jonathan: standing for what he believes in by chaining himself. nancy: a step forward for president trump's border wall, and we find out who is selected to make prototypes. richard: meals like this are helping victims of the hurricane in texas. i will explain in a live report coming up. ♪ jonathan: search and rescue efforts happening right now in texas, this as the death toll from hurricane harvey has

damaged or destroyed. were, hundreds of patients evacuated from a hospital in beaumont because it did not have running water and countless people are still stranded. >> i never thought it would happen to me. it always happens to someone else, never to you. jonathan: now a week later, dramatic rescue still playing out in the flood-ravaged houston. some a vacuum ease are starting to return home to assess the damage. thousands are still in shelters, and fema is still working on a plan for longer-term housing. nancy: at home, just dining out with a chance to help hurricane victims. jonathan: a long list of restaurants were pledging proceeds to hurricane relief. liverd: richard reeve is with what was a very successful effort tonight. from busy taco bomba -- >> we come together as a f

like alfresco's steakhouse. it is a major d.c. culinary effort. >> it's really great. it reminds me of what. it should all probably be thinking about richard: d.c. dines out for houston. three dozen restaurants using 20% of proceeds to help those in the flood zone. >> and has been a huge outpouring. richard: this restaurant owner going a step further. he and other d.c. chefs feeding the displaced at the houston convention center. people per day, we have processed about 60,000 pounds of food so far. richard: using culinary skills to spell relief. >> so many people are pitching in. they are using proceeds from tonight and saturday night

cross. for complete list of restaurants taking part, check out our website at wjla.com. reporting live, richard reeve, abc 7 news. 7 as: tomorrow, join abc we team up with the salvation army to stand strong for texas. we will have representatives from the salvation army at the station all day to take your calls and collect online donations. for more information, head to wjla.com. ♪ home, a vigil and protest outside of the secretary of state's home, people walking the neighborhood where rex tillerson has a house, honoring victims of hurricane harvey. organizers called the hurricane "man-made" and partially blame it on tillerson and his former company exxon for impacting the environment. steve: the first

forecast, clouds increase during the day remnantsthanks to the of henry, but a cold front is moving across the mid-atlantic, keeping us cooler tomorrow. make that a lot cooler, only in the upper 60's. coming up, we track a new hurricane. the name is irma, and you will hear a lot about it over the next 10 to 14 days. more on that coming up. nancy: we are following breaking news in suitland after a deadly hit and run crash. a man was struck and killed on suitland road, and the car that hit him took off. investigators now searching for the driver. stay with abc 7 for updates. just in from southeast washington, the police looking for three people who stole an atm. thesee seen many of temps, but it is rare for the criminals to succeed. surveillance video shows them carrying out the

of the building. if you have information, contact the d.c. police. workers arrested in a bribe scheme involving two supervisors and four employees. investigators say they participated in a $9 million bribe screaheme for snow removal. vdot is assisting investigators. nancy: virginia senator tim kaine visiting a church that was the target of racist threats, the greater praise temple ministries. sunday, somebody left notes with swastikas and racial epithets and messages on the church door. kaine praising the church and others in the community who came together in a show of support. inhistory teaches us virginia and elsewhere you cannot be an innocent bystander to hatred because people in the common bold and and do things th

>> if i could speak to the person that put that on the door, i would tell them i love them and forgive them. nancy: the congregation when ahead with sunday service. nobody has been arrested. senator kaine visited the dumfries police department who took the report over the phone. jonathan: there is a picture of mark ruffalo attending a rally ensure let's fill. the banner that he is standing in front of says "confront white supremacy." today's rally is helping as community advocates are marching from charlottesville to d.c. they are expected to arrive in d.c. september 6. another civil war reenactment in our area canceled, this time in fairfax county. organizers canceled the event largely due to security concerns after this month's violence ensure let's fill. manassas

have also canceled similar events. nancy: a homeowner chaining himself to his house, all tied to a dispute between him and the district. anna-lysa gayle has the back story. service.rs of anna-lysa: vietnam veteran george ferris is fighting back against the city by chaining his body to his home on 6th street in northeast. >> this house was built 155 years ago. anna-lysa: the city wants to fix the alley next to his house, and the plane to enter his home as part of their project. a couple days ago they posted this signed thing they would enter this week, but he says not so fast. he claims years of neglect in the alley have caused damages to his home's foundation, which he says has been considered unlivable for more than two years. nobody wants to see it fixed more than my wife and i. but we also want to see our house fixed. anna-lysa: t

