>> feds granted the chance to track down information about who protested president trump. and a new lawsuit >> abc 7 news at 11 starts now with breaking news. news is out ofg montgomery county tonight where a rescue is under way for six people on the potomac river. now you're looking at live pictures from sky track 7. us that these people were outs on a jet ski.

injuries right now. but of course you can see lots of people there working the scene. we'll continue to follow this newbring you any developments as soon as they're available. >> and the other big story, keeping a very close eye on breaking news. they are now bracing for the worst in texas as a possible hit from hurricane harvey. >> in the sky, ominous clouds and warnings that this storm is life-threatening. on the ground, store shelves are empty and roads are crowded with trying to evacuate. >> nancy chen is tracking the storm. about 30ey're talking inches of rain? >> they are. millions of people will likely affected by harvey, which is expected to hit texas late friday or early saturday, a category 3 storm, the likes of which have not been seen 20 years.lmost a mass exodus now under way in several towns along the coast, including corpus christi, new orleans and houston. >> everybody just went to code red. and we

basically just to prepare ourselves. >> i'm 65 and i don't want to 65.at >> another thing to keep an eye on here, some 20 refineries producing four million barrels of oil could be impacted. that could result in higher gas in some parts of the country. meantime, airlines are waiving certain fees for those affected hurricane. the national weather service just issuing its 11 p.m. update storm.he chief meteorologist steve rudin with what we just found out. steve? right. looking outside right now, at hurricane harvey, winds at 85 miles per hour. latest update is that it intensified quickly, earlier beginning tow it's weaken just a tiny bit. but don't be fooled. common for it to happen like during the overnight hours. the eye losing a little bit of definition at this time. but tomorrow, it's going to be back. let's talk about what's going on right now around the immediate area. scattered showers, nothing that is

severe. we'll show you what's going on tomorrow. daytime highs, just around 78 to 80. wewill see more sunshine as move through the upcoming weekend. plus, a detailed look at the for hurricane harvey, coming up in just a few minutes. >> steve, we'll see you then. "good morning washington" will the very latest on the hurricane when you wake up. you can tune in for breaking news. at 4:25.tart >> new information now on a new videot tied to a shocking that we first showed you earlier this month. what you're seeing is this car seven stories from a texas parking garage back in july. seeking car's owner is more than $1 million in damages from the garage's owner. and the management. she claims the owners were negligent for not upgrading their barriers. that woman says she accidently of the the gas instead brake. she is still undergoing medical tr

disturbing case unfolding in knoxville. so-year-oldrrified, boy knocked on his door. police say that child has seen ofhinkable abuse at the hand his parents. tom roussey is joining us with the latest, because he's out there. landlord whothe rented space to the folks police this?re responsible for reporter: well, she didn't actually rent to them. she rented to another couple letting themrently stay there. but she said that couple was not supposed to be allowing them to stay there. boy was staying at that property, which was more than a mile that way, off of ford road here. but the boy walked all the way road,a home on aden knocked on a door. he was disheveled, police say, and asked for food. who answered said what he saw was horrifying. boycamera, he tells us the had burns on his hands and on them and his head, he had about on his legs.s and he says the boy told him he hadn't been to

years. not human. animals take care of their children better. reporter: christina and her allow a couple who works on their property to live in this apartment above the garage. without her permission, sometime in the last few weeks, that couple allowed the suspects to start staying there. >> and i never saw a child. reporter: she says she'd never mother, barbara ramirez del cid, or stepfather, walter flores chiquillo, until he on her vehicle window tuesday. >> i didn't know who he was or why he was in my front yard. he said that his son had gone missing. reporter: we now know the boy over a mileell away. prince william county police say parents hade, the been punishing him by making him kneel on sharp objects or burn stove.ds on the >> like someone punched me in the stomach, is what it feels like. can't do nothing about it, because it's already too late. reporter: the boy was treated at the hospital, we are told by

