live in georgetown, along the waterfront, tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: tom, thank it today, o.j. simpson back in the courtroom. nancy: the parole board decided he could go free. michelle marsh has the details. there are still stipulations. michelle: yeah, a lot of restrictions. the minute he steps out of prison in october, he has to report to a supervising officer. in the hearing simpson mentioned wanting to go back to florida, but that is up to the state. he served in nine years for a botched robbery to retrieve vegas,memorabilia in las including charges of armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. today simpson said he wished it never happened. during the hearing he made a foundof saying he has alternative to violence courses in prison. >> i don't think i could have represented this prison, i don't think any inmate has ever better represented it than i. michelle: stipulations, like not drinking alcohol to excess and submitting to searches, simpson said he had no problem living with these conditions. as for money, simpson will still montht

alison: tom roussey joins us from reagan. what is it looking like now, tom, any better? tom: better, but still a long way from good. planes are finally taking off and landing, but what a mess at all three major airports in the area, a lot of flights canceled. there is finally some red, which is a good thing compared with an hour ago. in the last hour the planes finally moving again at reagan national. i'm told there's a similar situation at dulles starting a little before 7 p.m. the airplanes just sitting, not getting in or out, creating a mess for passengers. i talked with some folks who had to rebook for tomorrow night. a lot of frustration. threesat on the plane for hours. a were trying to decide what to do with us. they finally decided to let us off the plane and rebook. >> nobody could answer your on the phone or at the window. that's it, you are on your own. they were telling us we could not get out tonight. tom: this is video from dulles. the planes were not taking off or landing earlier because of the air traffic control center in leesburg that handles high-altit

tom roussey has reaction. tom: i was at the university of maryland at the time listening to the verdict. there was so much reaction to it back then. here we are, 20 plus years later, getting reaction again involving o.j. simpson. we asked several folks to tell us what they thought of the fact he will be a free man. >> i thought he was guilty so i hate to see this but if that is what i decide i go with the government. >> if anyone is incarcerated and served their time, what would you think? tom: you are in support of setting him free then? >> did the man serve his time? he served his time. tom: we'll keep asking people about their opinions. we didn't find anybody yet who was totally against the decision saying they respect what the parole board did. the parole board wasn't allowed to consider acquittal for murder. but the court of public opinion, it may be a different thing. reporting in northwest live, i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. nancy: tom, thank you. check out the facebook page where we took the hearing live.

live in arlington, tom roussey, alison: tom, thank you. be the first to find out about breaking news by signing up for text alerts that wjla.com/text. jonathan: the stormwatch forecast, we just had the hottest day of the year in the d.c. area tonight. alison: we probably did not need to tell you that if you are out, and the swelter is not over. the heat wave goes on. jonathan: steve rudin has what it will feel like as you had to work tomorrow. as a cooling down a little bit? steve: it will cool down late tomorrow night into early saturday morning. one more really hot day on the way. 87 degrees atonto reagan national, cooler to the west. cumberland and winchester and luray, in the 70's. stormwatch 7 satellite and radar, a few showers along the mason-dixon line, a chance of showers moving through the overnight. the next best chance of stronger storms will be tomorrow afternoon come into the evening mid-atlantic. daytime highs tomorrow well into the 90's. the heat index values will be closer to 100 degrees. the timing of the strong afternoon

tom roussey is live on the scene. tom: jonathan, still a very active investigation. let me show you the home. homicide detectives are inside, and also the two bodies of adult females found here, the bodies still inside. like on the scene earlier. according to fairfax county police, this happened on dean drive after they got a call a little after 2 p.m. it is not clear who called, but the caller said some he might be killed in the house. when they got here, they could not make contact with anybody inside, so they basically broken and discover the bodies. this home is within a stone's row of kent gardens elementary, also very close to mclean high school. neighbors say this kind of thing is unheard of here. >> you don't expect things like this to happen, especially in an area like this. and then something like this happens and you don't know how to process it. right now i'm in shock something to doors down for my house occurred. really scary. >> there was a grandmother, mother, and daughter who want to the local elementary school with my daughter as wl. kept to their ce

