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15-year-old male outside the home. they begin speaking and communicating in some way shape or form. the 15-year-old apparently was holding a crowbar. that is according to police. the police say that officers told him to drop the crowbar and then they say the 15-year-old male came at them. at that point one of the officers on the scene fired multiple shots at this 15-year-old male. >> the officers gave him several commands to stop and put down the crowbar and he did not obey them. he approached the officer. at that point he fired the service weapon at the vehicle. >> he kept to himself. he was quiet.
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>> classmate on the scene. after the investigation got going they determined no bomb was found on scene. we know the 911 call placed inside the home. the residents of the 15-year-old. but we don't know who placed it or the details about the circumstances leading up to the call and why there was a thought that there might be a bomb strapped to the chest of the 15-year-old. officers putting together pieces. we don't expect too much more information today and then in the days and the weeks ahead we hope to get more information from the prince william county police. live in haymarket, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. >> a white former police officer acquitted in the shooting death of a black man. protesters took to the street after a judge found stockily not guilty of killing smith. th
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peaceful with only one person arrested. alison: we have new information on yesterday's fatal stapping in alexandria. melvin williams of alexandria is accused of killing barksdale. police say williams attacked her at her home in the 900 block of north henry street. williams remains in the hospital with self-inflicted stab wounds. larry: three years after she was first charged today, catherine hoggle was back in court indicted for the murder of her two children. no one has seen jacob or sarah hoggle since last seen with their mother in 2014. richard reeve was in the courtroom this afternoon and joins us live from rockville with the latest developments. rich? richard: a slim document. the saddest moment in the courthouse when the family members conceded the two children are likely dead. >> catherine hoggle murdered my children. >> a stunning and a sad statement from troy tu
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hoggle now indicted on two counts of first-degree murder in the death of their children, 2-year-old jacob and 3-year-old sarah. >> i have held out hope that something else may have happened. as i think that any parent under the circumstances would. but it has always been a faint hope. i know now with the passage of time that kathryn killed my babies -- that catherine hoggle killed my babies. richard: the indictment accuses her of killing children with premeditated malice. prosecutors decline to talk about the evidence saying they gathered the information collected by police and the families with the interviews. >> we would never have sought the indictment if we did not believe the children were dead. >> jacob and sarah went missing in 2014. and they say hoggle was the last person to see them alive. they have never been found. >> i still believe they are alive, yes. >> she is not faking her mental illness. i think she is capable of being competent. richard: the murder indictment means that hoggle can be held wi
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psychiatric facility for five years. >> as she was leaving troy, that was the key. her main thing is control. that is her sickness. so she did not want him to have the kids. >> yeah, the prosecutors hoping that hoggle will be found competent in their words getting better. but there is no timeline on that. in rockville, richard reeve, abc7 news. >> thank you for that. we have some breaking news in the newsroom right now. federal judge ruled that attorney general jeff sessions cannot deny grant money for sanctuary cities. sessions threatened to withhold public safety grant money from baltimore, chicago and other so-called sanctuary cities for refusing to allow immigration policies. this ruling is a temporary win for chicago which filed a nationwide injunction. that means that the justice department can't deny requests for the grant money until the city's lawsuit against the agency is over. alison: meanwhile, in the last hour in the war on terror, british officials r
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level to critical. that means another attack is expected shortly. the attack injured 29 people. it's the fourth terror attack in london just this year. >> it came first. eyewitness on the london train that just pulled in to parsons green. then everyone was screaming and running to get away. >> people were injured and screaming and crying. i still didn't know what that was about. >> british security source briefed on the investigation tells cnn terrorists clearly intended for the improvised explosive device to cause much greater damage. yet the explosion set u.k. leadership on edge. with an emergency meeting at 10 downing street. while the police asked for help from people in the area. >> with hundreds o
