alison: i feel so old. for those of us who are familiar with vhs, like here, and vcr's, what do you do if you have one? >> lance says two things. you can go to a place like the video room where they convert them. they can convert them to something digital, to dvd, which might be going bye-bye in 20 seconds, too. he said i had old stuff on vhs. i put it on my high def tv and recorded off of the phone from the television and the quality was fine. it may be problematic if you have a three-hour wedding video. but that is a thought. either way, say goodbye. they're too expensive to make and it wasn't worth it. alison: they're collectors items. they'll be super valuable? >> lance took a shot of the dvd player and -- of the and said goodbye. it's going bye-bye. alison: breaks my heart. >> reporter: i still have one and it's plugged in. there was a gasp in the morning meeting. they're like, oh, my gosh. alison: until recently i was using a little tv with the vcr built in. >> reporter: technology 2016. got to move o

i'm alison morris. for all of us in studio 5 and up in the control room, have a terrific night and we will see ? ? ? (yelling) have a reese's. fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. really? yes, mr. mcenroe... see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh absolutely. i like that. tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. >> today on "tmz" -- >> god help anyone who tries to intermeddle with vanilla ice when he's in a fight with delta air lines. >> they did not call his flight and he missed it and the guy behind him goes, you have to watch the monitor, man. harvey: how improbable was it delta never called the flight? they will say first class now ready for boarding. that though. [laughter] >> donald trump, he was flying in virginia and

alison: pleasant. doug: it will be nice. alison: sounds good. jonathan: if you are metro this weekend get ready for four metro stations to be closed. alison: we'll tell you where. plus -- >> i tried. everybody in the neighborhood tried. they were kicking the doors in. kicking the windows out. alison: a mother just desperate to save her daughter. as fire sweeps through their home. gets help from a four-legged friend. jonathan: first a look at what is coming up tonight on abc. ♪ amazing sleep stays with you all day and all night. sleep number beds with sleepiq technology give you the knowledge to adjust for the best sleep ever. the time is now for the biggest sale of the year, where all beds are on sale! p. only at a sleep number store. alison: a baltimore mom steps outside of her house for a few minutes. leaving her baby and her dog inside. that's when flames began to overtake that home. reporter tells us what happened next. >> kept running in trying to get her. >> erica quickly stepped out to her car on the 6800 of goss street sunday night when

alison: proof of that. alison: unreal. jonathan: all right. the animal america's 9/11 ride began today in shanksville, pennsylvania. bikers coming down to arlington this afternoon and a lot of them. this, it's unique. this could be the final time they make the ride. jeff goldberg is in arlington with the riders. this has been a display of patriotism over the last 15 years. >> no question. that is still the case today. although a lot of emotions, of course, this could be set to be the last ride. here we go. this is ve this ride arriving in arlington as we speak. the first police escort coming in the double tree hotel in arlington, virginia. as the ride began this morning. in shanksville, pennsylvania. let's stay with this live before we show you video from earlier. 1,400 motorcycles with police vehicles are leaving the pentagon parking lot tomorrow morning for new york city. followed by a service at the world trade center. sunday morning. now the purpose of this ride is to of course honor the 417 first responders who died on 9/11 and all who we

alison: of course! today weather wise, if you weren't in the sun especially in the morning it's nice. jonathan: not bad. doug: it's a little bit hot. the average high is 97. around 92 tomorrow the next couple of days but still by the middle of next week a beautiful air mass coming. give you something to look forward to. alison: "a beautiful air mass." got to like that. doug: i can't wait. it's not terribly humid. a few clouds armed. -- clouds around. we haven't seen the clouds getting higher and higher in the sky to indicate showers or storms are forming. it's pleasant out there. a warm side and on the humid side in spots where it feels like it's 96 in washington. 95 is the feels-like temperature in fredericksburg. leesburg at 96 degrees. 94 in frederick. 91 in annapolis. it feels like 96 in the nation's capital. overnight will be partly cloudy. muggy and maybe a touch of fog. temperatures are comfortable in the morning. upper 60's to the lower 70's in the metro region. the future cast keeps things quie

