releasing the jonathan: north korea launching another missile. tracking where it went and how the world is responding. alison: only on 7, a life cut short and a hit-and-run crash. >> it tears me up at night.

the driver involved. jonathan: and the chilling case everyone is talking about. >> laura had been shot in the back of the head. jonathan: investigators , the double life that the accused killer was living. >> abc 7 news starts with breaking this. jonathan: breaking details in the grisly case that is catching national attention. the police say the pregnant teacher were shot in the back of her head by her boyfriend. alison: laura wallen's parents talk about what it was like to hold the hand of their daughter's accused killer. the police are calling it a love triangle that ended in murder. stephen tschida is live in damascus where wallen's body was found. every revelation in this case becomes more disturbing. we now know that 31-year-old laura wallen months

pregnant, died to a gunshot to the back of the head. investigators found the body of 31-year-old laura wallen who was four months pregnant and a shallow grave in damascus yesterday. >> we got the report from the autopsy today and found that laura had been shot in the back of the head. stephen: 32-year-old tyler tessier arraigned in court a few days after he appealed to the state for the woman he is now charged of murdering. >> i pray that she is safe and comes back. andhen: laura wallen tessier had dated on and off for about a decade. but tessier was dating a woman in damascus and recently had asked her to marry him. >> dozens of lies and inconsistencies. stephen: investigators say that both women believe that tessier was dating them exclusively.

that a confrontation could provide a motive. >> total shock. to hear something like this happen to come and find out it is that close to home. and his tessier fiancée, the other woman, lived a short distance from where we are standing now. i spoke with their neighbors and fiancéen said that the is also a victim of tessier. tessier is being held without bond. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. alison: and now, new memories of laura wallen she was once named teacher of the year. last night, and emotional outpouring at her school, and tonight the same in her neighborhood. tom roussey has that angle of the story tonight. tom? tom: yeah, we have an saying again and again how laura wallen was a teacher at wilde lake high school, but befo s

job there, serve all years ago she was a teacher at murray hill middle in north laurel. it's unbelievable the stories we've been hearing from students and the impact she had, having the same impact here. and we heard from folks at a vigil tonight. hundreds of people came out to the vigil. they had a chance to leave messages for laura wallen's family, messages that said things like this. >> we are not exaggerating when we said that she was the best teacher. everybody loved her. >> she could always make you laugh, put a smile on your face. condo,ck in her olney people are leaving flowers. molly moved in a few weeks ago and wallen had already reached out and had her and her sister over for dinner. >> she had a big heart. she wanted to make sure that we were welcome here. >> right now she is in the arms of god. tom: outside the courthouse in rockville, wallen's father, mark, talked about the press

liar. tom: the police suspected boyfriend tyler tessier and wanted him to speak so they could catch them in his words. the wallens played along even though they knew the police thought that he murdered their daughter. >> the hardest thing in life to do was sit next to him and hold his hand. tom: mark wallen said that he and his wife, gwen, got the strength to do that knowing they were helping the police make a case against tessier. they were also hoping that it would lead to at least finding laura wallen's remains, which it did. tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: cannot imagine how difficult that was for them. find all of our reporting on the case, including a timeline of events and what a veteran fbi profiler says about it at wjla.com. jonathan:

breaking news on the international front -- north korea firing another missile. alison: it flew over japan, forcing a warning for people to shelter in place. the launch the latest sign of aggression from north korea. jonathan: for the latest, we turn to chief political correspondent scott thuman. scott: what is alarming to some is that this is happening despite the toughest sanctions yet imposed on north korea by the united nations. undeterred, another launch by the north, similar to previous ones in the early morning friday. a north korean official was quoted by reuters after the section saying the u.s. would "suffer the greatest pain it has ever experienced in its history." president trump was instantly briefed of the new test and we are winning to hear more from the white house. all along, there has been growing concerns north korea is close to the capability of putting a nuclear warhead