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involved. looking at the c.t.v., forensic work. >> in the u.s., president trump responded on camera. president trump: we have to be smart, very, very tough. >> and in a series of tweets calling for a tougher travel ban in the u.s. >> u.k. prime minister speculate on the motivation. >> look at twitter. the tweet. >> the mayor added that the u.k. will never be intimidated or defeated by terrorism. even as the terrorist struck the country for the fifth time 2017. in washington, emily schmidt, abc news. larry:
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to figure out what sparked a house fire overnight. the flames breaking out at a home on calloway street. after they put the flames out, firefighters found a body inside the home. investigators say there were extreme hoarding conditions at the house but it isn't clear what started the fire. alison: developing now, clean-up continues in the southeast and the caribbean days after hurricane irma made landfall. the storm now blamed for dozens of deaths. nancy chen has an update. power has been restored to 5 million people but 18% are still in the dark at this hour. florida ports are open and that the police supplies and the food and water are now coming in. the goal is to keep everyone
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to do everything we can to rescue anybody in need. nancy: members of virginia task force one tweeting out these pictures. searching for survivors the team says they also rescued an injured woman. the red cross says 19,000 people are still in shelters in florida. at this point combine donations red cross for hurricane harvey and irma topped $300 million. at the "live desk," nancy chen. back to you. larry: thank you. happening now, typhoon slamming to several regions of vietnam. four people have been kill and ten others injured. hundreds of thousands have been evacuated. the storm dumping heavy rain, causing flooding and bringing wind for the ripped off roofs. thousands of the homes
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alison: at home we have questions about where hurricane jose will be heading and it could threaten the northeastern u.s. next week. right now the area appears to be in the clear. is that right, doug? doug: absolutely. we don't see a threat from jose. there is a 70% chance of something tropical brewing here and there could be tropical disturbance number 14. jose is a hurricane. minimum strength. category one. 75 miles per hour winds. it is well offshore. that is good news. the wave action is a possibility. the first pitch tonight at 7:05. dodgers in town playing the nats. 77 with the sunshine. temperatures are dropping in the 70's through the game. as far as the weekend goes we will get off to a nice start wi
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overnight. 60 to 70 in the range of the wakeup temperatures. weekend. partly sunny, warm and humid both days. final weekend of summer. there will be a slight chance of a shower saturday or sunday as a point. not probability at this point. that is the latest. alison: all right, doug. thank you. still to come at 5:00, the busy weekend ahead. what you need to know before navigating the city. larry: later how a local police department plans to use drones to help find as a resulter inable when they go missing. alison: today we are celebrating the career of a local legend and friend, of course. chief meteorologist doug hill is retiring after more than 30 years on air. we couldn't let him go. >> enjoy the taste of spring. temperatures are falling. hallelujah. speaking in tongues. yeah
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saturn's atmosphere this morning and it has been a dozen years taking picture of saturn, the rings and the moon. age imagines like these. alison: amazing. larry: incredible. 13 years. back on the ground a chance to get up close and personal with the air force. alison: this weekend is the air show at joint base andrews. stephen tschida is there with a preview. hi, stephen. stephen: boy, the sky was filled with planes. it was loud. it was somewhat overwhelming. boy was it people pleasing. precision. skill. artistry in the skies above joint base andrews. it's low and really amazing. >> the thunderbirds put aerobatic show that left those on the ground gazing upward in all. >> i love it. >> planes in the sky performers nautic
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sky performed arizona -- aeronautic acrobatics. >> the sar show brings the latest jets and the vintage aircraft together. >> it's all here for you today. >> display of soaring entertainment. >> skill, preciseness. it's just awesome. >> today was mostly military personnel. their family and friends. over the weekend, it will be open to the public. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. larry: thank you. good weekend out there. alison: yeah. well, doug is here on what has been a really nice day to give a lot of fun tributes. actually all week. before we get to the weather we have more well wishes. take a look. >> you will always be my favorite d.c. meteorologist. i loved watching you growing up. it was an hono
