secretary of state rex tillerson says americans should not be worried about an imminent threat from north korea. >> americans should sleep well at night. i have no concerns about this particular rhetoric of the last few days. in a tweet, trump touted the nuclear arsenal as more power thanful. this comes after the president made a stern warning and north korea threatened revenge against the u.s.. president trump: north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world haslam never seen. >> north korea shot back threatening to attack the u.s. territory of guam, pacific island home to strategic u.s. military bases and 6,000 american

national security expert says kim jong un issued the threats all the time. >> the notion they are just threatening us is old school and old hat. the dynamics haven't changed. the purpose of north korean nuclear weapons to sustain the regime of north korea. the one thing the regime knows beyond all others is that if there is a war, the north korean regime will cease to exist. >> democrats and republicans are criticizing president trump's fiery and fury remarks. one called the comments reckless. the white house said the president was trying to send a strong message to north korea and his words were his own. alison? alison: thank you. meanwhile we are keeping tabs on a developing story in d.c. after two cuban diplomats were expelled by the state department. they were asked to leave after a series of incidents in cuba that left american o

described as physical symptoms. the state department isn't saying exactly what the symptoms are but it was bad enough that the americans had to leave cuba to come home. larry: we are getting more information by the minute about an f.b.i. raid last month at house of president trump's former campaign chairman. i happened when paul manafort met with the investigators from the senate intelligence committee. jeff goldberg is live in alexandria as this unfolds. jeff? jeff: that raid happened two weeks ago at manafort's home. this is a condo building filled with multimillion dollar units. a source with connections inside the building tells abc7 news a small team of the f.b.i. investigators carried out the raid. they did so discreetly, calmly and in a business like manner. >> the raid first reported by the "washington post" that later confirmed abc7 by a spokesperson for paul manafort happened at the condo bi

26. two weeks ago. the "post" reports that the agents arrived without warning and used a search warrant to take documents and other materials. according to the post, the raid happened one day after manafort, president trump's former campaign manager met with the staff members from the senate intelligence committee regarding the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. >> you never know whether you have gotten the whole truth or nothing but the truth when you meet with someone. >> george mason university professor is an expert on political corruption investigations. he says the raid suggests investigators are digging deep in the russia investigation. >> it suggests that they might have picked up something from the intelligence services they didn't get all the information. they know russians are not going to supply that information. >> meanwhile, a spokesperson for paul manafort today saying this -- "mr. manafort has consistently op

inquiries and did so on this occasion as well." >> the building managers and the residents here are not commenting on the raid. i did speak earlier today with a spokesperson for special counsel robert mueller and he would not confirm or deny details of the raid. he is not getting any details of any facets of the investigation. live in oldtown alexandria, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. larry: thank you. police arrested a man behind the wheel in an attack on french soldiers today. six soldiers were hurt when a car rammed into them outside the barracks. the suspect was still driving the car when police caught up with him on a highway. they shot and arrested the man. terror unit is investigating. >> somebody has to be held accountable for innocent people

alison: tonight prosecutors and theg himself trying to hold accountable eight drug dealers they say are responsible for the death of eight different people. this is happening in st. mary's county and brad bell has been working the story. he has an emotional appeal today from a grieving father. brases -- brad: john darling is still brought to tears when he sees a photo of his son bryce. >> i talked to him at 9:00 p.m. at night and i got a call from the police at 11:30. he was gone. brad: bryce o.d.ed on fentanyl. likely believing he had bought heroin from a dealer. >> somebody has to be held account for innocent people dying. >> today john darling skipped work to see someone held accountable. attending a press conference in leonardtown to hear the state county sheriff and the state attorney with governor hogan announce murder charges against his son's alleged dealer. and

