maryland, new york state. severe thunderstorm watch in effect. had tornado watch in effect for a brief time north of the maryland/pennsylvania line. we are in the clear. we are thinking later tonight, later this everything as the cold front gets closer we are not going to get action like this that we are seeing in pennsylvania. but we could see some of the southern storms develop and see some stormpours, thunderstorms, gusty winds. it will be much later tonight and it will be the exception rather than the rule. there will be some but it's nite widespread. what we are dealing with friday night is a great outdoor evening for entertainment, dining and walking. it's hot and we feel like the lower 90's. let's check ahead. we will see the storms ends overnight. 72 in the morning. beautiful weather for the weekend. breezy less humid and perfect for outdoor activities saturday and sunday. that is the latest. we have more on the weekend in the next ten days in 15 minutes. jonathan: we look forward to it. we deserve a weekend like that. we are learning more about the tragic scene we played yesterday. last night's tomorrows, the police say the young woman killed when a tree

back of the car she was riding in. she was only a middle schooler. 14-year-old lawrence would have been an eighth grader this fall. three other women in the car including lawrence's mother were hurt by they are recovering. that same storm system also brought problems to our area with more severe weather possible. we do want you to act right now to protectous and your family. go to the website wjla.com/text. you can sign up and have the stormwatch7 weather team warn you anytime the weather turns severe. it immediately goes to your phone or your pad. michelle: new video police want you to see that shows two gunmen open fire in a shootout at northeast washington gas station. this ended with four people shot. one man, 29-year-old was killed. we spoke to his mother this afternoon. >> i was on the bus coming home. the bus couldn't get here fast enough. yeah. >> so many questions surrounding the shootout. at this hour, the police

looking for the shooters. they are asking anyone with information to come forward. jonathan: in baltimore where the opening hours of a call for peace for more than a month. signs like these have been urging cease-fire in area. they are calling for it this weekend. this year baltimore has seen more than 200 murders. the communities call for a cease-fire runs through sunday night. michelle: new at 6:00, a hunt for a stolen dog and the women accused of stealing her in a violent attack. it all up folded yesterday in southeast washington. stephen tschida spoke with the victim and the dog's owner. this is a bizarre story here. stephen: very troubling story. yesterday morning, she was walking her two dogs and her friend's toy poodle across the street. she got to this spot. an s.u.v. pulled up with the two women inside. one of the women said, "is that your dog? are they all your dogs ?" she said yes and the woman got out and

one. before they took off with the toy poodle they left laughlip on the -- laughlip -- off lynn blooded and beaten. >> they left edwina laughlin beaten with serious injuries. >> punched me in my face and my lip. i went down. then she started stopping me. she crushed my knee. my knee is crushed. i can't walk on it. it needs surgery. >> laughlin says a car pulled up as she walked her two dogs and the neighbor's poodle diva. a younger woman got out and tried to drag diva's leash. she refused to let go, another woman got out and theyked her from behind. >> what kind of a world are we living in when a person seeing a person with dogs and say she got too many. i'll take one. >> diva is a 14-year-old's dog. >> i got up last night. i forgot she wasn't there. i couldn't sleep.

where diva is and worrying about her. >> i don't understand why somebody would do this. >> she is probably crying because she doesn't know them. >> she does believe she got a good look at them. they took off in the black s.u.v. but i spoke to the police 15 minutes and so far nothing new on the search for diva. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: hopefully they get the dog back. thanks. new video of a terrifying robbery in charles county. the employees working in the back of the green turtle in platemen when three -- la plata when three armed men burst in. they force the man to open the safe and gone in 60 seconds. nobody was hurt but the armed men are on the loose. michelle: crime alert on metro. transit police there say the man in the video is using his phone -- this is a still picture of the

take pictures up women's skirts. one woman caught the man in the act at a columbia heights metro station. when they reviewed the video they saw him spying on other women who may not know they were victims as well. if you recognize the man call the police. jonathan: a mixed verdict today in the trial of the former pharmaceutical c.e.o. known as the most hated man in america. martin shkreli found guilty on three counts of conspiracy, fraud but a jury cleared him of five other charges. shkreli known for the pharma-bro persona accused of funneling investor money to the companies like a pyramid scheme. he remained upbeat and defiant after the verdict. >> this is a witch hunt of epic proportions. maybe they found one or two broomsticks but at the end of the day we have been acquitted of the most important charges in this case and i'm delighted to report that. jonathan: you may remember shkreli is notorious for a price gouging scandal where he raised the price of a cancer drug by 5,000%.