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you for so many years. good luck in the retirement. you can visit me anytime in the big apple. >> you were kind enough to show me the ropes and what the tv business is all about. i want to say i would not be here truthfully at the weather channel without being introduced to broadcast meteorology from your experience. thank you for everything you have done. with that, i want to say you know what? cheers >> nice! doug: thanks, greg. so nice to hear. alison: we had cake and a party and so many people said how you directed their career. they wouldn't be are they are without you. doug: it feels good. when i was younger people invested in me trying to get in the business. only one person in this country gave me a chance with no education, no experience, nothing except grit and the ability to talk pretty well. ron miller at
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richmond, virginia, at the end of 1978 is where i started. the rest is divine providence. nobody is that lucky. it's been great. it feels good, sad but the right time to go. i couldn't ask for a better sendoff from my friends and family here. alison: we have more coming. doug: more? alison: yeah. we'll get to the weather and have some more coming up. doug: sounds like a plan. the weekend is fine here. it looks beautiful out there now. no showers around. on the muggy side. at 4:02, it's fall! that is when it starts. tonight is muggy as we drop from the 80 degree range that we have at reagan national. in the 70's early this everything. checking radar. there is not much of much out there. fair weather clouds. for the most part we are rain free for the evening. back in my old homewn
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that is where i used to live. st. claire shores, that is where the rich people lived. we lived up, a little different. that is it. i had to learn all the names. from baltimore, what did i know how to pronounce? it was fun. where do we go next? going to richmond? washington. back there. >> richmond is first. that's why it was in there. i'm an old man. you have don't think that fast. don't miss the actionen forecast. -- don't miss the alaskan forecast. i was there for a few weeks to visit my son at the airport. i don't think it got above 56 any day we were there even though it was july. this is mild temperatures for alaska. it's getting dark there soon. this evening from washington in the 70's. to 71 by 9:00 tonight. afraid to click what is next here. good. forecast. for the overnight hours. 60 to 68. partly cloudy and muggy with patchy fog in the area by morning. those are the
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the thunderbird and the joint base andrew. air show at the public this weekend. 84 degrees. sunshine. nice weather, fun for the family. isolated shower is possible. i don't think they will have any effect on the aerial performances or the static displays on the ground. hurricane plots on jose. all of them stay offshore. don't think it's a big effect other than the water and the erosion effects. rip currents. ten days in a row. we'll be in the 80's and the 70's. it looks nice for the next few weeks here. as we get to the end of summer going to friday next week. we will turn into fall in the upper 70's. that is the average for this time of good. all good. alison: not nice of them. the producers -- doug: where am i going? alison: steve, you had no idea. doug: detroit i figured out. missed richmond. i mentioned ron miller in the beginning and the only guy who would do it. alison: we are saying you so good that people can't even tell that they actually threw a bunch of states up
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weren't expecting. >> you weren't phased. doug: there are times over the years there are times we put, because of computers we will put the forecast that is four or five days old, graphics from four or five days but i can't say hey, that is the wrong graphic! make it smooth. passes along. alison: talk around it. all good. you are a pro. we'll miss you. see you in a few minutes. still ahead -- a local 11-year-old made the president an offer he couldn't refuse. larry: we will explain that and why so many parking places in the area turned into parks today. that's ahead. alison: a look at what is coming up tonight on abc. larry: take a moment for some fun with doug behind the scenes. you never want to walk in front of one of his cameras. doug: i know. i know. repent! you better repent! you go! move away from the camera. you're all going to burn!
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doug: a guy going in the ministry full-time too!
