes before trying to push the car in the intersection. then he sped off. he ended up hitting five exother cars before his car gave out and caught fire. driver of the other car was shaken, not seriously hurt. the angry driver had to be hospitalized before he was carted off to jail. nancy: update now on a shocking video we showed you last week. fort lauderdale chief of police said he is shocked that the man seen punching this man in the video has not been charged. he is unaware he was being filmed. in it, the former police officer knock out the valet seemingly without warning. he says

threatened to use force in an argument over $18 fee. no charges have been filed. jonathan: wow! nancy: just ahead, fighting a potentially deadly virus detected in the area. the fight on the ground against mosquitoes. jonathan: next. driver's seat and learning to catch crooks without putting lives at risk. nancy: look at this. storm growing over the district for easy rush. stormwatch7 chief meteorologist doug hill is back with what you n

jonathan: in the past hour the senate voted to confirm christopher wray as the f.b.i. director. the vote was 92-5. wray will replace james comey fired by president trump in may. no word when wray will be sworn in for the job. a sudden ending to a mile-long police chase in l.a. this is where it goes wrong. the man running from police clipped a median. blows a tire. grinding that car to a halt. the driver realizes i'm not going anywhere. he lays flat on his face. that was probably a good

nancy: the techniques that the police commonly use to stop a speeding car was developed in fairfax county. today we got up close look. the p.i.t. maneuver got the origin in 1980's. it's to force a car to turn sideway and cause a driver to lose control and stop. the officers all over the country are trained to do this with a primary consideration in mind. >> deciding whether they think the danger and the pursuit outweighs the danger. >> the officers are taught to take a lot of factors in consideration before attempting the maneuver, speed, weather and traffic. on average, police in fairfax county conduct fewer than 20 p.i.t. maneuvers every year. jonathan: mosquitoes are always a pest. now a bigger concern in prince george's county after a motorcycle tested positive for west nile virus. amy aubert shows us the step taken to eradicate the bugs and protect your healh.

amy: it seems like nonstop. workers with motorcycle joe of southern maryland says lately the spring is never ending. >> people are tired of having mosquitoes and the insects in their yard. they want to enjoy the backyard again. amy: in new carrollton, prince george's county, that is not the only issue. the ped ped department of agricull -- manyth m.d. department of ary culture says a motorcycle -- a mosquito pool found in the area. this is too close to home. >> knowing i'll be bit by mosquitoes is something. >> they are not taking it slightly. they are on day three and they are continuing to spray the area. the maryland department of agriculture says to end water holding containers, avoid mosquito

repellent. >> you want to make sure that the kids are safe. >> staying safe through spraying certain areas. for some to keep businesses like this hope it will stop pesky insects in their yard. in new carrollton, amy aubert, abc7 news. >> doug hill is back now with a severe thunderstorm issued. doug: just, id for northeast washington and southeastern county. this is blowing up overhead. barely moving but it has strong winds and downpours. a separate thunderstorm blew up in frederick earlier. we don't know the wind speed but if you see the power lines and the poles are down like that and the trees snapped. we looked at this a minute ago thinking it was an event tent. it's down as well. this can happen in the atmosphere. with the heat and the humidity a storm can blow up. let's start now with the coverage at doppler radar.

warning is small. the orange polygon in the middle of the screen that affects northeast washington and southeastern montgomery county. this is because of rain and wind and the strong wind gusts. we haven't seen any locally yet but it's a possibility. as far as what will happen we will monitor the area closely. we have separate areas to the east. now moving east of laurel to northern sections of anne arundel county. that is one area to keep an eye on. we monitor outside the area we are showing you. in chillum and cherry hill and prince george's county and continuing across to the southeast toward lanham. that is subject to the showers and the storms. this seems to be expanding a bit. but not seeming to get stronger. that is the key. we will

as far as how high up the storm goes, they blossomed up to top around 40,000 feet. so the potential is there for hail to form up. there is electrical activity from 10,000 feet up the ground. several more cloud to ground lightning strikes here. we are monitoring the outflow boundaries here. it's possible if it continues it could eventually rain itself out. but we are not there yet. 86 in the city at 7:00 in the metro area. dropping in the 70's in the evening. future cast later tonight will keep it mostly clear. muggy and the 70's overnight. same in the morning. then we start to warm up again. tomorrow afternoon, guess what? guidance suggesting more of these slow-moving pop-ups and the southerly wind. just enough to destabilize the atmosphere. further through the period tomorrow night to thursday

thursday doesn't look like too much of showers and storms. wednesday, thursday, friday. hot and humid, early august weather. thunderstorm chances tomorrow and again on friday and the weekend. i'll get out of the way. this is worth waiting for. the weekend looks great. low to mid-80's. plenty of sunshine. dry air moving in. more storms in the forecast monday. delightful weather and temperatures, too, next week. nancy: we look forward to it. thank you. jonathan: turn our attention south to redskins training camp where robert burton has been all day long. hey, robert. robot -- robert: what is going on? there are different groups. running back, quarterbacks and the linebackers. that is where the hits come

robert: welcome back to richmond for redskins training camp. we are live. we are covering it all for you. you come to training camp, of course. you want to see the sexy positions the receivers and the running backs and you want to see your quarterback. let's switch over to the defense. you want to see the linebackers. that is where the hits come in. we sat down with lana: brown who tells us it's a close-knit group and a couple of them are a little crazy. >> we r

n.w.o. >> new world order? >> no. they named it. got to go along. we try to do things together get to know each other. the more you know each other outside of football, better you will know them on the field. robert: one day i will figure out what it stands for. now switch gears to scott abraham at the citi open with an update on tennis. what's up, scott? scott: hello, robert. i hope you are staying dry down there in richmond. i'm not very dry at the citi open. take a look at this. this is absolutely pouring at the rock creek park tennis center. the match is on a delay right now. they will be back in action as the rain goes away.

there are plenty of big names here. including one looking forward to defending his title. >> i'm just thinking of getting another title. >> you have a tar get on your back. everybody wants to beat the champ. >> but i'm here to grab another title. >> he begins his tournament tomorrow. he is one of the favorites here at the citi open. there has not been a repeat winner since 1989. jonathan: appreciate it. doug: we have a flood warning in effect in addition to the severe thunderstorm warning. check out the graphics. this is a box in the orange, part of the district. montgomery and prince george's. severe warning until 7:00. the area is slowly moving. in the same area because of the look of movement of the heavy rain. flood warning after midnight. steve rudin with an eye on this. update at 11:00 hopefull

will be all done. nancy: thank you very much. "world news tonight" with david muir up next. jonathan: be carefuls a theres a the storms move through. see you tonight at 11:00.

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tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. president trump and the white house admission today. we now know the president was involved in the crafting of his son, don junior's explanation of the meeting with the russian lawyer. president trump's lawyer saying repeatedly the president had nothing to do with don junior's initial statement. what we have learned now. also breaking at this hour. the manhunt. after two deputies are both shot, one repeatedly, the air lift at the scene. the search this hour. the veed released. it appears the officer does not realize his bodycam was rolling. the discovery on the beac