>> from $50, they do not mind killing our children. >> what they are doing here in st. mary's county is what we need to do in the other 23 jurisdictions. we need to get tough. we need to prosecute. >> here and a handful at the maryland counties dealers who caused death have been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors in st. mary's county say from now on when possible they will secure second degree debraved murder charges. john says dealers don't care. >> they are just trying to make a quick buck. it has to stop. >> last year more than 2,000 people died in the state of maryland because of opioid overdoses. the number continues to grow. it's now more than die because of gun crime and car crashes combined. the governor has declared a state of emergency. the prosecutions are the latest effort in the battle. in leonardtown, brad bell,

alison: coming up a little bit later at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- a closer look at what the office of drug control policy is doing to combat opioid abuse across the country. larry: new information tonight about the crime rate in baltimore. the latest police data shows violent crime is up 17% in the city compared to last year. the baltimore mayor revealing her plan to curb violence as the city reaches 212 homicides. >> i don't want people to think we came to city hall without a plan. we did. >> police can't do it by themselves. >> the mayor laying out four goals. one of them putting laptops in the police cars starting this year making it faster for the officers to fill out report. another is the first stabilization center caring for intoxicated people at a risk for themselves and the public. alison: we have new video of the apartment fire in arlington that happened over the weekend. this is it right here. the man police say set the fire is now behind

he is charged with felony arson and child endangerment among other things. dimitrius taylor lit a floor matt on fire and pushed a baby in a stroller toward the flames. no one was hurt but people in 25 apartments were displaced. larry: a beautiful day for the second week of august. the tropics are heating up. moments ago, franklin becoming the first atlantic hurricane of the season. chief meteorologist doug hill is in the weather center tracking the storm. doug: tropical storm franklin winding its way across the caribbean. and now it's in the southern portion of the gulf of mexico. top winds are 75 miles per hour. make it the first atlantic hurricane of the season. according to the update from the national hurricane center and noaa today there will be more hurricanes they think this season. two to five could become major hurricanes. that is category three or higher. it looks as though sometimes

make landfall with the 85-mile-per-hour winds. low end category one. a big storm that is headed north of veracruz mexico. locally we have another sensational day. plenty of sunshine. low humidity. temperatures at this hour ranging in the lower 80's for metro. tomorrow is warmer but then for the weekend it will change. we drop in 60's in the metro area. a few 50's in the suburban areas. 59 in ashburn. 64 in aspen hill. 63 in dale city. 66 in the city by morning. through the day tomorrow enjoy the sunshine. a little tick up in the humidity levels late in the day. but then we get to friday and the weekend, humidity rises. the shower and storm chances increase. we will highlight that and the ten-day outlook in seven minutes. larry: thanks. see you soon. well, new developments tonight at the only d.c. hospital east of the anacostia forced to close the obstetrics ward. a former employee tells abc7

move. stephen tschida is live outside the hospital the southeast to explain why. stephen? stephen: well, larry, united medical gave technical and vague reasons for the forced closure. but we spoke to a woman who says she worked on the maternity ward and she gave specific examples of problems she saw. several problems so severe the d.c. health department ordered the united medical center to close the maternity ward. the long troubled public hospital has 90 days to clean up the act. >> holes in the floor, leaky ceiling, mold on some of the tiles. it wasn't up to code. stephen: this woman who says she works in obstetrics believe the health department did the right thing. >> the maternity ward needed to be closed down and renovated. >> the united medical center issued a state acknowledging problems that it maintains led the ordered closure. they include de

screening. clinical assessment and the delivery protocols. >> babies in the nursery at the united medical transfer to other hospitals. women planning to deliver here must make alternate plans. >> they have to find somewhere else to go. that is the sad part, you know? >> the d.c. health department says the hospitals west of the river have more than enough beds to accommodate the babies and the emwho would have come here to united medical. we want to tell you that the city council plans to hold hearings on problems in obstetrics next month. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: thank you. police in arlington are investigating the case of a mysterious cleaner. that is right. someone living in an apartment on clarendon boulevard came home from a trip to find their home had been completely cleaned. they hadn't hired a housekeeper. police say it doesn't look like anything was taken. a few things w

because they were dusting. is that a crime? larry: i don't know. investigate that. >> i know. larry: coming up next at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- what united is saying after a dog died trapped in a cargo hold of a plane while the flight was delayed. alison: later, "7 on your side" with new developments in the fight over moving a city parking lot to a small neighborhood. larry: taking it to the bank as the phone booth checks out. the name change and people coming up for nickname for the building the wizards and caps call home. >> eight more miles of toll lanes coming to northern virginia. even more transportation part of the overall process. how soon you will h i am totally blind. and i live with non-24, a circadian rhythm disorder that can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the people, places, and things i love. the people i love have always been there for me.