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alison: developing now the nation's opioid drug
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trying to figure out how to get a handle on it. we look at how maryland's drug czar wants to address the problem. >> his name is clay stamp. he is the executive director of maryland's opioid operational command center. his background is in emergency management. he has responded to hurricanes, snowstorms and even city unrest. but according to stamp, the only difference between those natural disasters and the opioid crisis is that the opioid crisis is far more serious. in maryland six people die every day from drug overdoses. it's been a challenge to make marylanders aware of the crisis. he says the stigma around drug addiction makes people want to put their head in the sand about how serious opioid addiction is. but as more people and the loved ones are affected he said that stigma is slowly starting to disappear. onof
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on-demand treatment so anyone addicted to drugs receive immediate help. we asked him if there is enough treatment available in maryland for hose who want it. >> we have a gap. we have a gap right now. we need more treatment services. no doubt. we are scrammalling to do that. >> when we asked when the gap might be closed he told us he didn't have an answer. but the maryland department established a hotline to help those who are addicted. 1-800-422-0009. in baltimore, abc7 news. larry: coming up at 5:00, what loudoun county is connecting to the drones to try to keep the youngest and the oldest residents safe. >> and we tell you
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brad: i had an opportunity to talk to the lead detective on the case today telling me they have a mountain of evidence they will be presenting eventually to a jury in the courthouse. but there has been much talk about the press conference earlier in the week when the suspect was actually put under pressure. police wanted to see how he behaved when speaking into a microphone. and how he behaviored when looking into a live television camera. detectives were hoping to rattle suspected killer tyler tessier and trying desperately to find his missing girlfriend laura wallen. so were laura's parents, appearing with tessier at the press conference to plead for information, fighting their raging emotions. >> it defies description, the awfulness and the horror that we have been put through. >> the lead detective saying the telling moment came when a reporter asked tessier about his last conversation with
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listen. >> i don't know where she is. that's all. i don't know. i don't -- >> he had a huge stutter. he couldn't answer the question. brad: they knew tessier was their man, learning he was engaged to another woman and laura found out. a likely motive. tragically finding the missing teacher's body in a shallow grave. she had been shot in the back of the head. for laura wallen's father, the night mary continues but he says at least he knows the alleged killer can be charged with murder. if someone doesn't go to prison for life on missing person. >> today we try to speak to the so-called other woman and what the prosecutors called a love triangle. at her rural home, fresh no trespassing signs declare her desire for privacy. and laura wallen's only home, fresh flowers and tears. >> all that is in my heart right now is pain for the loss of a beautiful
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brad: so many people suffering as a result of the case. so the next step for the case is a scheduled hearing in the courthouse in october. it's likely that won't happen because the case will be presented to a grand jury. there then will be an indictment and no need for the hearing. we will stay on the case for sure every step of the way. in rockville, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: awful for the parents, brad. thank you. meanwhile, loudoun county police have a new tool to try to keep some of the oldest and the youngest residents safe. they are connecting drones to special bracelets so they can communicate with each other. the bracelets will be given to higher risk groups like people with alzheimer's or children on the autism spectrum. >> there are other ways we can use it. we plan to use it every opportunity we get to speed up the process. to use the technology to solve the problems. we try to expand the program if it's successful.
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protect and preserve the robert e. lee monument. they don't want a repeat of last month's deadly violence at a white supremacist rally. the streets will be closed and they will limit what people can bring. >> by limiting what is brought in the area will help us prevent harm or conflict, not conflict but any physical harm between the parties who assemble together. >> if you do not respect our city, law enforcement will lock you up. >> calls are growing nationwide for confederate monuments to be removed from the public spaces following the violence in charlottesville. alison: tomorrow is shaping up to be a busy day in the district as well. with protests, festivals and a wedding down on the national mall. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live along h street northeast with what you need to know to get around this weekend. a lot going on,
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sam: indeed. i'm along h street northeast which will be full of revelers this time tomorrow. but the basic message if you don't have to be downtown near the national mall or over here on h northeast don't be. because if you are, you will probably be running an obstacle course of closed streets. d.c. tomorrow, september 16 was the hive of activity from downtown to the national mall to northeast washington. so much activity from street festivals to protests. that the mayor said today m.p.d. will be busy. >> all the cops will be on duty. we have our full force present to make sure to get around and they are safe. >> along constitution avenue. fiesta d.c. will extend from 7th to 14th on constitution avenue northwest and h street northeast d.c. will have the annual h street festival. celebrating a neighborhood coming back from decline.