world war ii atop a ballistic missile with the uss a potential target. the u.s. of course not the only ones unsettled by this new development. a japanese official called the provocations "on permissible -- un-permissible and." we will challenge them with the strong stores many wondering if those words will be replaced by fighting. catherine hoggle indicted ontwo counts of murder. jacob and sarah hoggle, just two years and three years old, disappeared three years ago. , has mother, catherine been the prime suspect. she has been repeatedly ruled incompetent to stand trial. previous misdemeanor charges were set to expire tomorrow but the new one ensures that catherine hoggle will stay in custody. stay with abc seven and wjla.com

for updates on the case. and for breaking news updates on your phone, sign up at wjla.com/text. jonathan: a double shooting investigation is underway in northwest d.c., about a block from dunbar high school. two men were shot. no word on their conditions. the police say that a gun man bailed out on north street a little while later and a third person is still at large. steve: the first weather from stormwatch 7, the tail end of the showers moving off to the east, college park wet right now for at least another 15, 20 minutes. things are drying out nicely, reston and fairfax, quieter in potomac. tomorrow, lower 80's, cannot rule it a chance of a stray shower later in the day. it will not amount to a whole lot. a brand-new update for hurricane jose, and it is better news for the east coast. more on that in a few minutes. nancy:

deadly accident at fort bragg in north carolina. includedg exercise explosions on one of the ranges on base and we have word that a staff sergeant from massachusetts was killed, seven being treated for injuries at multiple hospitals. so far the army is not providing updates on their conditions. all were part of the u.s. special forces troops. we will keep you posted as the investigation goes on. nancy chen, abc 7 news. aison: meanwhile, only on 7, wife's admission after her husband died in a hit-and-run crash on i-95. she is searching for the driver who left him to die as she battles cancer. now without her longtime caretaker. tim barber with her heartbreaking plea for help. tim: shaler taylor wants to find the person who killed her husband. >> i pray for that

, and i pray that they will have the strength to come forward. tim: the hit and run crash on i- 95 happened in dumfries on august 28. >> thinking somebody just left him there like that tears me up at night. tim: they met during her junior year in high school. >> he had a good heart. tim: and she instilled those values and their boys. >> he always told the boys that and we haveprincess to protect her and love her, so if i'm not here, boys, you are in charge. >> he tried to do the best for everybody. tim: the 47-year-old was also taking care of cheryl, who has cancer. >> even when i lost him i hear and i was sick, he would always kiss me on my four head and say to me, i love you and you are beautiful. tim: cheryl

wants the driver to know how important jimmy is an come forward. >> i can only imagine that it is eating them up. tim: tim barber, abc 7 news. alison: the virginia state police believe the hit-and-run vehicle is dark in color and has a damage to the driver side. if you have information, call the authorities right away. meanwhile, still ahead -- charlottesville violence. jonathan: new controversial comets from the president. in your smartphone memorizing your face? apple says it is the future. one senator says not so fast. and -- >> two hours ago we did not know how we were leaving the hospital. alison: evacuating from irma.

jonathan: president trump signed a resolution condemning white supremacists. it also denounces neo-nazis and other hate groups. congress passed it in the wake of the deadly protests in

charlottesville. it also urges president trump and the administration to speak out against groups that support racist anti-semitism and white supremacy. hours before the signing, president trump maintaining a controversial position after the violent protests in charlottesville last month. aboard air force one, he essentially said "i told you so," lemming both sides. >> a lot of people were saying ,gee, may have a point. i said you have some very bad people on the other side also. comments one after day after the president met with a black republican senator who condemned him for those remarks. the charlottesville clashes involved groups of white supremacists and neo-nazis. jonathan: the university of virginia is donating to a fund for people injured during the charlottesville protest, doing so as a rebuke to a donation they made nearly a century ago.

contribution is perhaps the equal when you consider inflation to the 1000 other gift that came from the klan in 1921. alison: 7 on your side with consumer news -- wells fargo entering a $142 million class-action settlement. it is tied to the millions of fake accounts created by bank workers. a website is online to find out if you are entitled to money. there is a link on wjla.com. a baltimore law firm joined several suits against the credit monitoring companyequifax, which suffered one of the biggest cyber breaches in history, impacting 143 million americans. this is not going away. several federal agencies are investigating how the hack happened and the houses lending appearing's. jonathan: new information about apple. they say it is the future of smart, their new phone. one lawmaker said f