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o-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com larry: new developments tonight after a dog died in the cargo hold of a san francisco bound plane. united airlines is apologizing to the owners of the dog. lulu was reportedly under the plane while it sat grounded in hot houston for two hours on sunday. the owners went to pick the dog up, she was dead. united said it's reviewing the incident. alison: an investigation is underway after a man was hit by an amtrak train in anne arundel county this morning. officials have not said what the man was doing

it caused hours of delays from baltimore to d.c. but the ride home should be on time. larry: look in the future today for the millions of drivers who rely on i-395. transportation reporter brianne carter was there when governor mcauliffe helped break ground on new lanes. >> three, two, one. brianne: with the official groundbreaking wednesday they worked to transform 395 to h.o.v. to h.o.t. lanes is underway. the project will extend the existing 95 toll lanes eight miles from alexandria up to the d.c. line. designed to ease congestion, a third lane will be added to the express lanes along 395 and the interchange at 39 3 -- 395 and edes road. but some will go to local jurisdictions to pay for the other transportation

buses, motorcycles and cars with the three or more people will continue to ride for free. >> we do now believe combined improvement can save carpoolers now on average more than ten minutes each way a day. >> the governor touting success saying it will improve congestion in the region. he says he would still like to see additional toll lanes in other part of the region. what he is calling a dream of his, we have more at 6:00. in alexandria, brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: meanwhile, metro is being sued. a few groups say wmata ad policies violate the first amendment. this is after the ads were rejected by the transit agency being displayed in buses and on trains. one says go vie gan. another for an abortion pill. one showed the first amendment in english, spanish and arabic. the aclu, peta and women's healthcare group are among those suing. wmat

intended to influence public policy or opinion. larry: well, you influence the weather out there. doug: no. i just report on it. larry: we look for nice, gorgeous, fantastic days. doug: yesterday was a slow transition but we knew what was coming. gorgeous. tomorrow is gorgeous. friday, saturday and sunday is not so gorgeous. but it's not a washout. we'll get a cold front. get sun, thunderstorms. alison: but still not super hot. doug: no, 58 or 86 and -- 85 or 86 and then cool again next week. you may get a chance to see the space station flyover. to show doug may not be playing with all the cards on his deck at the 11:00 today, i was doing this graphic. i said look at the space shuttle tonight. [laughter] that would be a big story. that is not going to happen. it's the i.s.s., the international space station. it will appear from the northwest to southwest. if you ge

open skies tonight that is the best place to do it. you get long duration visibility. 9:40 to appear and move to east/southeast. it appears to. it is just doing neither but it's really in orbit around the earth. but that is what you see from the northwest sky to the east/southeast horizon. it's fun to watch. beautiful to look outside at the sunshine. a few clouds. we look at the area near washington dulles from the vantage point of the udvar-hazy center. where it's 83 at washington dulles. look at the dew point. 54 degrees. this is a true measure of moisture in the air anytime of year but especially in the summer and august when you have dew points in the 50's. the air temperatures in the 80's. that is like october weather. it's spectacular and it doesn't happen often. the temperatures are well below average. 80 at joint base andrews. 80 in martinsburg. 83 in fredericksburg. the dew points make the difference now. with the current temperatures if the dew points were like

72, it would really be muggy. dew points are only in the 50's. it's rare to occur in august here. here is how we go with the dew point guide. when the dew points are in the 50's in the summertime it's just pleasant. you see how the distributive term change as dew point temperatures rise. tomorrow is another comfortable day. we see temperatures hold in the lower 80's. then later we drop 70's. 60's by morning. maybe a few up 50's. winchester in the 50's. we think it will be about 68 in downtown washington. through the day tomorrow we get to the lower 80's. a lot of sunshine. cloudiness will start to increase. the winds gently continue out of east/southeast. we see humidity levels climb late in the day. more clouds. friday morning is cloudy and a thin, high overcast. the clouds will lower and thicken. we will likely see scattered showers through the afternoon and the everything hours and that wi