otherwise he says he is staying put. >> until i get justice or until they drag me away. city released a statement saying in part, we understand this process might be disruptive to the homeowner, but it is important to make sure the property is safe and restore access to the public alley. live, i can tell you that several neighbors want to see a resolution so they can regain access to the alley very soon. also at this hour, mr. harris this still sitting here with his bug spray and water. he has everything he needs to survive the elements. he says he has been here nearly 48 hours. live in northeast, anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. jonathan: right now the army has launched an investigation over suggested messages apparently sent by major general. according to "usa today," the major general is in charge

horses in africa, accused of and suggestiveg messages to the wife of an enlisted soldier under his command. it is not clear at this point if he faces charges. nancy: a step forward for the president's border wall plans, the department of homeland security out with which vendors will build prototypes. michelle marsh has the latest. michelle: after months of delay for the border wall process, the department of homeland security selected for vendors to build prototypes along the u.s.-mexico border. they will build the designs in san diego. engineers will consider anti-climb features as well as complementry tools and technology. the work is expected to begin this fall. money for the prototypes will come from a $20 million budget that covers pulled from other parts of the budget. hasing for the entire wall not been secured,

will pay for the wall. jonathan: the state department right now is closing three russian offices on american soil. it's believed to be a response american expelling 750 staffers in retaliation for u.s. sections. the added will close come along with facilities in new york and san francisco. russian workers impacted by this may just be reassigned to other facilities in the united states. liquor store, a worker recovering after somebody through a molotov cocktail into the store at the workers over the weekend. nancy: that worker was seriously hurt and is still in the hospital. tom roussey has the story. nancy, this happened a few days ago, but we talked with the manager at the store for the first time. he says this guy with a bottle little fire made it through this door, through the second door, and then he was confronted by a man working inside. >>'s mother came by and apologized. tom:

said she told him that the 22-year-old from laurel had recently escaped from a mental health facility. >> he felt very bad for what happened. tom: prince george's county fire and ems said sunday night somewhere around8:30 he came into the store with a lit molotov cocktail. he said that a man who cleans the store confronted him with a broom. >> he was already in the door. surveillance video does not clearly show what happened next, but the bottle ignited, giving a customer money burns and letting a shirt on fire. he is still in the hospital, but expected to recover. . edwards had been bothering customers at nearby giant and had visited his store earlier sunday. >> never seen him before or spoke to him. almost was caught immediately and faces 11 charges, including attempted first and second degree murder.

night now, but it has been open since the day after the incident sunday. live in calverton, tom roussey, abc 7 news. jonathan: developing now, the police say that this is the man who was caught on video shooting a gun at the top of a metro escalator last week. officers have the photo on the right. they say that it is caesar morales, shooting at the columbia heights station in the middle of the afternoon. missed whoever he was shooting at. he is considered arm and dangerous. you see him, the police would like to hear from you. s trapped by-- baker hurricane harvey do their job to help victims. plus, giving birth to twins and a d.c. parking lot. it happened, and first responders who helped their mom are speaking only to a

weekend, will it still feel like summer?

have seen the devastation of hurricane harvey, bringing unthinkable loss to tens of thousands. jonathan: with all the images come in the wake of the tragedy, also the best of humanity. want to share a few of those stories. these bakers knew that a were trapped in their houston bakery. they decided to do their best to bake a lot. they break -- baked bread around the clock and slept only flour sacks. ad,h all of the fresh bre they donated it to first responders and hungry evacuees. the former president of mexico use the work to ding president trump. he said, "in-your-face. yese are the bad hombres

among them houston texans player jj watt who has raised more than $10 million. he started out hoping for $200,000. he is just one of a long list of big names contributing to the cause. jonathan: at home, nearly 100 dogs and puppies arriving at last chance animal rescue in waldorf from areas impacted by the storms. if you are looking for a dog, now is the time. the shelter says even more will be coming in the days ahead. some of these little guys will begin our studios tomorrow morning on "good morning washington." tune in. the morning grew is thrilled because they are adorable. there are ways to help them and adopt them, all the details around the clock on wjla.com. nancy: my gosh, so cute. tomorrow, join abc