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>> good example what the country could be about. >> on the national mall jugaloos a group in clown masks and their own brand of music protest being labeled a gang by the f.b.i. saying it's hurt them. a group getting ready for the mother of all rallies. >> there are so many people rallying against trump. it's time that people stepped out and showed that they were for trump. >> critical of trump, american democracy rally for lafayette park with supporters like this floridian. >> the motivation to let russia know we care about anyone who disturbing our elections. we won't tolerate it. >> m.b.d. tweeted out a list of street closures all over the city. it will be a busy day in d.c. >> also generally we say take metro. take metro going to a number of places but be
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national mall, the smithsonian metro station the one on the ball, that is going to be closed. so you have to go to one of the adjacent stations. reporting live from northeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. larry: thank you for that. hundreds of people waiting in line for tickets to a star-studded concert in charlottesville. some getting there as early as 6:00 this morning. the concert features muse sixes coming together after last month's deadly rally. performers are ariana grande, justin timberlake and ferrell williams. concert for charlottesville at scott stadium coming up on september 24. alison: wow! amazing. meanwhile the university of virginia is getting a new president. the school today said james ryan will succeed the current president teresa sullivan. sheshe has written on arable inequality in public education. he graduated from u.v.a. law
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years and takes over next october. larry: tomorrow you get a chance to help pick a new name for a local high school. fairfax county school board voting to change the name. dozens of new names on the list from alexander hamilton to barack obama and barcraft and seven corners. eeven beyoncé and schooly mcschoolface. alison: oh, c'mon. remember the boat? larry: exactly. you can vote tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. then the school board makes a final selection after the community's recommendation. alison: beyoncé. hilarious. larry: beyoncé high school. alison: all right. still ahead at 5:00, the president and the lawn boy. how the commander-in-chief took the 11-year-old up on an offer he couldn't refuse. larry: coming up at 6:00, ninjas caught
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committing arson? the story behind the bizarre photo. alison: but first a preview of monday's "good morning washington." >> thanks, guys. monday on "good morning washington" -- the price of gas, oil changes and tires and insurance, we broke it down to show how much the car is really costing you in the long run. >> a shortage of the local school bus drivers, i get behind the wheel to find out what it takes to drive a big yellow school bus. stay with us for traffic and weather every ten minutes monday morning at 4:25 on "good m
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steve: all right. the weekend is now finally here. it looks like a nice one. don't forget the king street art festival in old town alexandria saturdayed a sunday. it doesn't get better than this. a lot of sunshine. passing clouds. temperatures will be around 85 degrees. we have the festival on saturday with the temperatures around 83. by 4:00 p.m. by 6:00 we'll be around 80. don't go away. we hav
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>> next friday people are encourage told abandon four wheels for two or metro or their own
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the census says the number of people biking to work is up 130% in the last ten years. that makes them second in the nation for bicycle commuting. the news comes on parking day. they were turned into temporary parklets. baby parks. parking day started out in san francisco in 2005. larry: one boy able to live out the dream of mowing the white house lawn. the white house said e
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the president came out to thank him. >> i want to do something big. why not start here? larry: he was invited to the oval office. he told the president he wants to be a navy seal when he grows up. i think you use this for marketing. i mowed the white house lawn. alison: amazing. >> very smart kid. yeah. is there still to come at 5:00 -- >> he said are you okay? i said it's so beautiful! alison: coming up what had the actress laughing or crying. it
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i have seen it already. something else to make you laugh. another moment with chief meteorologist doug hill that had us laving as well. >> two one. >> another -- sorry. three, two, one. get ready for another
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and a volunteer medical director at a children's hospice. he passed the virginia law requiring concussion standards for school sports. the smoking ban in restaurants. and dr. northam is working to connect veterans to good paying jobs in virginia. ed gillespie is a washington dc corporate lobbyist. he shows up for whoever pays him.