cold front approaches that we could see isolated showers and thunderstorms friday, friday night and through the weekend. tomorrow is gorgeous. the redskins-ravens have a preseason game in baltimore. see it live tomorrow night at 7:30. the weather will be fine. the montgomery county fair friday, saturday and sunday is not perfect but not a washout. temperatures in the 80's. with a chance of showers, too. that shows up in the forecast. same story friday night for united game. sunday there are a if you showers -- few showers. next week is spectacular. sunshine and low humidity. that is how it looks for the next ten days around the area. nancy: we are following breaking news in the newsroom now. the u.s. attorney office for d.c. announcing it will not file charges against the d.c. police officer who shot and killed terrance sterling last september. you may remember that police were chasing sterling on his motorcycle when they ended up blocking him at third and m treat northwest. that is when the officer says

motorcycle and drove toward the cruiser and the officer getting out of the car. the officer shot sterling. the body camera video showed him and his partner doing c.p.r. on him. they were unsuccessful. the investigation says the officer acted in self-defense when he shot. from the "live desk," nancy chen, abc7 news. alison: thank you. weeks before school, a local system making changes to the dress code. larry: later the next step for tiger woods of after being charged with the d.u.i. >> a film-maker speaks out about the closing of the imax theater at the smithsonian natural history museum. hear from him coming up. alison: like you, we are counting down to the partial solar eclipse. it's now just 1 the days away -- 12 days away. stay with abc7 news for everything you need to know to see it when it ha

larry: the theater at smithsonian natural history museum is going to close to put a new restaurant in place. cheryl conner takes us to the

>> dinosaurs are coming at you. >> you feel like you are there. >> this is what draws visitors to the imax theater inside the smithsonian natural history museum. >> you feel like you are in it. it's beautiful. >> it's the news that she drops in often as the family and film visit her from india. >> what value does it add to the experience? >> that is a question after learning the smithsonian will close the imax at the end of september. one reason is to makeway for restaurant space. >> for the children to have less nature and more fast food is the most remarkable thing. it doesn't make sense to me. >> jonathan's film amazon adventure is playing at the museum. he is in d.c. to reverse the museum director's decision. >> i have made television and feature films but this is the most satisfying. >> one reason for closing the

more visitors. in a statement the museum says less than 4% of the visitor goes to see an imax film. >> if they don't appear to have done a proper citizen of how could they -- proper analysis of how could they keep the theater and continue to service customers. >> the smithsonian points out there are two other imax theaters across the mall. cheryl conner, abc7 news. alison: all right. thank you. still ahead at "abc7 news at 5:00", they don't have to pave paradise to put up the parking lot but find out what the neighbors are doing to fight the plan to park a fleet in their backyard. larry: later recruits are asked to go through a lot. what are these staring at that may have you scratching your head? >> you will be asking what's in your wallet the next time you visit this arena you might better know's a

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amy? amy: well, take a look over this way. the banner out here still read the verizon center. here at the home of the capitals and the wizards but it won't be long before they read "capital one arena." on wednesday it still appeared the same. >> i heard a rumor but i didn't pay attention at the time. >> the signs reading the verizon center will soon be no more. >> how does it affect the fans? probably not at all. >> those fans could soon be asking what's in your wallet? as of today this prominent downtown venue is now called the capital one arena. >> this gives it the feeling of the capital. washington, d.c. people out of town will think more of washington with that. >> they know where the building is. i come to the building. not the name. >> after six years of playing on public streets. dari set up shop for the first time outside the a

changed. >> wow! what a coincidence. >> he says he doesn't think the name on the building will affect the fans. >> this is a game that is played in there that matters. >> monumental sports and entertainment says it's not just a name change. they announced a separate $40 million investment in the arena. >> at the end of the day, what is important for us is making the driveway to the driveway experience for customers as memorable as it can be. >> they are aiming to have all the signs and the memorabilia switched over by the fall. the cost for all of the changes they wouldn't say. only calling it a big investment. live in northwest d.c., amy aubert, abc7 news. larry: thank you. alison: now we turn to a developing story. a man is facing assault charges after touching a teenager girl on a plane. officials say the girl was on a flight from phoenix to dulles when another passenger started rubbing her arm and her leg. neither she nor