alison: three u.s. postal workers have been arrest and charged for their involvement in a drug ring. two were released today and the third is still in jail. it covers more than one post office in d.c. so far the three are charged with bribery. jonathan: metro transit police are now involved in the investigation in the derailment in east falls church. a train slipped from the tracks at crassover section late last month -- crossover sections late last month. now are concerns following employee interviews and inspection reports. alison: "7 on your side" in health matters. we know that sound. well, there is word that cracking your knuckles may not be bad for you after all. it may be annoying but not bad for you. researchers actually studied this. so they took ultrasounds of what happens when they crack. people who crack their nuckms it turns out they -- knuckles, it turns out they're more flexible than those who don't. jonathan: this will be a talker. arkansas parochial high school getting attention for a s

alison: good evening. i'm alison morris. ernie is off tonight. we begin with politics and more upl upl dan bowens has more on what's going on today. >> reporter: we're talking about paul manafort. his resignation is not unexpected after big changes to the campaign earlier this week. it came hours after a new scathing report from the associated press. that report showed the now former trump advisor has ties to the ukraine and a pro-russian government that may be deeper than initially suspected. controversial campaign chairman paul manafort is out, handing in his resignation to donald trump after reports of secret documents showing man fort received more than 12 million dollars, money intended to influence u.s. policy decisions from the ousted pro-russian government in ukraine. >> i think my father didn't want to be distracted by whatever things paul was dealing with. >> reporter: he took over the campaign in june, tasked with helping the gop nominee pivot toward the general election. personality, which took a toll on his numbers. the new york bill

alison: yes.firsthand lesson a woman is getting when we jonathan: update now on the efforts to restore power of buildings near 18 and l street in northwest d.c. this has been going on for a while. pepco hopes to have electricity with air conditioning, everybody needs it turned back on as early as tonight. underground transformer power knocked out power to the area early tuesday morning. the sprint 911 service disrupted by the fire. it came back online this morning. alison: remember toya graham, the baltimore mother who made news for this? yanking her 16-year-old son from the riots last year. well, tonight, she doesn't know when she will be able to go back home after a kitchen fire over the weekend left them with no power and plenty of smoke damage. keith daniels shows us how graham's neighbors and complete strangers are stepping in to help. >> graham and her on it's a day of gratitude. >> i first want to say thank you. i want to say thank you because at the end of the day did you know it's good pe

alison: thanks. steve: outrage over a new report billionaires and millionaires accused of trying to drown out the voices of voters. the hedge clippers campaign released the report claiming a new super pac, new yorkers for independent action, is spending millions to buy elections in low income neighborhoods in the bronx, brooklyn and long island. >> to all of those poverty -- to all of the blood suckers of our community, that you will have no resources for our district. steve: organizers say the super pac has financed media attacks on black lives matter and pushed for tax cuts for the rich and deep cuts in social security and medicare. >> some say running for the white house is the ultimate ego trip. alison: joe is here with a look at how confidence helps them keep going when the campaign trail gets rocky. >> reporter: hey. the combative nature of wonder why would anyone choose to run for office. only 43 men have been president. looking at the people that decide to run, experts say some common themes

alison: you bring up sports. we think of the moments like mike piazza hitting a home run after september 11th. george w. bush throwing out the pitch at the yankees game in the world series after september 11th, a time when our nation was so down. and those simple sports moments. they weren't simple, but those sports seem to do it like no other. >> they do. because they're associated with these things and when we're down and there's bad things happening in the world, we're looking for something. we're looking for hope. those moments where we're all together, that's the other thing about sports, you watch in a group and we feel more stimulated when we're around other people. all of those other divisions are gone. and it gives us something to cheer about. in the moment, wherever you come from, it doesn't matter if we come from different sides of religions, different politics. in that moment, we're just new yorkers and we're there to do the same things to root for teams. >> one other thing you explained, i'm a sports

