>> i am so sad man, what else can i say. lingering questions, even after an arrest and the gruesome murder of three young girls. why police did not have to go far to find their suspects. plus, a canceled appearance. why the president and first lady will not attend the kennedy center honors. crashing demonstrations. a free speech rally runs into counterprotesters in boston. how they managed to remain relatively peaceful. abc seven now, it news at 6:00, on your side. twist to annew already horrifying story. three girls under the

police announced an arrest tonight. they say antonio williams stabbed the three girls. today, we learned at williams is related to those victims. joining us live with an update, do we have any idea why he would do this? that is still under investigation, but this is one of those stories that will have you shaking your head and asking why? why in the world would someone killed three innocent little girls? it was a family member, according to police. the investigation continues. 25-year-old antonio williams could spend the wet -- rest of his life behind bars. he confessed to killing his sister and two cousins. >> all three of the girls were found lying in a single bed, suffering from puncture wounds and lacerations to their bodies. >>

to the county police, williams them other came home from work and found the children stabbed to death in bed friday morning. investigators say williams was the lone caretaker at the time. when police showed up, he was still at home in clinton. >> i am so sad, man. what else can i say? to take very cruel children away that way. the russells told us the williams family moved in about four months ago. children are always -- in the morning they come out and play in the yard. that is what we were used to. >> the house remains a murder scene with the officer on guard. neighbors have been dropping off flowers to share their condolences. the girls were between six and 10 years old. we

out that the cousins were in town visiting from new jersey. they had anye if runnings -- run-ins with williams, the answer, no. , abc 7 is. latest kimberly: stay with abc seven for the latest developments on this terrible case. we will keep you updated here and online. officer:00, a second shot in florida has died. investigators don't know why sergeant richard howard and officer matthew baxter were shot last night. police have a suspect in custody. that suspect, everett miller was recently involuntarily committed mental evaluation. this shooting in florida was one of several involving police officers in the last 24 hours. two jacksonville officers were wounded by a man attempting suicide. in pennsylvania, two-state

attempted robbery situation. in that incident the suspects were shot and killed. a fire ripped through a home in annandale on thursday. firefighters say in overloaded power strip cause the accidental fire. hurt, fortunately. five residents were displaced. plenty of sun, maybe too much heat for you. it was a bit less humid today. headed to the preseason game at dressfield you should appropriately. will it cool off in time for kickoff at 7:30? , what wenting on that will see is nice sky conditions. we will track that chance for a few showers later on this evening. let's work our way here and show you what is going on as far as satellite and radar. rain is in pennsylvania at this point. we will have to keep a close eye on this. we could

weather moved to between 8:00 and 10:00. most of that will break down. some of those storms are stronger on the severe side into northern pennsylvania. i do not expected to hold together. you see here, right now, things are nice and quiet. between 8:00 and 10:00 we could be looking at what weather. , 91 fores in d.c. fredericksburg and 92 in annapolis. until 8:15. good a little bit of light rain, then you see showers fizzle as they cross the area. a little bit of rain to move through overnight tonight. tomorrow, things are much better. on sunday. 80 eight degrees. by monday, we will look at the chance for showers. what that means for eclipse monday, coming up in just a bit. ♪ kimberly: wjla

family, friends and law enforcement said goodbye to the state trooper. the funeral was held in chesterfield. killed in aere helicopter crash as they monitored the violence in charlottesville and protected the governor. the funeral was held yesterday. the governor knew both men and attended both service this. reigning in boston tonight. thousands of protesters showed up in the city vowing to show up to hate. the rally turned out to be a bust. stephanie ramos explains exactly what happened. stephanie: a sea of people and police in boston. a line of protesters there to march against hate and racism stretching two miles long. the crowd the sending on boston commons one week after the violence in charlottesville. that is where one w

and dozens more injured after a car plowed into a crowd of demonstrators, allegedly driven by a white nationalists. >> after last saturday i cannot be silent anymore. >> i wanted to confront them head on. >> this is democracy, this is what we are supposed to be doing. stephanie: in boston, an estimated 40,000 people showed up. counter protesting a free speech event.- a free speech , but thee blocked rally broke up early, avoiding the violent confrontation scene in other parts of the country. >> that is what we were hoping for, and overwhelming crowd of peaceful people. see was ground -- proud to that the crowd was far. stephanie: the debate over racism is raging in cities across the country. many sparking as many governors

statue of robert eva lee, which had been vandalized a few days ago. the university calling this a chance to learn and heal. amidstf change at -- deep national division. kimberly: new developments about the kennedy center honors. the break with tradition, president and first lady will not take part in this year celebration. the first couple wants to avoid any political distraction. the kennedy center said it is grateful for the gesture. and dancenorman lear legend said they would boycott the white house reception. the exodus of the presidents mar-a-lago resort has issues. companies have cut ties with the president. the latest group to bail out, the preservation

beach. ther groups included are american red cross. a day after he left the white house, the president thanked steve bannon for his service. there are still conflicting reports as to whether he will resigned or was fired. he will return to his former position as executive chairman of the far right website, right breitbart. manhunt continues after a terror attack in barcelona. who authorities are now focusing on. >> came 1700 miles to see it go dark in the middle of the day. kimberly: going all out just to get the best glimpse of the eclipse. we are following the height building across the track of totality. here is what g.m. w is working on for monday. >> monday on good morning washington, students finally headed back to school. we will e

up for their first day. >> we have these glasses and are giving them away. for traffic and weather every morning on good morning washington for

announcer: you are watching abc seven news at 6:00, on your side. on the terrorte attacks in barcelona, the manhunt intensifying for the terrorist who joe a van -- drove a van, killing 14 people. alice are focusing on 22-year-old moroccan man who may have radicalized a big terror cell. the spanish interior minister said they were responsible for the carnage. members wereve killed by police in a shootout. four are in custody and

as two were killed in an explosion earlier in the week. law enforcement said the attack that left two people dead was likely terrorism related. the man who is in custody for that attack in the western city is likely to have acted alone. they are not ruling out the involvement of other people. authorities are looking for potential suspects. authority shot him and then detained him. we are counting down to kickoff. why the redskins already need a bounceback game. we are live from fedex field. josh is tracking our rain chances tonight. looking ahead to an even better day tomorrow.