wanted to press charges but when the f.b.i. found out about it from united airlines, it did. an update for you on the saga surrounding the nfl player lucky whitehead. on right side of the screen, that is newman who is the man who shoplifted in prince william county and told police he was the cowboys' player and the virginia native lucky whitehead. he gave police all of whitehead's information, even his social security number. when newman didn't show up for court a warrant was issued for whitehead. he was then fired from the cowboys. police are still looking for newman who now faces identity charges. but lucky's luck turned around. he has a new job with the jets. larry: tiger woods pleaded no it guilty today but he has to enter diversion program for first-time offenders. he was found asleep behind the wheel of his mercedes-benz in may under the

no alcohol found in his system. after completing the program his record will be cleared of the d.u.i. alison: developing now, a 34-year-old man from cheverly is facing charges he is a drug dealer. alexis escobar was distributing opioid drugs in howard county. as kristine frazao reports this comes as the white house tries to tackle the epidemic killing 100 americans every day. kristine: a reality coming more crystal clear in city and up toes across america. addiction doesn't discriminate. >> in the grips of addiction i don't think that me or anybody else is capable of turning those mommy instincts on. kristine: this mother does not want to show her face but is now in recovery. >> this time around, i knew that i did not want this baby to go through what my first son went through. kristine: the numbers are staggering. with the drug

averaging 142 a day. with some white house officials pointing the finger in part at doctors and hospitals. for overprescribing. >> the default prescription for the powerful medications should be short. a few days. we have seen the data. more than five days, abusing the prescription drugs, the addiction rate goes up dramatically. >> looking ahead the white house says it hopes to try a new strategy enhysting the help of those -- enlisting the help of those who struggled with the drug addiction in the past. >> the people have been through a tough experience. they have come out the other side. they deserve a job and support and they deserve to be integrated back in society. they are a big part of the solution. >> 32-year-old bauman from west virginia is an example. a former addict. now helping others. >> it's my passion now. being able to help other people. >> for so many, the ending is not as happy. epidemic spreads, more than 52,000 overdose dea

two-third of those involved in opioid. in washington, i'm kristine frazao reporting. larry: tonight a bit of a riff seems to be shaping up between the president and several federal agencies. 13 are behind a draft report including the evidence that global warming is driven by human activities is unambiguous but that contradict what is the president and the members of his cabinet cast the idea that manmade carbon pollution is to blame. alison: forecasters with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration are expecting an active hurricane season this year. they are predicting between 14 and 19 named storms before the end of november. with five and nine of those actually becoming hurricanes. of those, two and five are expected to become major hurricanes. that is higher than the average and would make this year the most active hurricane season in seven years. larry: coming up, a bit of a show off on the coast. what all the people were

alison: plus, remember how popular it was to say "george washington slept here"? find out who slept here that the current owners hope to draw a crowd. but first, a look at what is coming up on abc, including the story of diana at 9:00. just before the newts at 11:00. larry: now adrianna hopkins with a preview of tomorrow's "good morning washington." adrianna: thanks, guys. tomorrow on "good morning washington," we are live at the montgomery county fair to see how ride safety is priority number one. >> plus inside look at brain trauma and the dangers of contact sports. >> keep it here for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow morning starting at 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 - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year.

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later through the night on friday looking at showers that are likely to develop saturday. a few thundershowers shouldn't amount to a whole lot. and will keep showers in the forecast for the day on sunday. this is not going to be a washout. a lot of fun at the fair. i hope you have a chance to get out and enjoy it. so much to see. a lot of yummy food. here the delmarva beach forecast come thursday and friday. temperatures upper 70's. it is going to stay dry for the weekend. looking at a better chance of showers and thunderstorms. take it out for ten-day outlook. next week in the lower 80's. you are watching "abc7 news at 5:00". we are back after this.

alison: take a look at this. oh, my goodness! look how close. a baby whale spotted swimming really close to paddle boarders off a california beach. it swam under several of the kayakers yesterday. beach goers say the 15-foot gray whale seemed to be playing in the shallow water. nearly 300 people stopped by to watch this. after hanging out for a while the whale swam back out to sea. experts it all appeared to be fine. he was healthy. larry: amazing. from that to this. scientists say one of the nastiest sea creatures to inhabit the

they are naming it after the frontman. they like to think he would have raised a glass to his namesake. alison: well, look at this in indiana. this is the case of the cadets meeting chickens, rubber ones to be exact. trainees are taught to keep their cool no matter what the situation. so the trainers give them this chicken test every year. to see if they can keep it together. if they do keep it together, then they pass. it looks like if they don't they have to drop and do 20. larry: laser -- alison: focus? larry: yeah. alison: this guy is cracking up. i would, too. larry: you would be in shape doing a lot of push-ups. the redskins get the seen the game action against the ravens. hear how head coach