custody of child protective services. as for his parents, right now they're being held in jail on no bond. reporting live tonight in nokesville, in prince william county, i'm tom roussey, abc 7 news. >> all right, tom. thank you. and 7 on your side is on your fighting back against crime, after a daylight attack on a popular trail. a laundry a man with list of prior crimes exposed himself to two women yesterday. >> tonight 7 on your side's tim police abouting how they're patrolling these well-traveled trails. reporter: during the day, you a minute without seeing a biker or a runner like riley along the trail. i always the reasons pick here is because i know that it's safe and well-lit. arlington police say that did not stop a man from grabbing two women and exposing them around 4:30 yesterday afternoon. >> i mean, that really scares me. this trail almost every day. reporter: investigators say the

findofficers were able to the second victim and then the sosa velasquez, who was arrested along the 3300 highway.lee >> is there a way to have the police patrol these trails around the clock so something is less likely? >> in any era in the county, our about,s are out and patrolling the areas. reporter: plus, the police point out there are roughly 50 miles trail throughout arlington county. dug into the suspect's background and discovered he does have a criminal history here. however, most of that included drinking related charges, as whatquite as serious he's accused of here along the trail. reporting live, tim barber, abc 7 news. much.nks very this is something we're just getting into the newsroom. the f.b.i. arresting a chinese connection to the u.s.re used to hack the office of personal management back in 2015, one of the worst

against the u.s. government. the personal information of more than 21 million workers was compromised. name of the man that's been charged has not yet been released. remember 11, you'll the wild inauguration day protests that ravaged the district. well, tonight there's a development that some say is chilling for activists. trackranted the right to down information about the protesters. about this? tell us reporter: well, as you may recall, dozens of arrests stem from the inauguration day protests. with many of those cases still ongoing, prosecutors need up thoseon to back cases. today, they got a little help from d.c. superior court. department will have access to e-mails for those website,d up for this disrupt j. 20,

organize protests against donald trump's inauguration. nearly 200 people were indicted following the inauguration after some set fire to a limo and vandalized nearby businesses. prosecutors say they need the website information as part of their investigation. engineer mike morris is against the decision. >> it's chilling, the fact for who interacts with -- or even just views a political website. scary. reporter: prosecutors have also organizers'cess to lists.hip >> they'll search everything and pick and choose what they find relevant, which is ridiculous. reporter: dream hosts, the for hostingonsible the website, can appeal the decision. >> this is absolutely not normal. reporter: and dream host issued the following statement in regards to this. we're considering an appeal which would deny the go

temporarily and possibly forever. have alreadyeople pled guilty to riot charges stemming from inauguration day. superior court, abc 7 news. >> no shots, no school. fromis the warning tonight prince george's county public school officials. they produced a video telling won't beheir kids allowed into class unless their immunizations are current. withre districting flyers that message in english and spanish. by the way, you can have your at theccinated for free county health center in cleverly, five days a week. a -- in cheverly. here's a question that parents grapple with. how soon to get your child a cell phone. until the eighth grade. is that too soon or too late? vote on our poll right now at wjla.com/vote now. so this pledge is designed to flip the script on peer pressure. the idea is to get other families in your area

left outids don't feel if they don't have a cell phone. and while some think it's a others say it's simply not realistic. the smartphone comes social media and access to may notthings that kids need to see. >> we were trying to hold off as long as possible. unfortunately, i think socially that's how the kids communicate. wait untilled the 8th web page. it's now collected signatures far.2,000 families so >> still ahead, sonic sounds injuring the brains of our diplomats. an unfolding mystery playing out in cuba. plus... >> such disturbing video. this is a young cheerleader, forced to do a split. the school officials now in trouble for it. and... i'm not that, i don't know what i am. >> a transgender soldier in israel reacting to an impending

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>> this is just awful. troubling video out of denver, school a high cheerleader being physically forced to do the splits. it turns out this wasn't the happened.this parent say they went to the school about it, but they were ignored, until the video went viral. tonight the cheer coach, the high school principal and several other school administrators have all been placed on paid leave. >> new at 11 tonight, a man speaking about serving openly in israel's army. we stand by for an update from the white house on a ban of transgender from our military. of transgender soldiers openly serve in the israel military. thedefense force says assignments are based on ability, not sexual orientation. duringdier transitioned his time in the service. >> they're no different from anyone else. just want to -- they just love their country, like i love mine. last we first told you night, the pentagon will soon