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-- sits at half $1 billion. $535 million to be precise. the lump sum payout is 339 million. you may want to get your tickets before tonight's drawing. two days until the total solar eclipse, so grab those glasses. small town than cities in the path of totality are bracing for big crowds. millions of eclipse hunters have hit the roads. oregon expecting an inflow of one million people. a brassica, half a million. many are flying in from all over. towe drove six hours to get anchorage. then we flew down here. kimberly: that is commitment. hotels in both carolinas are completely booked on a mission to transform north charleston as the place to be for

stop of the coast to coast in eclipse. we have you covered for the total solar eclipse across from 12:33:30. you can see the eclipse live as it happens from coast-to-coast. it is super hot, not too hot to be at the montgomery county fair. today is abc 7 and news channel 8 day. visit our friends and colleagues at the fair. good morning washington's cup of joe is there. that fair runs until midnight. 20 of time to get out there and have fun. look at her. it works. you have a cool spot for the solar eclipse? >> yes, i should be at nasa. bes -- scientists should

partial eclipse year, but something really special. on,thing we have going redskins are officially here at home. things are starting off nice for us. it is hot. degrees.g, 87 as we go throughout the next few hours between 8:00 and 11:00, we could see an isolated shower. 79 by 10:00. one little hiccup we could have throughout the rest of the evening. 89 degrees, feeling more like 91 as we get to reagan national. humidity is lower than yesterday. tomorrow is lower than today. that is a severe thunderstorm watch from pennsylvania, parts of ohio, west virginia, nine our area. i expect those thunderstorms to fizzle out as they get closer to us. that is the chance of rain we could still

close to western maryland. going, not see too much except for the timeframe between 8:00 and 11:00. we could get early showers. gradual clearing takes over. temperatures drop down into the 60's. low 70's around d.c. comfortable start tomorrow morning. thatlometer and 5k, with you are starting around 7:30 in the morning. just up to about 80 at 11:00. it will be another hot day, but the humidity down more tomorrow makes for a great morning to get started. if you are doing that race, best of luck. 88 degrees for tomorrow's high temperature. not as humid. while we start off pretty comfortable, by the afternoon, a great day to lounge by the pool. hopefully you get to enjoy it. get back intowds the area. fo

partial. around 2:40, 80% of the sun will be covered. at least 20% of the sun shining. that mean it is incredibly bright and incredibly powerful. change,ittle bit of a tough to notice. would solar glasses or cool tools to project the sun, you should have a really good show. slim chance for a shower. that partial eclipse lasting three hours, you get a chance, even if the weather does not cooperate completely, to check that out. check out what happens towards the end of the week. temperatures top off just around 80 degrees. kimberly: this is what concerns josh and me. we are are you talking about a bounceback game? >> bounce from anything is never good. green bay packers tonight. live look at fedex. scott abraham is there. we'll have a preview next.

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announcer: and now, the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealer. >> another chance to see with the skins are at right now. hoping no one gets hurt. scott abraham live at fedex field. is a great feeling. football is finally back at fedex field. a lot of the redskin players and getting ready for preseason game number two tonight against those green bay packers. this is a perfect opportunity for the redskins at that bounceback performance. not a good showing nine days ago in their preseason opener at baltimore. he intendssaid that to play the starters a little bit more than normal. how long?

there is a good chance you will see the first team out there for at least a quarter. this group understands. they need to play much better leading up to the regular season. it starts tonight against the packers. >> i think we all know we could have done a better job in the first game. this game we want to go out there and put a better showing on. >> i think everybody has to come out and under -- and understand every team has an agenda. we did it match the same agenda, that is probably my fault. be expected, but we expected our offense to come out and play better, more physical. is what i wasrry most disappointed in the whole game. physical football team, we have to run the ball better. scott: redskin fans might get a chance to see josh. skin out there. he

was testing out his injured hand strength, making sure he is good to go. no official announcing yet from the head coach. the redskins will be out there on the field. opening kickoff set for 7:30. is august humid, it football my friend. you got to love it. you, scott. drinkeball, how we can adapting to d.c. just fine. a beat off home run against the padres. also drove in two runs for the nationals. machine.en a he set one deep center. makes the amazing catch. robin has a home run. the final for that one, 7-1. to soccer, washington speared on the road against the courage. set up a nice

hamilton. giving north carolina a 1-0 lead. they lose this one a final two-nil. tonight colorado rapids at 9:00. coverage begins at 8:30. stephen back on the mound for the nationals. >kimberly:

kimberly: perfect that for a summer barbecue. josh: slim chance for a shower, but it will more than my clean up the in issue. 88 degrees for a high. things do not

track from monday. slim chance for a shower, then cool weather for the end of the weekend. kimberly: gorgeous. thanks for watching us. [captioning perf

tonight, breaking news. a massive counterprotest. at least 40,000 swarming the streets of boston, outnumbering a free speech rally featuring some white nationalists. the clashes with police. plus, the conflicting tweets sent out by the president. also breaking tonight, a violent night for police in america. at least six shot in several cities. what we've just learned about the condition of one of those officers. bannon unleashed. the newly ousted chief strategist to the president vowing to wage war on anyone who stands in trump's way, but telling one publication the trump presidency, quote, we fought for and won is over. the international manhunt.