alison: thanks so much. part of trump's plan to fight terrorism, an idealogical test to keep would be immigrants with radical views out of the u.s. joe will take a look at whether the test could be put in place. steve: google wants to make it election. a new widget appears in certain search results. it will show you how to register, and the relevant deadlines. alison: russian warplanes targeting islamic state fighters and militants in syria. the russian defense ministry released this video showing the long range bombers hitting targets in aleppo and two other cities. most sanctions against iran have been steve: at the guantanamo bay detention center, 15 prisoners have been transferred to the united arab emirates, the largest transfer since president obama took office. only 61 remain in cuba. most have been held without charges or trial for a decade. the president's been looking to close the detention center, despite opposition from congress. alison: at least eight people are dead. thousands of homes are lost

alison: it was like a heat wavy blur. audrey: melted away for you, steve. 92 is what we hit in central park. that was at 1:00 earlier this afternoon. and that is above our average for this time of year. this morning we started off with a warm 77. it was quite comfortable. we had a bit of a breeze this morning. the humidity was somew than we experienced over the weekend. that was more good comfortable news across the region. right now we're sitting in the 80s in many locations. bridgeport is in the upper 80s. so is islip. 84 towards montauk. monticello has cooled to 77. hot in newark. the temperature is at 93. belmar, we're in the mid 80s. across the northeast, we can see more comfortable temperatures sitting off to the north and west like in albany where it's 81. we're in the upper 70s in pittsburgh and towards detroit but hot in philly and d.c. are temperatures are in the 90s. we'll see this move into the region tomorrow. we had a bit of a break. a cold front swept through the area yesterday. that helped bring in some dr

alison: nothing's changed. steve: hard to get 20 years old to think of mortality. >> there's something about the college environment that makes us drink and binge drink. the college kids are drinking more than others. they know it's harmful, but surprisingly, when you look at lsd, cocaine, heroin, they don't think that's so bad, occasionally using that. it's really interesting to see. wonderful reminder. while it may not be hugely surprising, good reminder for parents to just talk to your kids. assume they're going to do it. 60 percent of college kids drink even though most are under age. teach them how to be safe. people tainting other people's drinks. you've got to talk through that and let them know heroin isn't a great idea. alison: good one. important for parents to think about drugs. they're not thinking about heroin. >> heroin is increasingly common. it's scary. steve: you make bad decisions when you've been binge drinking. thank you. we appreciate it. today was much more comfortable. now 82. all right.

alison: thank you. and trump's campaign aides are accused of failing to disclose lobbying efforts on behalf of of the ukraine. they said that the campaign chairman and his deputy orchestrated a covert lobbying effort on behalf of the ukraine's ruling political parties. the goal was to sway u.s. political opinion in favor of the pro-russian government. been criticized for his stance on russian president vladimir putin. steve: a scattered shower off to the south of the d.c. metro, south of the beltway, towards triangle and south of dale city. not amounting to a whole lot. this will fizzle out in the next 15, 20 minutes. tomorrow, lower 90's. a good deal of sunshine, so grab your sunglasses. coming up, the beach outlook, day outlook. alison: we will see you then, steve. hundreds of ellicott city residents and workers to conveyance of longer hours to work towards recovering from last month's flood. today was the first of five days where they are allowed to work from dawn until dusk. it was also the first ti

alison: thank you, doug. today, shake shack gave away a hundred free burgers at each of the restaurants for lunch. jonathan: yum! michelle: the chain i 100th location. this is the line at the location across the street from the national portrait gallery. the shake shack has locations in d.c., several states and across the world. jonathan: still ahead for us at 4:30 -- zika spreads to texas. how health officials say the most recent case arrives that has some worried coming up. michelle: still ahead, d.c. police chief cathy lanier announces her retirement today. alison: the biggest cases covered in her decade-long tenure running d.c. police scott: welcome back. we're scott taylor. we are live in the "7 on your side" help center. we are talking about elderly scams. seen your citizens who need help. if you have a grandmother or an older brother who might be going through some difficulty right now, we are here to help. let me show you who is here. we have a pretty illustrious cast here. experts with the a.a.r.p.,