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when you are reporting on something that affects every single human being, you have to be careful. you have to be accurate. you have to be sincere. you have to be able to communicate. clearly. because people's lives could be at stake. doug has all those qualities and he has done it very, very well. excellently for all the these years. alison: so lovely to see maureen there. you know, just about two and a half hours ago we all gathered here in the newsroom. of course, we had cake. i mean a lot of tears. grown men were crying today because we were celebrating our friend and our chief meteorologist doug hill. his family was here with him today, too, which has been nice. now members of the stormwatch
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chief. >> 11:00 this morning the national hurricane center in miami. >> do you remember what it is that sparked your interest in weather? yeah. my 7th birthday, lightning hit my house. that was the moment that it all started. alison: we know that you were in the military, a police officer as well. why did you not initially go into meteorology as your first career? doug: it was a hobby. i wanted to be a professional baseball player but in the real world i wanted to be a disk jockey. i was trying to get into this business everybody in my family thought i was crazy. i had zero support. but i really wanted to. a lot of people helped me but two people that stick out at the top of the list johnny holiday, a legend in this town and mike buchanan who is a long-time friend and worked here for a while. those guys were the ones that took me under their wing and gave me encouragement and the confidence that even without the training and
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real education just based on the personality and grit thought i had what it takes to make it in the business. he sent out audition tapes we put together. the line in my cover letter was i'm a cop but i'd reporter -- rather be a reporter. everybody rejected me. one person left channel 12. he said i don't need a police reporter but i saw weather forecasting was a hobby. if you're interested come down to richmond and i'll give you an audition. i never thought of doing the weather. i'll roth evidence be a police reporter -- rather be a police reporter but i could do that. they hired me on the spot. >> clouds to the north and showers. is it possible another model could have it right? absolutely that could happen. >> so when everybody was not going to be able to see you on tv they want to know what are you doing? what happens now? what are you looking forward to doing in retirement? >> number one i'm looking forward to spending more time the rest of my life with my wife. i'm work a
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church, chesapeake church in calvert county, maryland, wgts. >> any final words for the viewers thes that have had you in the living room day after day for decades? >> i'll miss them. even though i don't know everybody's names. but i have had a higher calling. >> how do you want to be remembered after all these years? >> i want to be remembered as somebody who put his heart in everything he did. >> i'll miss you like crazy. we'll stay in touch. you are all my kids. except for b.j. who is my baby sister. alison: that is your family right there. doug: that is what i missed the most. the weather is fun. it's a hobby. i just changed my facebook account. i put it on former chief meteorologist wjla. once again, weather hobbyists. that's all good. i connected with people over the
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you run into people who watch you and take you as a family already. i have had decades in the city, tens of thousands of people. i'm going to miss that. missing you and getting up in the clock and the responsibilities. no. no. alison: you have earned the break. people have been posting online for days and really for months since they found out now were retiring and people do feel like they know you personally. some people relied on you every day. they have a job outside or school teacher. you were part of their everyday life. doug: overwhelming to hear stories. so many people shared the facebook stories that when you get notifications there are billions of accounts. i've been getting letters in the mail. i'm trying to respond to everything i can and hit like and read everything. i'm overwhelmed by the love and support of the people that watch and the people i work with every day. it's humbling. i'm grateful >> we will miss you. doug: misyou, too. larry: well earned. th
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alison: are you going to do the weather after all that? doug: no. alison: i'd be so emotional. keep it together. doug: i'm fine. i'm all right. i knew this was coming but i didn't know what the day would be like all day long. i had moments head downstairs, really tough. i came up it's fine. i started to see the videos again and other things like a roller coaster. try to keep it in check and under control. alison: all right. doug: control room, word of weather i will do that. if not -- 30 seconds. >> you get 30 seconds. doug: i will do that. graphics, full screen, please. live look at the cheese peek beach, maryland. a place i know well. it's a beautiful view across the chesapeake bay at shore. evening is martially cloudy and muggy. chance for showers has left. someone calls says, "it's raining. what do you know?" it's 84 for the high temperatures. i have to mention isolated shower is possible. terrific outdoor weekend. it
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weekend of summer. i think i have done my job. alison: and your final weather forecast on "abc7 news at 5:00". doug: at 5:00. alison: we have you at 6:00, too. we'll have another big send off. doug: no. [laughter] alison: if you can stand it. larry: sometimes you need a good laugh. once in a while. but actress jennifer garner could not stop laughing in a recent instagram post. >> i couldn't stop. they said are you okay? i said it's so beautiful. [laughter] it's so beautiful. listen to this song. it was so beautiful. you have to see it. >> they did this. >> it's so beautiful. larry:
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dentist and he had given her laughing gas and she was excited about a song in the broadway show "hamilton" and she wrote in her post, "throwback thursday the time i had dental anesthesia, laughing gas and novocain and hamilton eagles, you're welcome." alison: a good sport to let us laugh with her.
