no other pizza tastes like freschetta because no other pizza is made like freschetta. and try great tasting gluten free freschetta. ask for it at your local store. >>> and we're back now with former washington post national reporter peter slevin about his new book about the first lady. let's talk about race. she had, i guess, a more conventional african-american experience than barack obama. >> right. >> that is that -- and you talked to some people and they'll say, michelle is his sounding board when it comes to race issues or at least was his introduction to race issues. is that what you found? >> i wouldn't say she introduced him to race. i mean he is still a black man growing up in america. it is interesting how she has spoken about race and his race in politics politically. when he was getting criticism, running against bobby rush for congress a race that he lost by 31 points a number of his black opponents said of him that he's not really quite black enough. >> that was an issue barack obama faced in '06 -- early parts of the presidential campaign. not black enou

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no other pizza tastes like freschetta because no other pizza is made like freschetta. and try great tasting gluten free freschetta. ask for it at your local store. >>> police in vancouver, canada are looking into a hit and run accident involving ryan reynolds and a paparazzi. he was struck in a hotel parking lot and not injured. he is working for his next film. >>> military wives and husbands face a lot of challenges and keeping up with doctor's visits may be one of them. a new study found more than a quarter of kids in military families missed vaccinations and nonmilitary families a fifth of kids missed the shots. the research involved kids between 1 and 3. manufacture than 3,000 children were studied. researchers say it's not all military families against sack vi vaccinations but move around a lot. >>> tragedy at a disney racetrack that allows fans to drive exotic cars a. instructor riding in the passenger seat of a lamborghini and the driver hit a guardrail, killing the instructor. this happened in florida on sunday at the exotic driving experience at walt disney wo

(announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. >>> tomorrow marks 20 years since the omaha city bombing. today hundreds of bikers held a rally to remember the victims of that attack. tomorrow the city will hold a memorial services were former president bill clinton will speak to the families. in 1995 timothy mcveigh ignited fuses inside a moving truck out outside the murrah building. >>> these photos look intense but no one was hurt when a charter bus went up in flames. students were heading to boston this afternoon on the massachusetts turnpike. they say the bus started smoking about 15 minutes in the trip, within minutes of getting off the bus was engulfed. >> be on the lookout a black minivan, cage on the roof with several pupity itypyuppies. >> you heard that right. it was supposed to be a 300-mile road trip. when police pulled the driver over in ohio he said between him, the wife the kids there was no room for the pupity ityity itypyuppies. the couple with willingly handed over the puppies to poli

(announcer) freschetta naturally rising cru pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] kellye: the u.s. supreme court next tuesday will hear arguments about whether states can ban same-sex marriage. today there was a rally. they said the issue should be decided by voters, not judges. same-sex marriage is now legal in 37 states in the district. investigators say that part of a fire that damaged lindsay ford in wheaton started an in an office. nobody was hurt. the fire was electrical, but they have not revealed the calls. damages estimated at $100,000. flames shot in the air during a fire in a car dealership in washington state, several cars destroyed. some of the building walls collapsed and the show room was severely damaged. investigators say that the fire appears to of started in the roof. chile's volcano is still active, but yala just have downgraded the chances of a third eruption -- but geologists have downgraded the possibility o

no other pizza tastes like freschetta because no other pizza is made like freschetta. and try great tasting gluten free freschetta. ask for it at your local store. alison: prince george's county honored outstanding public servants today. mike conneen introduces us to the men and women who rushed into difficult and dangerous situations in some of the most notable emergencies of the past year. mike: august 16 2014 is a day prince george's county police corporals will never forget. >> look back and think about how the situation was. >> not trying to get a pat on our back. we're trying to keep the community safe and go about our day and go home to our families. mike: they were among the handful of officers that responded to a report of double shooting in temple hill pursuing and exchanging fire with the gunman who was eventually shot and killed. throughout it all, the suspect had his 3-year-old daughter in the car. >> unfortunately, she was you know killed by her father. but at that time they didn't know that and they didn't care about their own safety only cared about try

no other pizza tastes like freschetta because no other pizza is made like freschetta. and try great tasting gluten free freschetta. ask for it at your local store. >>> right now, at 4:30 brand new video of the man accused of jumping the white house fence just appeared in court. jerome hunt is accused of scaling the fence on the south lawn last night. he was just released on bond. >>> police now tell our pat collins this a mother's death in arlington is now being investigated as a homicide. her body was found in the home last friday. her young children found wandering outside. >>> police in baltimore have wrapped up a news conference saying the man who died in police custody a week after being taken into custody was taken into custody without incident. a full report just minutes away. >>> but first now at 4:30 it is a weather alert day. check it out. radar lighting up starting to light up with some strong storms rolling in. >> we are all under a tornado watch this afternoon. storm team 4 is tracking the weather all day. >> yeah. we see numerous thunderstorms making the