. >> alison: hours before the suspect was taken into custody 1000 people weathered in the park to praise the two during an emotions ran high in speakers said they believe the victims were targeted because of their religion. after the service part of the crowd marched to the spot where the shooting took place just a few blocks away. >> steve: operations are back to normal after jfk airport had shots of fire. a ground of flights for several hours. officials say no guns or shell casings were found. security experts are looking how the entire situation was handled. >> we need to find out this arise it to the level of evacuating an entire terminal. and how we we can do a better job at determining real situation from a hoax. >> the port authority says they are investigating how the false >> alison: things are, milwaukee after two days a violent protest. they put a weeknight curfew in place for teenagers to curb demonstrations. at least one person shot last night, more than a dozen more than a dozen others arrested. the protests parked by the fatal police shooting. >> it was to activate the gua

alison: wonderful. looking forward to it.onathan: the skins need to save some of this for the regular season. sending theedskins home fans home happy tonight from fedex field. sports is coming up. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. birthday boy gets the night off, kirk cousins turning 28 today, a healthy scratch for the redskins in tonight second preseason game. not with the fans wanted, but in the long run better safe than sorry. you want captain kirk fully healthy for the regular season. fedex field, the skins hosting the jets. matt joneszol gets the kerry, s down hard on his left shoulder. he left again, later diagnosed with an a.c. sprain, may miss a couple weeks. defensively, a good showing by the secondary. smithlackmon reads geno and steps in front of the past. interception. very next play, colt mccoy looking deep and ross. he just outruns and out jumps the defense. 39 yard touchdown strike. 14-2. the skins would score a late touchdown in the final minute to beat the new yo

alison: a force. a pattern of baltimore police officers making stops in poor black neighborhoods in the mouth lawfully arresting citizens through the police commissioner says six of the officers have been fired but the feds say the department needs to reform its policies to stop these disturbing patterns of policing. >> it undermines community trust. >> i have no tolerance for any person who is privileged enough to wear this uniform if they chose to engage in racist, sexist, discriminatory or biased based policing. reporter: the federal probe was launched last year after freddie gray's death. his neck rope while he was left unrestrained. steve: a police officer filmed stopping on a suspect's head. he was sentenced to two years probation. spotting him drinking and smoking pot even though the suspect was handcuffed and under control. alison: abrons cabbie charged with assaulting -- has to wait another month to find out if the charge of the draw. a judge said he will have to hang on until september 11 on

alison: we begin tonight with breaking news from silver spring. a seventh victim has been found in the rubble of last week's apartment explosion. the victims have not been identified at this time, and nobody else is believed to be missing. dozens remain displaced as investigators try to pinpoint the cause. help the victims, go to our website, wjla.com. jonathan: prince georges hospital center say they have found more of a potentially deadly bacteria in the hospital. the week we told you about presence of this bacteria in the hospital in a water pipe in the nicu unit. babies had to be transported out of the unit. the hospital found the bacteria in one patient care area outside of the nicu unit, so they may are now looking at disinfecting and monitoring for that bacteria. infectious disease experts are trying to trace the exact source of it. alison: also breaking tonight, a person missing in the potomac river near great falls. sky track 7 flew over the scene. the search was called off for the night because of darkness. it will resume in the morning