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well, this is still somewhat of an active scene. this began around 4:50 this afternoon. the federal protective service got a report of shots fired inside the e.p.a. building. they have checked the building and they have found nobody was hurt. there were a series of precautions here. the white house, areas around the white house were sealed off. as you may be able to tell, there is still some police force out here. but at this point we are learning the scene is being cleared. nobody hurt here. they just want to be thorough, make sure they have the information they need after the reports of shots fired at the e.p.a. richard reeve, abc7 news. >> good update there. thank you. meanwhile, residents of a northeast washington neighborhood are fed up with the district moving vehicle lots in their area. now they are

district over this. "7 on your side" government watchdog nathan baca first told us the projects last week and reports again from the lang don neighborhood. >> the mayor says it all the time our priorities are her priorities. she didn't asked what our priorities were for the neighborhood. >> kevin is upset. he is head of the community organization in d.c. and the district plans to move the entire parks and the recreation fleet and a few dozen employees with the cars next to the home. >> nothing has been shared with us. i think that is tremendously unfair. >> the advisory neighborhood commission was kept in the dark. even ward five councilmember was kept in the dark. >> once the things come on line. we will have five municipal facilities. >> the planned park f

would be next to family homes. last week they admitted to abc7 it made a mistake there. we have a process, notification in place we neglected to follow up. >> since langdon community association sued them this week the district says d.g.s. is reviewing the lawsuit and assessing next steps. the residents part of the lawsuit hope that a judge will grant them a temporary injunction. pushing the pause button on the controversial project. nathan baca, abc7 news. alison: a big boost today for the national hisser are park. ben cardin and chris van hollen says they are giving the park $100,000 grant for upkeep and repairs to be match by another grant from three other groups. larry: two big jackpots for folks playing the powerball and the mega millions. tonight it's up to $307 million. on friday, the mega millions

million. alison: so how would you like to spend time in the house the donald grew up in? you can rent president trump's childhood home in queens, new york, through airbnb. the five bedroom house was built by trump's father. sold in march. three and a half bathrooms, room for meetings to hold 20 guests who stay there. it will cost you $725 a night. larry: but i have to have the cardboard cutout in my room. otherwise the deal is off. can't do it. all right. new tonight. hats off at the loudoun county schools. we have confirmed the board revised the dress code again to not allow high school students to wear hats inside the classroom. this reverses aune decision that let them wear hats. there are exceptions. alison: we have a remindser

stuff the bus. we will be collecting school supplies for kids before they head back to class. drop them off on the safeway on 14th street. if you can't make it, head to website on wjla.com. we will show you other ways to help out. larry: we will be there in the afternoon. >> we will. larry: about 3:00, we will be there at the same time. >> give each other a high five. larry: as we mauve on. >> we are hoping for a nice day and it sounds like a repeat of today? doug: it looks like it. we may have a little more clouds and touch more humid but yeah, a nice day all day on outside. if you are just joining us and you missed the announcement before, tonight is a perfect night across the d.m.v. to view the passover of the international space station. the details that it appears to move west to southeast. 9:40 p.m. to appear above the

to the east/southeast. not straight up but a good height up in the air. you get away with visibility around, not surrounded by the tall trees or the buildings to get a good view at that time. we had another development at the top of the hour. franklin got upgraded to hurricane franklin. the first hurricane of the season in the atlantic base in. top winds of 75 and may make it up to top winds of 85 before it makes landfall tomorrow morning north of veracruz. weather wise, around here, it's spectacular. lower 80's. upper 70's in spots. 8 in nation's capital -- 85 in nation's capital. upper 50's to the lower 60's in the morning. warm spot is downtown at 66. tomorrow is good weather. sunshine. for all activities including the stuffing the bus in the southeast. as we look ahead to the weekend it will change. starting friday afternoon and the evening, there couldb