big privacy risk. a letterl franken sent to apple ceo tim cook asking for information about how the facial technology will affect user's privacy and security for stop apple introduced the idea as part of the rollout of the iphone x. alison: we have seen the best of humanity in the wake of the hurricanes and devastation. meet the tobins. they evacuated florida to escape irma, but then their car broke down and their wife, erica, when into labor. as they were in the hospital, complete strangers raised thousands of dollars to help them a new car. >> we are thinking,, oh, this person, no, nobody knows anybody. >> is just that incredible. alison: total strangers giving their time and money to help the family in need. jonathan:

of people doing amazing things to help one another. at home we continue to see big efforts to help hurricane victims. in northern virginia, a tractor-trailer was stuffed, volunteers loading the truck. more than 20m collection centers in the region, including bottled water, diapers, baby wipes, the essentials. the truck drivers hit the road tomorrow. . safe travels steve: 82 today earlier today at reagan national, now currently 72 frederick, 70 andrews, garrett county and oakland now 55 degrees. they have a dense fog advisory overnight and into the early morning for stop if you have travel plans north and west, could be looking at fog. a a few showers moved through earlier this afternoon. now we have the showers beginning to move out. if you live in the district, inside the capital beltway, give

all of this will move into prince george's county, college park, and eventually outside the capital beltway. zooming in closer, capitol hill , nothingt wet weather major or severe, just a few showers. the latest update, some good news regarding hurricane jose, with winds that will eventually top off at just 80 miles per hour by the middle of next week for stop the last update has it right here, hugging the coast of the delmarva, now pushing further to the east. that means away from the coast. if we keep this trend going, eventually it will be off to the east and northeast and out here, which is the middle of next week. it could wiggle a little more. we will watch this in the coming days. this weekend, a much better idea of where it will track. 50's,ime lows, upper lower 60's depending on your location. inside the beltway, 65 to

, cooler to the north and west. middle 60's. to a chance of pop-up showers, about a 10%, 20% risk. only some of you will see them. not worth bringing the umbrella, just beware of a few sprinkles on your windshield. i think this is overdone tomorrow afternoon. and we finally get rid of the rest of irma, just in time for the upcoming weekend. the highest just about 85 degrees. a look at the 10 day outlook from stormwatch 7, middle 80's saturday and sunday, comfortable dew point levels. 81 monday, 83 tuesday and wednesday. then towards the end of next week, a week from tomorrow, already all some -- already autumn, and a nice stretch of days. alison: no complaints, steve, thank you.

disappointment from the national zoo. the giant panda there is not pregnant. she was artificially inseminated in may. at 19 years old, she has given birth to three surviving cubs. the zeus is the panda house will open this saturday. jonathan: there is a new color coming to your kids' crayon box.

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braves in the series, the nationals only 2. before the game today, this not look like he is limping anymore. nailed in the ankle, goes down, leaves the game. but the r.b.i. triple, he's got your back. nats up after that and win this 5-2. final eastern conference for the mystics and minnesota. gets thela don two-point lead. but the mystics trailing by four, the dagger puts it away. the mystics fall short, 93-83. a guy we still have not seen enough of, receiver josh doctson did not see a lot of time senate against the eagles. some are saying he is the best wide receiver on the team.

has some hamstring tightness which could limit the amount of reps that he gets this sunday. and thursday night football, last check, the texans leading the bengals, 10-9. jonathan: the redskins have a good shot on this one? hopeful shot come after watching with the rams did to the colts. they dropped 40 on them.

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alison: final look at the weather? ,teve: a little bit of fog mainly west of d.c., dense fog advisory in garrett co

leave extra time if you are traveling. tamara looking good, a mixture of sun and clouds, maybe a stray shower, but only a 10%, 20% risk. highs around 85 degrees. the weekend looking good. saturday and sunday around 85, plenty of sunshine. we have the old town arts festival, the h street festival. jonathan: and tomorrow is a big day, doug's farewell. alison: i'm really sad. robert: i am, too. steve: tomorrow we will make it into a happy day. he has helped so many careers in his career. steve: i would not be here without him. when he was doing the seven-day earlier today, i thought, look at that, autumn a week from tomorrow. jonathan:

next. alison: have a good night.

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