alison: it could be internal strife? >> potentially. lewandowski, he posted a tweet about the secret ledger that paul manafort was on accepting cash payments from a foreign government entity. alison: we'll be hearing more about this. so much happened today. there's been so much talk about president obama has not gone. hillary clinton has not gone. what is the right move to make? we heard officials in louisiana saying come, but don't come here and make this a press opportunity if you're running for office. >> well, the governor of louisiana has asked that none of the major presidential candidates or the president of the united states come to louisiana. his concern was diverting resources away from the actual rescue effort. when a donald trump comes in, that's sec that's logistics with the local police departments and officials. that's time that could be dvoted saving people. fom an optics standpoint, yes. does it make him look good? yes. from the resource standpoint dealing with the crisis, i question whether it was the right move. you h

alison: new at 5:00 tonight. neighbors cry foul over massive parties at a vacant mansion in arlington. find out what organizers are planning to see you at 5:00. >>> today at 6:00, our watchdog investigation in a prince george's counterethics and accountability hot line. tip line set up to report wasteful spending in the county. we learned the hot line was wasting the money. at 6:00, find out how long the hotline has been down as the county has been paying for it. i'm chris papst. that's coming up. jonathan: face it. we can't get enough of pandas. so cute. it looks like a stick of butter when they are that little. but the only downside about the story is they are so far away. michelle: these are in austria. it took days for the keepers to confirm there were twins. the mom had twins. the zoo announced the momma panda given birth to one cub. but the zookeepers were mystified of the cries that sounded like two cubs. a few days later she was caught on camera cradling two. it's common to give birth to twins the mother

alison: see you then, doug. thank you. still to come here at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- just shy of five years since that earthquake shook our region. now we have an update for you on repairs to the national cathedral. >> when you have a storm that is unnamed, it wasn't a tropical storm, it wasn't a hurricane. a lot of times people underestimate the impact that it deadly. historic flooding hits the gulf coast. reporter: a man is killed after police say he charged at his sheriff deputy with a dangerous object. coming up, details on exactly why police say it happened and what witnesses heard. that story coming up. but how did we end up here? his mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u.s. now there are. while uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. trumenba should not be given if you had a s

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. >> alison: donald trump $10000 for a penalty. they paid too much -- the kiosk of violated city rolls over privately owned public space. >> steve: please in florida are investigating an attack. it teen went on a vicious rampage trying to eat the face the outburst has been triggered by a dangerous drug. here is more of what it is. >> reporter: this is one freaky story. it is a is a drug and it is called flocka. we told you about it before. there has been been another attack, bizarre double murder where a suspect was seen biting on minute austin, 19-year-old florida state university student was having dinner with his family at a restaurant. suddenly, he became agitated and stormed off. forty-five minutes later, police say he stabbed a couple to death at their florida home. he had never met them. >> it does look inexplicably as it sounds, like a a completely unprovoked and random attack. it was on to people who were sitting in their open garage. >> reporter: when police arrived and they said he was a biting one of the victims faces.

ryan and alison. >> jim, thank you. the man who climbed to the 21st floor of trump tower in manhattan is going through a psychiatric evaluation. we know the 19-year-old is from virginia. his climb using high power suction cups went on for three hours. officers tried to talk him down, but cornered him by removing windows. emergency personnel dragging him into the building. the man explained his motives in the youtube video saying he wants a private audience with trump. the climber is expected to face several state charges later today. >>> happening today, hillary clinton will layout her economic plan at a speech in detroit on the heels of donald trump doing the same thing earlier this week in the same city. that's where the similarities end. where trump spotlighted his business agenda, clinton is aimed at helping the american worker. cnn's jeff zeleny has more from detroit. >> reporter: hillary clinton will deliver an economic address here in michigan today. she will be focusing on the economy in mccomb county. the count

alison. >>> thank you, jim.at now where reince priebus reportedly warned trump about the damage he can inflict on