outside of laytonsville, tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: tom, thank you. are we in the clear? steve: almost, but it depends on where you are. west virginia has newly issued severe thunderstorm warnings. are still warm, 85 degrees at reagan national. hot and humid, and thunderstorms well to the west of interstate 81. zooming in closer, newly issued severe thunderstorm warning, now expanded until 11:45 for hardy county, west virginia, gusty wind and heavy downpours. these storms stay well to the west of the d.c. metro. daytime highs tomorrow near 90. we are talking heat index values closer to 100 for parts of the upcoming week. more on that and looking ahead to a sizzling weekend coming up. nancy: get up-to-the-minute information about the forecast at your fingertips by downloading the stormwatch 7 app. alison: now breaking news from capitol hill, where two more republican senators oppose the party's revised health care bill, utah senator mike lee and jerry moran of kansas. inh four gop senators opposition, the bill is effectively dead. president trump tweeted a response a short

tom roussey has more on this. tom? in this apartment community, the general manager sent a letter to residents warning about this after several cars were hit. orthis case, the thief thieves who did this when not worried about the fact this is a gated community. >> you feel violated. what can you do? tom: she was about to drive to work early friday morning when she noticed her car window was shattered. inside, glass, and an xbox was gone. then she looked at her steering wheel. >> i was afraid something was going to blow up. tom: she parts underground at the town square apartments. hers was not the only car hit. exact same type of damage, and its airbag was missing, too. the other thing the cars have in common, they are hondas. this appears to be a growing problem. thieves reportedly target hondas because they are the black market for honda airbags. >> very safe community, gated. i pay high dollar to stay here. and i park underground. i would have never thought that. tom: this is not the only community that has been hit

live in burke, tom roussey, abc 7 news. tom: a stunning -- nancy: a stunning image from a parking lot mishap. alison: we should tell you everyone will be ok, only non-life-threatening injuries here. this happened in a parking lot at another suv. no word on what led to this. nancy: still ahead, you want to leave on vacation, but you don't want to come home to a crime scene. 7 on your side as important information to keep your home secure. alison: plus, everything must go, all of four grabs at the trump ties mahal casino in atlantic city -- at the trump taj mahal casino in atlantic city. steve: a storm warning in saint mary's county until11:15, mainly over point lookout state park. fios is not cable. and we believe everyone deserves faster internet. so with fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have. and it's just $79.99 a month online for the first year. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month. plus hbo for one year and multi-roo

tom roussey has what he found out. tom? tom: nancy, traffic control towers like this at reagan national handle the planes when they get close to the airport, but when they are at high altitude, for the entire region, that is the job of the facility in leesburg. we wanted to find out why what happened there affected everything so much. >> ok, it's going to be a long night. tom: he got home from miami 18 hours late. he is one of thousands affected by monday's evacuation of the faa's leesburg facility. >> it makes you would not have some kind of backup location. tom: that is a question we heard from any passengers. 7 on your side wanted to know, what is the backup plan? a you can safely transfer certain amount of traffic to other facilities and other equipment, but you cannot handle the volume you normally can through one of the most congested and complex air spaces in the country. tom: once planes in the air were landed safely, others could not get to war from reagan, bwi, and dulles for hours. at the evacuation been longer,

alison: tom roussey has what we know about him and what triggered these terrifying moments. tom? tom: all of the folks around here believe this started on the beltway a short distance that way. when the vehicles got here, this is where the road rage shooting happened. the suv the victim was in stopped over there, but the van the shooter was driving made a right and sped away on eisenhower avenue. haswoman inside the suv already been shot. it does a slow u-turn and comes to a stop on eisenhower avenue. >> i saw the lady laying, the guy was holding the lady. tom: a witness said the shooting happened on the short road connecting eisenhower to the beltway. the woman driving the suv block the van in. she and a man got out of the and began screaming and cursing and telling the van driver to come out. the police say that driver was 58-year-old ernest the color of mechanicsville. >> she tried to confront the guy, and he did not say anything. he opened the door and started shooting. tom: in surveillance video coming you see the shooting victim's suv, then the shooter's . the police have n

tom roussey introduces us to a few of those who joined the nation at the home of a founding father. tom: well, the ceremony was held outside the home of the first president here on this stage a little bit earlier today. around a hundred people became brand new citizens of the united states. this is video from the ceremony. the folks hailed from dozens of they didn't at first know they would get the chance. not just to do this at mount vernon but also to get to be sworn in as the citizens on july fourth, itself. the folks who were here had different stories for why they came here. there was a common thread. this was a very special day. >> we have citizensship july 4th. we are the luckiest ones. >> did you know you would get to do it on july fourth? >> no. it comes in the mail and we know it's on july fourth. >> when you found that out what was your reaction? >> we were so happy. tom: the ceremony here at mount vernon was one of 65 held throughout the country today. in all, about 15,000 people are becoming new citizens on independence day. reporting at mount vernon, i'm tom roussey, ab