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alison: we have an update about a massive oil spill in greece. we told you about it earlier in the week and authorities have banned swimming on pom lar beaches in athens -- popular beaches in athens. oil tanker zapping polluting the sea. a large clean-up operation is underway. also new tonight an athens prosecutor filed charge against the ship's owners and the crew for breaching environmental law. larry: well, it's another time for another perfect night for high school football. friday night style. abc7 game of the week takes us to georgetown for one of the best and most exciting rivalries in all
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the king's trophy on the line. they are going back and forth between the two schools and last season the jaguars got the win on the road. both teams are 2-0 this year. nobody's 0 has to go. >> they have grown up playing each other. great friends on -- friends off the field but on the field it's a battle. >> what is it like? >> it's intense. physical. there is a lot of hitting going on. it's for bragging rights for the year. >> both teams 2-0 off to a good start. what do we expect from this year's meeting? >> it's a great game. we scored over 100 points in two games and they have given up zero. it's a great battle. larry: well, training underway for the washington capitals. scott abraham is at that game tonight. we have more at 11:00. capitals are back on the i
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for training camp. alex ovechkin, the great 8 disappointed to miss out on the upcoming winter olympics. >> i know you talked about the olympics. give me your thoughts about that. >> it's moment for us but for me personally but -- [inaudible] larry: the preseason opener is monday in new jersey. we have highlights and the post game reaction from the high school game of the week tonight on abc7 news at 11:00. >> people were getting crushed. people were trampling each other. it was every man for himself. jonathan: the manhunt is on after a london terror attack and the new efforts to stop the barrage of attack against innocent civilians. nancy: plus, caught on camera. ninjas committing
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what police are saying about the dangerous men. jonathan: mowing the lawn for the president of the united states. we meet the ambitious 11-year-old who has big plans after his landscaping career. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. jon the breaking news we are keeping a clo eye on is in haymarket where a police officer shot and killed a 15-year-old boy. in the hour we are learning about what happened here. jeff goldberg is live at the scene. jeff, what happened? jeff: well, jonathan, prince william county police still on scene here. they will be here for next few hours. we can expect to get more information in the days and the weeks tom come. they say the 15-year-old man came at them with a crowbar just moments before that shooting. the 911 call coming in at 10:30 this morning. to a home here on hartzell hill lane in haymarket. police responding. multiple officers responding. claiming the call came in. claimg
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was being held hostage by a man with a bomb strapped to his chest. multiple officers arrived. they said they encountered the 15-year-old man outside the home holding that crowbar. police say they told him repeatedly to put down the crowbar. they say he began to aggressively approach them. they filed multiple shot at the 15-year-old killing him on scene. further investigation revealed no sign of any bomb in the area. as for who placed the 911 call or what was going on inside the home prior to the 911 call. the circumstances are still under investigation. one final point we want to make, the prince william county police are unveiling a body cam program. four police officers throughout the county. but the officer responding to this situation were not wearing body cameras. live in haymarket, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. nancy: thank you. protesters filling the street of st. los

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