alison: tom, thank you. for the second time in three months, a man was arrested on accusations he was slashing people on metro trains. william madison junior was arrested monday after the police say that he exposed himself to a woman on the north line train. madison was arrested last month, qs of doing the same thing on a blue line train. donald trump's presidential cam overhaul in just two months. taking over the campaign is the head of breitbart media. trump demoted the former campaign chairman, who was brought in after trump fired his previous campaign manager, so that his three. trump received his first intelligence briefing today. after today, he said he did not trust u.s. intelligence agencies. alison: tears and smiles as the community came together to remember christopher barry, the only child of the former mayor marion barry. anna-lysa gayle was in northeast d.c. as the vigil was held. friends and former classmates stood outside of woodrow wilson high school with candles as they remembered the 36 you

ryan and alison. >> jeff, thank you. this morning, a blizzard of reaction to donald trump second amendment comment. the new york daily news proclaiming this isn't a joke any more. declaring that trump must end his campaign for the white house. connecticut democratic senator chris murphy who backs tightened gun control, quote, don't treat this as a political misstep. it is an assassination threat. seriously upping the possibility of a national tragedy and acrisis. and then there's the former cia chief, general michael hayden one who signed a letter condemning trump's candidacy. >> when i heard that for the first time, that was more than a speed bump, all right? that's actually a very arresting comment. if someone else would have said that outside the hall, he'd be in the back of a police wagon with the secret service questioning him. >> listen to the former new york city mayor rudy giuliani slam the clinton campaign and the media for buying its claims. >> they spin out that what he meant by that was that it was a joke. an

good morning. >> good seeing you alison and ryan.s a story that will develop quickly the next couple days. we have seen the open waters in the past several days with heavy rainfall. estimates have brought 15 inches of rainfall off the big bend of florida. the storm system is responsible for the rain. meanders far to the north. the flood concerns. flood watches. the storm is forecast to move to the west the next couple days. the gulf moisture is pulling to the region of the panhandle. the models still want to bring down 6 to 10 inches in a widespread area working east of mobile to tallahassee and pensacola and new orleans could see 4 to 6 inches of rainfall in the next week. the temperatures look as such. 90 in st. louis. steamy in nashville. new york city at 87. boston not bad at 80. guys. >>> pedram, thank you. a lot of safety concerns this morning at a kansas water park where this 10-year-old boy died on its tallest water slide. what police are saying next. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i

. >> i'm alison kosik. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. breaking overnight. shots fired during another night of protests in milwaukee. demonstrations of a police shooting of an armed african-american suspect. protests threw rocks, bottles and bricks at officers. police say one person was hit by gunfire. officers used armored vehicles to rush the victim to the hospital. one officer was hurt by a rock thrown at a patrol car. that officer also being treated at a hospital. the violent protests on saturday in response to the death of 23-year-old saville smith. it led governor scott walker to declare a state of emergency. milwaukee police have been trying to restore order. >>> and donald trump giving a speech in ohio. he will layout his plan for defeating radical terrorism. a senior official previewing this speech telling us trump will portray the war against islamic terror on par with the cold war. emphasizing the u.s. will abandon nation building and spreading democracy in the middle east. make it clear, any country helping defeat terrorism will be deemed an ally

. >> reporter: good morning, alison. on the same day donald trump was trying to show message discipline, he is in another fight with members of his party. trump is punching back at the 50 security officials. many from the george w. bush administration who wrote the letter saying the gop nominee fails the test of being commander in chief. here is a partial of the letter. quote, the names on the letter are the ones people should look to for why the world is a mess. we thank them for coming forward so every one knows who to blame. they are nothing more than the failed washington elite looking to hold on to their power. it is time they are held accountable for their actions. i talked to a trump advisor saying many former officials from the george w. bush administration took the country into the war in iraq although donald trump suggested he was in favor of the war. he says that iraq war is responsible for much of the violence in the middle east. >> thank you, jim. the cornerstones of trump's new tax plan lower rates and simp