white house on banning transgender americans from the military. as soon as we get them. >> new developments now after an shooter situation right in the heart of downtown charleston. the whole thing, playing out at restaurant. >> a man came up to the door in white. went over to ask if everything was okay, if i could help him. and he locked the door, put a in my belly. and told me to get on the floor. say a former back, lookinge for his old boss, then shot and killed the executive chef. snipers,team, dogs, all came in. the gunman was shot and wounded. a history of has mental health issues. >> a sailor from gaithersburg among the missing after the collision near singapore this week. graduated from gaithersburg high school in 2009. sailors remainer missing. hi

you can understand. offthe navy has called their search for now but is still searching flooded compartments aboard that damaged ship. least 15 u.s. diplomats were affected by a sonic weapon in cuba. larger number than originally believed. some suffered permanent hearing traumatic brain injuries. others reported nausea, dizziness and headaches. still isn'tpartment sure what kind of sonic device importantly,more who used it. >> switching gears, the newest powerball jackpot winner has quit her job, after she found out about her new fortunes. she lives in massachusetts. there he is, claiming her jackpot. is now $758 million richer, after coming up with those right night's drawing. it's the largest payoff for a in northnning ticket

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>> woo hoo! >> whew. big money. >> ha ha! >> all right. take a look at our temperatures out there right now. the jackpot, we could say, because at least it is dry out this hour, for most of us, or parts i should say. 72 at dulles. reagan national airport. 66 over in la ray. cumberland. temperatures are going to stay on the cooler side later on tonight and into tomorrow morning. out there right now. i believe this looks a whole lot worse than it is. reachingthis has been the ground. very light activity out there, with the exception of the areas the yellow and orange, right over here. that is where we are looking me.- excuse i can't get that out. we are looking at a few showers this time. towards the south, we're looking at light showers at this time. stafford. all this moves on off toward the east. nothing that's going to become severe and nothing that's going

early tomorrow morning. moving on offnty, toward white oak. that's good news for the metro. let's talk about what's going on of us.south a big hurricane. hurricane harvey is on the move per hour. at 85 miles gusts at 105 miles per hour. i want to give you an update on track. it's a rather bizarre kind of track, something we normally systems. with these this is a story you're going to hear a lot about over the coming the middle ofo next week. hurricane harvey right now, category one storm. intensify to a category three by the time it makes landfall early saturday morning. then it's not going to move a whole lot. from saturday morning at 7:00 to 7:00 in the evening, look how far it goes. not very far. of the texasrts gulf coast could be looking at upwards of 20 to 30 inches of rain. closer to home, 58 to 68 for an overnight low, mostly cloudy skies. come tod showers will an end. waking up tomorrow morning,

will be in the 60's. and tomorrow looks good. highs around a lot of sunshine. and the beach outlook, even better. sunshine saturday and sunday. highs will be in the middle 70's. look at ouru out to 10-day outlook. d.c. united, playing on saturday, highs around 77. sunday, lots of sunshine. monday.'s on by tuesday and wednesday, added clouds, better chance for a few showers on wednesday. thursday and friday, back into the upper 70's to around 80. that's going to take us into weekend. >> okay, steve, hard to believe. how about this? speaking of hard to believe, talk about starting off on the wrong foot. there's a bride. yep, she's in handcuffs. there's her groom. they were both arrested on their post-wedding for a brawl at a bar in canada. we're told that she was charged assault. neither of them have been identified. honeythat's their

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of the night, allowing only two hits and striking out five, five innings. then in the sixth, the right-hander labored with leg cramps. he got through the inning but his night was done. the nats had a 3-1 lead in the ninth but houston rallied. tying the game when yuli gurriel head of howiehe kendrick, scoring josh reddick. tied at three're in the 11th. cam newton made his preseason debut tonight against the jaguars. it was brief but productive. the 2015 nfl m.v.p. completed of his pass attempts. the second? kelvinyard t.d. to benjamin. now, the panthers are trying to bring newton back slowly after he underwent shoulder surgery in march. carolina wins 24-23. a squirrel decided to take in dolphins' game tonight, sprinting onto the field. he got a nice view. look at

that. nothing squirrelly about this play. deep to torreyes smith. the eagles won 38-31. they have no fear. the squirrel, it got off safely. he's okay. don't worry. >> ha ha! redskins will find out just how much the eagles have improved during their home opener s

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