scattered showers. for the weekend, partly cloudy. maybe scattered showers. 30% chance. the temperatures will creep up as will humidity levels. we talk about the next ten days at 6:00. robert, your turn. robert: nice. thanks. redskins kicks off the preseason tomorrow against the ravens. today they had a day off. a constant in pro sports the pressure coming with it. there is a lot of pressure this year from kirk cousins to the new draft pick from alabama, jonathan allen. but jay gruden is under the most pressure. he told erin hawksworth you have to play through it. erin: as a even co, how do you balance that? the pressure to win but not getting too stressed out about it all? coach gruden: it's a stressful business. as you well know, it's well documented if you are doing gold or not. we just handle it. we have handle pressure. my brother said don't feel pressure, you apply it. that is what we are trying to do. robert: the first preseason game of the season and you can see it on abc7 and new

earn learn be live all afternoon from baltimore. the terp women revealed the new international uniforms at college park. they will be the second team ever to represent the united states, the world university games in thailand this summer. this is huge for brenda freeze and her terps and she told us it's more than the maryland basketball. >> we understand that this is bigger than us. we are extremely proud representing maryland. but this is also about representing the united states and the country. going over internationally. we are honored and humbled and we take great responsibility in terms of wanting to go over there and be the most prepared team. >> i know the girls put in a lot of hard work and sacrifices and commitment. to be able to have a tremendous opportunity to go experience another country will be something that they will remember for a lifetime. robert: this is huge. second collegiate team

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alison: all you boss fans out there, we have new information about bruce springsteen's plan for a broadway run. how about that? the today the boss announced dates for the shows. the solo show will be a combination of stories from the memoir and of course songs. previews begin october 3. the show octobers october 12. it should run through november 26. but no word yet when tickets will go on sale. jonathan: well, right now taylor swift and a former radio d.j. legal battle continues. the pop star's attorney now saying trying to send a message. marci gonzalez is in los angeles breaking down the developments from inside the courtroom. marci: the former radio d.j. suing taylor swift back on the stand. david mueller denying allegations he grobeed the pop star in -- groped pop star in a backstage photo

she is says this shows the moment he grabbed her from behind. mueller testifying he doesn't know where his hand was but it was not on miss swift's rear end. mueller said he filed suit to clear the name is seeking damages of 3 million. claiming he lost his job because of the allegations. swift is countersuing for $1. her attorney telling the jurors they don't want to bankrupt mueller. they are just trying to send a message that you can say no if someone puts their hand on you. the superstar fans lined up for hours at the courthouse in denver for one of the 32 open seats inside. >> it's inspiring to see a woman stand up for herself about a case like that. >> swift's mother the second witness called telling jurors they never went to police because they don't want the event to define her life but they did notify the employers because they didn't want it to happen to anyone else. >> swift is expected to testify. but it is unclear when she will be called to the stand. marci gon

angeles. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. jonathan: that breaking news we are monitoring now, a deadly police shooting that caused days of protest in the district. we learned that the officers involved the shooting will not face charges. nancy chen at the "live desk" with the new information. nancy? nancy: the u.s. attorney's office for d.c. announcing that it will not file charges against the d.c. police officer who shot and killed terrance sterling. this was last september. despite that, in a statement are saying they are asking for the officer's resignation. sterling revved the motorcycle and drove toward the cruiser. the officer was getting out of the car. the officer shot sterling and the body cam are showed him and his partner doing c.p.r. on him but they er

ful. the body camera was not turned on until after the shooting and that prompted a policy change. they said the officer acted in self-defense when he fired his weapon. from the "live desk," nancy chen, abc7 news. alison: thank you. now we turn to the escalating threats from north korea tonight. a new threat from both sides. jonathan: the latest warning coming from the secretary of state of defense james mattis telling north korea the actions actions will be grossly overmatched by ours. he continued that the nation should cease actions that would lead to the end of the regime. late last night the nuclear armed nation threat and to target the united states territory of guam. that is after president trump promised fire and fury to counter north korea threats. >> what the president is doing is sending a strong message to north korea. in language that kim jong un would understand.