alison, john. >> miguel, thank you.ry clinton says she is preparing to debate h her opponent, but doesn't know which donald trump will show up. she said trump may try being presidential to quote convey a gravity that he hasn't done before or she says he may try to insult and score points. either way, clinton is not taking anything for granted. >>> leaders of both parties commenting on 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick to sit out of the national anthem in protest of the police actions. while the freedom to express his actions can be respected, the behavior is questionable. trump called kaepernick's protest terrible and says he should find a country that works better for him. >>> big names come to a head today. long time senator john mccain back on the ballot just a day after his 80th birthday. his challenger is trying to make age a campaign issue. in florida, marco rubio is polling ahead of his opponent despite getting into the race late after the failed run for president. debbie wasserman schultz is getting a boost. sh

alison: also safe to assume they are aware of it now. steve: they are, the world, made for tv freak show, taking place along trump tower. they are lowering that bucket to see if that will bring the situation to a resolution. that is the hope. we spoke with the former hostage negotiat safety is paramount. they want this to be done without anyone hurt, at-this-point. all indication that is a publicity seeker. the backpack, probably used to bring those 4 suction cups into the building and he hopped on to outside patio. alison: you have to hope this comes to an end for his safety and resources that are being so far, he looks like he has no intention of backing down. steve: he looks determined. has jen mentioned with negotiations we did not want to hear what police said, that is it for our 5:00 show, we go to ernie next, we will continue to monitor this. see you at 10:00. >> good-bye. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20

i'm alison kosik. >> i'm ryan nobles.t is 30 minutes past the hour. happening today, donald trump set to unveil his plan for boosting the u.s. economy. in a speech to the detroit economic club, he is introducing his plans to reduce the federal debt. hillary clinton followed a bump in the polls after the conference. trump was back in full attack mode trying to make up lost ground. some republicans say they are not sure trump can win in crucial states. >> he will win in parts of ohio where people are winning. there are sections where he will win because people are angry and frustrated. i think it is difficult if you are dividing to be able to win in ohio. i think it is really, really difficult. >> particularly here in arizona. the statements he made out of the gate when he got into the campaign about those crossing the border being rapists and whatnot. that doesn't sit well. then to refer to a judge born in indiana as a mexican. you know, in a pre-ortive way. you cannot expect to win arizona with statements like that. >> is

great, thanks. >> thanks, alison. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> tonight on "the communicators" on how law enforcement uses cell phone tracking to find criminals and terrorist suspects. >> the way they operate is essentially by impersonating a legitimate cell phone tower it as a result what they allow

alison. a day for the usa, michael phelps the greatest olympian of all time had a little extra motivation yesterday. revenge for his loss back in the 200 meter butterfly in the last olympics to south african chad le clos. not to mention the little bit of shadow boxing that le clos did in warmups monday that caused twitter to go crazy, remember that? and once they took the pool, phelps led early and led on. le clos not even in the top three. he got a chance to celebrate with his 3-month-old son boomer. how about this, another gold medal with teammates ryan lochte, conor dwyer, and listen to this, only 12 countries have won more gold total than phelps. unbelievable. american katie ledecky, she's continuing to dominate in the pool as well. 19 years old, taking the gold in the 200 meter freestyle. not normally her strongest event. she was in fifth place. but then motor boat. winning her second gold medal in rio. she'll defend her 800 meter gold from 2012 later this week. check out this picture th

i'm alison kosik. >> i'm ryan nobles. happening today, donald trump set to unveil his plan to boost the u.s. economy. he is expected to add details to his proposal for tax cuts and reducing the federal debt. hillary clinton laid low every the weekend enjoying a bump in the polls following the democratic national convention and critical week for trump. trump was in full attack mode. leading republicans are not sure trump can win in swing states. >> he will win parts of ohio where people are really hurting. there will be sections he will win because people are angry and frustrated and haven't heard answers. i still think it is difficult if you are dividing to win in ohio. i think it is really, really difficult. >> particularly here in arizona. the statements he made out of the gate when he got into the campaign about those crossing the border being rapists and whatnot. that doesn't sit well. then to refer to a judge born in indiana as a mexican. in a pre-ortive way. you cannot expect to win arizona when you make statements