up with a salvation army to stand strong for texas will stop representatives will take your calls and collect online donations. for more information, head to wjla.com. steve: let's talk about the weather and some changes on the way thanks to a cold front moving across during the evening, now into the overnight. 68 degrees in frederick, 57 oakland, maryland. you will notice the difference tomorrow with the added clouds in the afternoon. that is the remnants of harvey. fromatellite and radar stormwatch 7, scattered showers north of prince george's county, moving across annapolis at this hour, clearing out and drying out around the district, where we saw showers earlier. this is what is left of harvey, dropping several inches of rain across tennessee into southwestern kentucky. moving through the overnight, not moving terribly fast.

weather later tomorrow night and into the day saturday. the first half of the holiday weekend not looking so great. morning, well to the west, but the cloud cover and rain will overspread as we head through the late afternoon tomorrow into the day saturday. the latest on hurricane irma. you will hear a lot about this storm in the coming days. it is pretty compact right now and it is a ways a way. not to worry now, but these are the spaghetti plots. the model tracks eventually have it taking a northwesterly turn as we move into the beginning of next week. worth watching in the coming days, plenty of time to prepare. nothing to worry about right now for the mid-atlantic, but keep a watchful eye on the system. expected to have wind late sunday into monday and tuesday, sustained wind of upwards of 140 miles per hour come a category four

monday and tuesday we will have a better idea where it may be going. waking up tomorrow, looking good, upper 50's, near 60 degrees. the day planner shows added clouds, a cool day. the ever tied this time of year is about 84. we are only hitting about 68, 69 degrees. the labor day forecast, showers from harvey saturday, more sunshine in the afternoon sunday. monday, labor day, looking really good, nice, 84 degrees. barbecues and picnics, 100% go. don't forget about the delmarva beaches. a wet start friday and saturday, but we dry out nicely sunday and monday, highs in the upper 70's, near 80 degrees. a nice end of the summer for the delmarva beaches. 86 degrees tuesday. then a cold front cools us back into the 70's by thursday and friday of next week. the following weekend come into the upper 70'

impact theentually mainland united states next week. jonathan: a new mother in the district has an unusual story. nancy: she delivered two months early in a parking lot.

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d network. nancy: only on 7, first responders helping a woman about to give birth who cannot make it up hospital. jonathan: and she was having twins. firefighters and doctors at george washington hospital said last wednesday somebody at the apartment building flag down firefighters and told them a woman was about to give birth inside of a van. making the task more challenging, the first baby was breached. >> his head got stuck. so the emt, they had me keep

andthan: wow, twins riley ryan are doing fine but may stay in the hospital a couple more months until they get bigger. ghs just two pounds, three ounces, but they are healthy. nancy: very fortunate that the firefighters just happened to be going by. what's going on? erin: we don't have to watch anymore preseason games. preseason in the books. who took advantage of their final chances to a impressed the coaches?

>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. erin: the nfl preseason is in the books. the redskins home opener is september 10 against the eagles. tonight, washington was in tampa for the preseason finale, and the skins' bright spot was on offense. matt hazel with four catches, 60 yards. the loan touchdown came in the fourth quarter. rookie safety josh harvey clemens with the pick and 40 one yard return. the redskins win 13-10 and finished the preseason

the ravens at the saints. first quarter, ryan mallett finds chris moore in the back of the end zone, 7-0 ravens. second quarter, bobby rainey gets the handoff, shakes off the defender, bounces back outside. nice touchdown. ravens win 14-13. the nats, in milwaukee. welcome back, trea turner, single up the middle, scoring michael a. taylor. turner with the hustle double. 3-2 in the fifth. jonathan villar with a two run home run. the brewers beat the nats 6-3. to the orioles going for their eighth straight win tonight lost to the blue jays. jonathan: now they are playing for keeps. erin: injure raiders come to town, week three.

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nancy: officially midnight. steve: and it is officially september 1. we have better weather on the way after we get through the yucky stuff first. the maps have repositioned themselves. tomorrow about 69 degrees, the same saturday. 80 degrees sunday. then the upper 80's tuesday. jonathan: you turned into a hot mess after midnight. steve: we get the worst of the weather out of the way before sunday. monday, the holiday, looking really nice. jonathan:

have a great night.

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