gets his sentence. michelle: a former black water contractor will get a new trial on charges he murdered civilians in iraq. today an appeals court overturned his conviction saying he should have been tried separately from three codefendants. all four were convicted of killing 14 civilians at a traffic circle in baghdad in 2007. slatten was sentenced to life in prison. jonathan: the trump administration has an ultimatum for leakers. stop it or face possible prosecution. jeff sessions says the leak undermine national security. >> the nation must end the culture of leaks. >> we will not allow them to sell out the country. >> president trump called him weak on the issue. yesterday the post release excerpts of that

michelle: a shocking video. a mother shooting up heroin in front of her preschool age son. what happened when the camera stopped rolling. jonathan: first, we are learning more from a video that shows the moment a pilot

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jonathan: this is an air compresser on a truck nearby. looks like it's on fire. i took 60 firefighters to get this under control. this happened last year but the video is just released to show the flames that are shooting from the boeing 767 engine roaring down the runway for take-off. the pilot borted just in time -- aborted just in time. jonathan: there was a national overhaul at the national airport beginning today. they are tearing down the old airport authority. there is the work beginning there. it will get rid of the headquarters at reagan. this is part of a billion dollar plan to get rid of the dreaded shuttle buss to the smaller commuter

opening in 2021 at the northern most point. until then you can expect the traffic delays in the five-week demolition process. >> a sign that wary businesses on north carolina outer banks have been waiting to see. the travelers returning after the crews restore the power to hatteras and ocracoke. the power was cut last week. they thought it would take another week but they hung the wire in half the time. jonathan: ahead, the strangers race to rescue a woman from a sinking car. among the strangers one unlikely hero. michelle: the opioid crisis caught on video. what happened after the camera stopped rolling on a mother using heroin right in front of the child. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs -

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>> he is well behaved. just leaning against the wall. michelle: indeed. the man who shot the video called the police. they tracked down the mother and arrested her. she was in court on child endangerment and the drug charges. police say the little boy was dirty and hungry and otherwise okay. jonathan: the stafford county deputy recovering after overdosing on fentanyl. the deputy didn't take it or touch it. he was just exposed to it. he found two people unconscious in the van outside of a preschool on high point boulevard. but luckily the deputy was at the hospital when the symptoms started to overcome him and he was given naloxone, a drug to reveres the opioid overdoses. michelle: the opioid crisis in maryland reached epidemic levels that the lifesaverring drug will be available in every school across the the state this fall. richard reeve shows us the preparations underway in montgomery county. richard: in the health room here at 240 mon

>> the crisis is really bad. something has got to be done. richard: preemptive strike in the little boxes. >> there is an opioid abuse epidemic across the country. maryland is not immune to it. >> naloxone, a drug inhibitor that counters the effect of an opioid overdose. >> it's important to be preventative and proactive when we can to think ahead in case there is an instance. >> under a new law schools across maryland will be required to stock naloxone in the lock zones. in health rooms starting this fall. only trained school nurses and the staffers will be permitted to dispense the drug. >> i don't think it's important to think has it come to this when it comes to a child's life. >> danielle out with her 5-year-old son alex says the idea of a drug inhibitor in a school might seem strange. >> if it were my kid in that position, i want him here tomorrow. i don't think it matters. >> the m.c.p.s. spokesperson

overdose incidents on the school property. the police are predicting 244 opioid overdoses county wide by the end of 2017. compared to 107 just two years ago. 128% increase. >> it is there to save a life. absolutely. after that, then what? this parent hopes public officials are considering the big picture. >> as much as you put narcam in the schools it's the help they need throughout the whole situation. the help to get the treatment, therapy. mental health. >> it's hoped the inhalers will be a good first step toward saving lives. in rockville, richard reeve, abc7 news. >> caught on video. four men risking their lives to save a stranger. watch. >> the lady careened into a creek.