tom roussey is live in falls church. i understand the chief is responding to this investigation now? and he saysalison, the man the officer injured is still in rehabilitation from his injuries. the man was in a van where the car is, wanting to make a left turn. he wanted to go that way down patrick henry drive, but from leesburg pike down from that direction came a police officer we now know was going way above the speed limit. video driver showed what happened saturday morning, february 18. we now know the officer was a two-year fairfax county policeman who was responding to a disorderly conduct call. investigators determined he was 40 mile per hour zone and his lights and siren were not on. virginia,he code of at that speed, he is required to have his lights and siren on. tom: after consulting with the commonwealth's attorney, he decided to charge the officer with reckless driving. he had already been taken off patrol. now he is on administrative leave. >> we are not above the law, and unfortunately somebody was injure

tom roussey has more. an update on the illinois teen accused of uber driver.. eliza wasni could face more charges for her behavior while detained. authorities say on may 30th, she stole a machete and a knife from a walmart, then called an uber. she allegedly killed driver grant nelson two minutes into the ride. authorities now say she's been involved in 40 reported incidents at the juvenile detention facility where she's being held. they include kicking and biting detention center guards. this next story may make you think twice before listing your house on air b-n-b five people are in custody, after allegedly using their rented home-- to operate a brothel. the homeowners rented out their house while on vacation. but neighbors say they began noticing something funny shortly after the renters showed up. the couple ha of visitors-- and they didn't stay long. 5 people were arrested on prostitution and drug charges. police also found three children in the home-- who are now in state custody. neighbors say the homeowners are devestated, and considering legal action

tom roussey is at reagan national with more. trt oc: a live look right now at flightaware. a live look right now at flightaware. now at flightaware. already today a total of 32 flights arriving and departing reagan national already canceled today. 12 flights impacted in and out of bwi and 11 flights at dulles. happening today, the d.c. council will introduce emergency legislation aimed at fighting the trump administration's efforts to cut down on voter fraud. last month, the presidential advisory commission on election integrity asked all states, plus d.c., to turn over voter information. the council's emergency legislation would prevent d.c.'s board of elections from having to comply with the request. the council calls it "voter intimidation." all 13 councilmembers have signed on as co-introducers. congress returning from its recess to protests. take a look at this. 80 people arrested by capitol hill police monday. the demonstrators say they object to republican efforts to repeal obamacare' inside senate offices. senate republicans hope to introducea replacement bill, next

tom roussey has more. "would you support that?" developing now.. a prince george's is accused of assaulting a volunteer firefighter.. at the scene of a house fire. the incident happened sunday in berwyn heights. the two firefighters were allegedly fighting over who should put out the flames. a prince george's county fire department a prince george's county fire department spokesmanay workplace violence. he says both firefighters have been taken off operational duty, as the investigation continues. a georgia congressman is apologizing about a video he made while touring a former nazi concentration camp. republican clay higgins recorded a five-minute video during a tour of auschwitz.. and posted it to youtube. the video received a swift rebuke from the auschwitz memorial. in a statement officials said the former gas chamber is not a stage. higgins said the video is evidence of why the u.s. needs to stay vigilant about national security. but he's now retracted the video, saying he's sorry it caused anyone pain. right now.. police are searching for a m

reporting live inside the newseum, i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. alison: thank you, tom. we are following breaking news out of los angeles where the lead singer of the group linkin park was found dead this afternoon. the coroner's office says chester bennington was found dead in his home. right now it appears he committed suicide. bennington was married with six kids and 41 years old. sign up for abc7 breaking news text alerts anytime at wjla.com. larry: shifting gears and tomorrow is set to be the worst day of the heatwave. doug hill has the f two today. day three tomorrow. high heat, high humidity. one day a little different than the others if you factor the highest temperature and the highest moisture level. it will be tough any way you cut it. heat advisory in effect across the region until 7:00 this evening. check the numbers. 97 degrees in warrenton and washington. 95 in frederick. peoples like range from 102 in washington and 106 in quantico. through the day tomorrow we start in the 80's, and hit upper 90's. afternoon thunderstorms are a possibility. muggy. part of