no other pizza tastes like freschetta because no other pizza is made like freschetta. and try great tasting gluten free freschetta. ask for it at your local store. >>> a warning about a gas grill. >> we were there earlier this year at the consumer reports facility when they began testing grills for the 2015 season. and now, it has uncovered a potential safety problem. this $130 brinkman two burner patio gas grill failed routine consumer test. it is designed to see whether the flame stay on when you drop the lid. >>> flame go out and the gas is still on gas can reignite in a hazardous way. >> consumer reports found the same problem on two grills. it passed on the high heat setting. on low, the flame on one of the two burners occasionally went out. >> the safety risk is low and we're not aware of any injury reports but no grill should have this flaw. none of the other 136 grills we tested failed this test. >> the brinkman spokesperson said it meets safety standards and does not pose a risk but quote, we believe we can make an improvement on the crossover channel. consume

no other pizza tastes like freschetta because no other pizza is made like freschetta. and try great tasting gluten free freschetta. ask for it at your local store. >> ladies and gentlemen, our president has breathed his last and his spirit fled to god who gave it. >>> just hours ago, actors recreated the moment president abraham lincoln died and when it was announced on the steps of peterson house in d.c. this morning is the 150th anniversary of that somber announcement. megan mcgrath is live outside ford's theater where a 36 hour tribute is under way right now. megan, good morning. >> good morning, barbara. you can see behind me here people waiting in line for tours of ford's theater and they'll be going in here shortly. of course president lincoln was shot inside ford's theater. he was then brought here across the street to peterson boarding house and that is where he actually died. now, early this morning, tenth street was closed down entirely and people in period costume reenacted all the events surrounding the assassination. >> his pulse continues to fall and his

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no other pizza tastes like freschetta because no other pizza is made like freschetta. and try great tasting gluten free freschetta. ask for it at your local store. alison: after a string of incidents around the country, many people police departments are, of course looking into getting body cameras now. but in austin, texas some police officers are spending hundreds of dollars of their own money to buy these body cameras and as nadia tells us the officer tells us the video is priceless. >> stop, police! >> i was behind the stolen vehicle and the driver decided to jump out of the car and take out running. reporter: officer marcus johnson had seconds to react. >> don't you move! get down on the ground! stay down. i got the driver tased. slow down! reporter: you're watching video from a body camera that he bought for himself. he says incidents like this are worth the $200. >> later on when we got him into custody, he met with the supervisor and the supervisor pretty much had told me that i tased him several times. reporter: but the video shows otherwise. >> it goes where

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(announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. robert: game three, cap-islanders, with the series tied at 1-1, on the road today. we start off in the second, no score, the islanders on the attack. tbraden holtby makes a nice save, but it's deflected in 1-0 islanders. in the third, nicklas backstrom fires, deflected in by alex ovechkin, tied at 1-1. ovie's second goal of the season. 15 seconds into overtime, braden holtby in trouble. tavares scores the game-winner, the islanders win 2-1. the islanders now lead the series 2-1. coach: i think you can feed off your crowd. i felt we fed off of ours and they fed off of theirs. they were playing pretty good hockey. we have to pull the momentum away from them. robert: the wiz have the upper hand in their series against the toronto raptors, winning in game one. bad shooting from john wall and bradley beal, but paul pierce up the slack. game two on tuesday, the outcome may not be the

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no other pizza tastes like freschetta because no other pizza is made like freschetta.y great tasting gluten free freschetta. ask for it at your local store. alison: donald sterling's former mistress has to pay back his wife. a judge ruled that she must return $2.6 million worth of gifts including a house and exotic cars to sterling's wife shelly. you might recall she was connected to a leak to phone recording of sterling making racially offensesive remarks. that led to the removal as owner of the los angeles clippers. larry: the u.s. flag at the white house and other flags across the country are flying at half staff today. tomorrow is the 150th anniversary of the death of abraham lincoln. he died a day after being shot while watching a play at ford's theater. now, a number of events are taking place in d.c. jeanette reyes shows us some of the tributes. jeanette: it was like a day of time travel in d.c. you were taken back 150 years, exactly to the day that abraham lyn on died of a gunshot wound to the head. dozens dressed in period clothing re-enacting the moments that

(announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. >>> we mention aided a great day outside. 100 artists showcased their work. some included glass work. paintings, pottery and jewelry designs. >> finally, blame target for the huge shopping frenzy that exploded online and in stores today. shoppers went grazie over the daythe - the-crazy over the lily pulitzer sclekttion collection. it crashed the website. everything is sold out. only option is e-bay for triple what target was charging. i didn't know what lilly pulitzer was. >> sold out before you got to the store. >> jen waited in line for 20 minutes. hundred of dollar dresses selling for $30. >> patterns you can only find there. meanwhile, take a look at the pattern on radar now. we have all sorts of yellows starting to show up. that's moderate rain lifting up this way. headed towards shorecharlottesville. leesburg, d.c. the next hour. that will take us through a portion of the morning rush. early part. 7:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. after that. scattered light showe

(announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta.o taste better. . >>> wizards had the chance to go back up north. looking for the first sweep in the best of 7 series in franchise history. beal had a lot to do with the succes. really stepping it up, and the extra effort. marching courtside, watch this, off porter, the big fella will clean up the mess. putback plus 1. tied at 21, and then it was rocking tonight. much more next on game on overtime. some baseball, same old same old for the gnats. gonzalez with the costly errors like this one, can't execute the basic run-down. going home, and instead of throwing to the 3rd baseman, he tries to get it to stanton, can't get there. that's little league stuff. no pop at the plate. that leaves them in danger of being swept. you all the gear. why are you trying to run? the biggest game of the year against the capitals as they host the new york islanders tomorrow nigh, and we will hear from the caps as they are approaching game 7 after the tough game 6 loss in new york. >> you have to ask about

(announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. >>> one person is dead after a powerful 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of taiwan in okinawa. the person died in a house fire. a warning for a tsunami, up to three feet high was issued but was cancelled after one hour. officials say there's no threat of a tsunami hitting hawaii. the quake caused buildings in the taiwanese capital of taipei to sway and people rushed into the streets. >>> closer to home investigators say an unattended cooking flame sparked this fire. it's threatening homes in southern california. saturday night, the fire forced hundreds from their homes just outside los angeles. it's now 35% contained. there have been no injuries or reported damages there, but the fire has burned more than 1,000 acres. >>> wow. all right. well we're talking about a lot of rain to start our morning. it was pouring when i came in. >> like a little river running across the parking lot this morning. >> yeah, it was. >> look at the live picture here, showing

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(announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. >>> molette green at the live desk. staying on top of the court hearing for a man accused of killing three prominent people in alexandria. check out what our julie carey just tweeted at charles severance asking the judge to refer to him as the accused rather than the defendant and the judge says okay. now, the judge granted a change of venue, no trial in al alexandria. it's headed to fairfax county. the defense is arguing to have nancy dunning's murder separated from the other two but the prosecutor counters the manner and method of the killings link them. that's the latest. back to you. >> thanks molette. >>> new speed cameras are going live in the district today. we do want to take a look at this right now. take a look here. they may not make a dent in revenue losses for the city. last year's speed camera tickets brought in less than half of 2013 totals. that's according to the "washington post." revenues fell from about $76 million to about $37 million.

(announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. alison: the crew of the international space station will have to wait a little longer for espresso. that's right. mission control scrubbed this afternoon's resupply mission because of bad weather. and among the items on board the space x rocket is an espresso machine. a gift for the italian astronaut on board samantha feretti. another launch attempt is planned for tomorrow. you have to hold out one more day. nasa plans to launch student experiments, meanwhile, into space from its facility in virginia this weekend. this is the first mission scheduled at that facility since an explosion last october. no hurt in the explosion but there was serious damage to the launch pattedd. saturday's liftoff is between 630 and 10:00 p.m. it will carry experiments from students of virginia tech university of colorado and three other schools. leon: update on that deadly crash at a disney attraction. today, walt disney world confirms the man killed in the exotic driving experience was an instructor, not

(announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. alison: right now, protesters are marching through the streets of baltimore. they're protesting the death of freddie gray. gray died saturday. one week after his spine was nearly severed when he was arrested by a baltimore city police officer. several of them actually we'll have more on the breaking news, these protests here that we're looking at live. also, one congressman's call for action in the wake of this case. that's all coming up shortly at 6:00. scott? scott: some call it a scam and others say it's just bad business. but either way, a local middle school basketball team is out $1600. the national travel league has folded and kept the money. "7 on your side" investigator chris papst looks into this case. chris? chris: to most anyone losing $1600 would really hurt but the new world seventh grade basketball team would hurt most is losing a chance to play. >> i've playing basketball my whole life. reporter: these seventh graders share a passion. >> without basketball, i don't kno

(announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. alison: "7 on your side" with a health matters report. a new study finds e cigarette users are less likely to quit smoking. researchers say smokers who used an e-cigarette even once were significantly less likely to be the one to cut back on tobacco. if they did they were less likely to kick the habit for at laos a month. well, the centers for disease control and prevention says the number of middle and high school students using those e-cigarettes tripled between 2013 and 2014. and now, some metro passengers are complaining about riders who use them on the trains. they asked abc 7 to find out why they're allowed on metro trains at all. stephen tschida has the answers. stephen: the sign says "no smoking". why are some metro passengers permitted to inhale e-cigarettes on board? we talked to some passengers who said they've had to travel with e-fumes and they don't like it. took a ride on the red line. plenty of passengers are ready to vent on the e-cigarette craze. >> it's a different

(announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better.elopments tonight in that armored car robbery in north carolina last month. thieves made off with $5 million in gold bars. it was along i-95 march 1s. now the f.b.i. says one of those bars was recovered in south florida. agency is offering a $25,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest and charges. well the man known as the accountant of auschwitz says he shares a moral guilt about the holocaust. the former sergeant is 93 years old. his trial opens in germany today on 300,000 counts of accessory to murder. he says he witnessed individual atrocities at the nazi death camp but did not participate in any of those crimes. scott: the penalty phase of the boston marathon bombing trial is now under way and today, prosecutors called dzhokhar tsarnaev unrepentant as they showed him giving the finger to the security camera after his arrest. the attack killed three people and wounded hundreds. the jury must return a unanimous decision to get the death penalty. testimony is expected

(announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. leon: today marks 25 years since we started seeing the stars in a whole new way. the hubble space telescope lifted off from kennedy space center a quarter a century ago. as mike conneen reports, the mission is far from over. mike: operated by nasa's team in greenbelt, maryland the hubble telescope is still sending back breathtaking images 25 years after lifting off. >> first images were actually blurry. they weren't what we expected and it turns out that there was a problem in the way the miror was produced. mike: astronauts later fixed that problem and with the capacity to see 13.4 billion light years away hubble became our eye on the sky. >> and hubble is still providing new discoveries. mike: orbiting 340 miles above earth, hubble has made more than 1 1.2 million observations and 25 years later, astronauts say the telescope has fundamentally changed our perspective of the universe and our place in it. >> there are seven septillion stars out there and we wouldn't know hardly any of

(announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta.er to taste better. . >>> mystery solved. that plane people thought they saw landing on i-95 in stafford county the one the cops went out to look for and couldn't find, it turns out it is not what we thought. bruce is live. what was it. >>reporter: a car made out of a plane or a plane made into a car. the brain child of a guy named he calls himself speedy cop he is a police sergeant in dc who dreams of having his own automotive reality show. let me tell you, he deserves it. >> if i get it, i want to take it. >> i ain't never seen anything like this on the road. >> from the mind of a man who cannot stop tinkering an airplane that is street legal. >> oh my gosh. >> look! >> dc cop jeff block and his friends spent 1,500 hours mashing up a 50-year-old cessnap prop plane and a van so he could tour around and freak people out. >> eyes get huge and say oh my god, the plane is passing me. >> he calls it the spirit of lemons and he raced it against the upside down camero he also built. >> i get

(announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better.padding and installation. 877-241-luna. >>> a student group at the university of maryland is postponing its screening of american sniper. the decision came after the university of maryland muslim students association protests the showing of the film. oscar award winning movie starring bradley cooper was scheduled to screen next month. the decision is not sitting well with some. there are dozens of critical comments on the student group's facebook page. >>> a growing number of colleges and universities are reforming greek life on campus. one of them is dartmouth in new hampshire, the home of the fraternity that provided the inspiration for animal house. mark albert is in hanover, new hampshire with more. >> reporter: dartmouth college is taking steps to shut down its most famous fraternity. alpha delta was the inspiration for the movie animal house. 30 years later it's in trouble for branding new members. dartmouth professor peter hackett is pushing for reform in the system and the scho

(announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. leon: you may have never heard of these two words put together before. dog flu. but there's a dangerous strain of it racing across the chicago area now. in just the past couple of weeks, 1,000 dogs there have gotten sick and more than a dozen have died. alison: and tonight, veterinarians are afraid that this new flu could be headed our way. stephen tschida has what you need to know. stephen: so far no sign of this new dog flu in the metro area but it's spreading fast around chicago and could be poised to race across the country. >> it's scary! i wish i knew more about it. stephen: many dog owners go to great lengths to keep their pets healthy. they give them medications to keep ticks and fleas off of them. they vaccinate them against illnesses like kennel cough or rabies. whether it comes to the new dog flu, there is no vaccination to prevent them. >> i wish there was a vaccine or i knew what to do about it. stephen: there's a vaccine for the usual dog flu. this is a fresh strain of t