her was the driver of the truck. >> the truck opened the door. water came gushing out. >> the courage shown by the gentleman was great. it could have been worse. jonathan: they did a great thing. >> she is doing fine now. >> a man was inside and he escapes to the roof. the chopper arrives to send down a diver and then the two men jump from the truck to be lifted to safety. he said this is my prize possession. skateboard. michelle: was it? doug: they wouldn't let him take it. jonathan: we are not rescuing your skateboard. doug: he went back letter to get it. jonathan: that's my skatebo

begin with. it's not a truck. thought it was a submarine. michelle: that is in los angeles. that is impressive to see the power of water there. doug: it doesn't rain a lot. but when it does the soil doesn't absorb. john, you grew up there. it's fast. the story tonight is beautiful for the next few hours. no worries across the viewing area. but there is still a chance of a thunderstorm or two. but not many. in hagerstown, we'll give you a time lapse. skies change. in some frames you can see the darkness from the thunderstorms to a few miles west. the ones that spawned a tornado. that just expired. north of the line there is hancock. we are watching the interest and

if it affects us tonight it's from this area. there are not any new storms locally. power and the dynamics ahead of the the cold front to produce showers or thunderstorms tonight. especially to 10:00, 11:00 or midnight. this is great out there. it's warm and muggy. there the evening it's bright and sunny. warm and summery but then we ramp up the chance of the isolated storms. no indication it's widespread. stay with us in case something changes. i don't think it will. the threat is later tonight. some of the storms could pop up. anything that does could produce torrential rain and strong and kick wind gusts around the area.

gives an idea the worst part of weather will miss us. we could have heavy and individualized thunderstorms. late tonight and early morning. only the low 80's there. after that, the fairfax fair, you couldn't ask for a better weekend for the outdoor activities. lower humidity and next ten days. getting through the weekend look for chances of storms monday with another front. behind that look at the temperatures next week. all of next week low 80's. the temperatures are well below average for time of august. michelle: looks nice. thank you. finally a nice evening for tennis. jonathan: we do! scott: it's day five of the tournament. we had a shocker at the city open. simona halep sent home early. we show

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wreaking havoc on the second ranked player in the world. after splitting the first two sets. simona halep retires early in the third set with a heat-related illness. ekaterina makarova moves on to the semi-finals. the match of the day, eight seed jack sock taking down milos raonic. sock took the first set 7-5 and he goes to win in straight sets. jack sock advances to the semi-finals with the 7-5, 6-4 win over raonic. a big day for the wizards franchise. a press conference this afternoon. announcing the contract extension for john wall. the point guard isn't going anywhere. he is hungry to make the wizards a championship contender for many years to come.

>> what does it take to be a great player? >> for me to trust in coaching staff and all of us getting better every day and start to practice like championship team. scott: john wall is the face of the wizards franchise staying in d.c. the nationals are in action today at wrigley field taking on the cubs. nats get a big 4-2 win. they have a 12 and a half game lead in the national league east. jonathan: nip and tuck there. michelle: we are off to a great start for the weekend. doug: we keep an eye on storms. this is where they are over the mountains. the cold front comes in and we have a chance of scattered showers and the storms. in the metro wi think it's like 10:00 to 1:00. brian van de graaff is in for steve with that and a beautiful weekend. cooler, less humid. delightful. enjoy it. michelle: looking good. thank you, doug. "world news tonight" with david muir up next. jonathan: hope to s

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tonight, severe storms hitting as we come on the air. three children just hit by lightning. the emergency calls coming in now. in ohio, a mother killed as trees come down. and at this hour, a major system now moving into the northeast, lightning and damaging winds. more than 1,000 flights cancelled. also tonight, after we learned special counsel robert mueller is now turning to a grand jury in washington, president trump lashing out. >> are there any russians here? >> and tonight, the new warning from his attorney general. the verdict late today. the man once accused of hiking lifesaving drugs 5,000%, from $13 to more than $700, in a new case. what the jury has now decided. the new images tonight.