tom roussey takes a look. >> they are going to have ten minutes to eat as many burgers as they can. -burger has been putting on the contest for eight years. competitors are names like notorious b.o.b. and this is a full body workout. >> can you feel the turbulence? tom: but a later named molly schuyler who took them all down for the third year in a row. these are the bur but in ten minutes she was able to eat 21. she thys she had an -- she thinks she had an off day. >> i was sluggish this year. put away 28 last year. >> 21 this year >>> looks good doing it. >> she ate 21 burgers. i'm just like -- where did it go? >> d.c. born and raised, beasley says the parents used to call her a human garbage disposal. so she figured she could do this. >> you think what the heck, it's a little hamburger. >> there is no keeping up with molly. >> she is on ten. i'm on three. i tried to make a double burger. that is it. i can't go no more. >> just in case; the paramedics were on the standby but they weren't needed especially for the champ who is the top ranked competitive eater in the world. >> a coup

our tom roussey just getting there now. what can you tell us? tom: well, the camel is behind me right now and as calm as this guy looks according to the charles county volunteer fire earlier this afternoon, one of the guys who works for the lewis and clark circus, which had been setting up to try to have a show tonight for the circus was trampled and bitten by him. injuries to his leg. according to the volunteer fire and his head that had severe bleeding. the good news he was taken by helicopter out of here to prince george's county. injuries are not life threatening. he is expected to be okay. he just has injuries to deal with for a while. this was supposed to be a circus held h at the charles county fairgrounds tonight. but the county tells me the circus has never asked for a permit so they issued a stop work order yesterday. so the circus was not going on as scheduled. they are planning to have shows in warsaw, virginia, tomorrow night so they were getting ready to leave. this camel, as calm as he looks now, apparently attacked a man who works

attention on july 4th with the hot dog eating contest but july 3 belongs to people eating a lot tom roussey was at the culinary competition. tom: these are the remnants from a heck of a burger eating contest today. this is what is left of the winner's table right here. the person two won, this lady here. molly schuyler. over the course of ten minutes ate this many hamburgers. this is video from the contest that took place at z-burger. they have been doing this contest from 2009. they have folks in their first contest to highly competitive eaters in world. molly schuyler ate 21 in ten minutes but she was disappointed because she ate seven more last year. >> it affected me this year. i know i can eat a lot. i ate 22 1/2 pounds i rib in milwaukee. >> she does this for a living. for her efforts she won $1,500. you saw they were using water like this to try to help the burgers go down easier. but still, 21 in ten minutes. as you will find out at 5:00 from a d.c. based contest tant who entered her first contest. it's harder than it looks. i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. jonathan: how many of those co

tom roussey join us for those who joined the nation at the home of a founding father. >> candidates for naturalization raise your right hand. tom: 100 people took the oath. they hail from around 45 countries. >> aall became sits here. >> came to this con innocent to make a it beer life. >> outside george washington's home we noticed a common theme. many here didn't wait to become a citizen to start doing what a good citizen does. it >> was my dream to be a soldier. >> take colombia native sonya. she has been serving in the army for a year. >> i'm grateful for the opportunity to become a citizen and serve my country. >> gaston serving in a different way. politics. for four years he has been working for virginia senator tim kaine but he hasn't been able to vote for him. he can't wait for fall now. >> november election in virginia i will be voting for the future governor. >> i love my country. >> she came here as a teenager and she didn't wait to become a citizen to ask a higher power to help her country. >> the president, the government, we need to pray for any authority. >> this is one o

live in northeast, tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: the house has postponed its official photo for the 115th congress until louisiana congressman steve scalise can take part. tonight the majority whip is out of intensive care for a second time. he remains in serious condition and is still been treated for an infection. scalise shot in the hip last month when a gun man shot at a softball practice in alexandria. jonathan: d.c. police out with an alert about a con being played in georgetown. it has to do with drivers with dented cars. the police say these guys were spotted a georgetown. if you fall for it, you could be out hundreds of dollars. tim barber has that story. how are they pulling this off? tim: people on the street. we talked to a professional come how they fix a real car the real way, and how you can spot the fakers targeting people on wisconsin avenue and m street. christopher ray has been repairing dents for more than a decade, so he knows it takes experience. 's warning drivers con artists are posing as professional