i'm alison kosik. >> i'm ryan nobles. it is thursday, august 11th. >>> donald trump not backing down in the face of criticism over his suggestion that gun rights advocates could do something to stop hillary clinton from abolishing the second amendment. critics say trump was inciting violence. at a florida rally wednesday, he went after the media for the coverage of the controversy. >> the biggest rigger of the system is the media. the media is rigged. is rigged. it's crooked as hell. look at the way they cover that story yesterday. was that disgusting? hillary clinton wants to decimate our second amendment. we have to protect our second amendment. >> a secret service official telling cnn that the agency has spoken to the trump campaign more than once about the second amendment remark. trump flatly denying that saying no such conversation ever happened. still more drama around the republican campaign as a man scales trump tower demanding a meeting with the nominee. we will have more on that in a moment. first, let's go to

good morning. >> good morning, john and alison.round western cuba. precise location as we have the convexion yesterday with the thunderstorms associated with tropical depression 9. the forecast has not changed. north and east track with this. the big bend of florida from tampa to panaama city. it could be tropical storm hermine or ian. notice the rainfall with this is the main threat. a lot of rainfall. 6 to 10 inches. landfall thursday into friday. the tropical depression 8 off the banks of the carolinas. it skirts the coastline and the cold front shunts it away with rainfall skirting the coastline. warm temperatures. 90s across the expansive area. look what happens september. cool air comes in. temperatures drop off ten degrees by late week. guys. >>> i'm not ready to say good-bye to summer. >> let's see what is coming up on "new day." alisyn camerota joins us now. >> good morning, everybody. we have a very interesting show for you this morning. we will bring you behind the scenes of the debate preparations for the candidates. wh

today marks one year since w-d-b-j reporter ''alison parker''.. and her photographer ''adam ward''.. were shot and killed on air.. alison was interviewing the head of the city's chamber of commerce... when "vester lee flanagan" opened fire at least eight times.. flannagan was a former reporter.. who was fired two years earlier... today -- the station plans to hold a there will also be off-air tributes to both alison and adam's lives. alison's boyfriend "chris parker" -- remains at the station as an evening anchor.. he won't be there today -- instead taking some time off with family members and close friends.. (vanessa remember those monster long lines, at airport security a few weeks ago. they're gone. part of it is: summer's over... and fewer people are flying. but the improvements started before then. t-s-a beefed-up staffing... and three of the nation's biggest airlines-american, united, pitched in to fund that effort. and airports hired contractors to pick-up bins and direct lines, so t-s- a workers could focus on screening. (jen new this morn

i'm gonna meet alison, jim's 50/50 partner. want to find out how this store is doing. >> the big pine key store. >> big pine. hello. >> hey, how you doing? >> how are you? i'm marcus. >> david. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> i'm alison. >> nice to meet you. >> it's an honor to meet you. >> nice to meet you. so what makes this location different from the one that i was at earlier on greene street? >> this store is a small percentage of our business, but we also do all of our shipping here. >> how much business will this store do, this location right here, a year? >> retail sales as opposed to the whole company? 10, 12%. >> okay. so what will i find in here? i mean, pretty much the same kind of stuff we saw at the other place? >> this has pretty much the same stuff. >> so you--how many pies do you make a year? >> 40,000. >> do you make pies in this-- >> we do not make pies in this location. we only make pies in our greene street location. and this is our shipping area where david packs up our packages to ship. these

third and 19, joe callahan throwing it up and geronimo alison coming down with it 51 yards later? we knew we needed to take up 20 yards. they brought the pressure inside out and i had a little bit more -- i extended play a little bit and i saw g-mo down there and gave him a chance with the ball. >> this is about me keeping a play going and going out there and just trying to make a play. going out there and executing it. >> i'm sure it will be a few sleepless nights before the packer get down to the final 15-man roster on september 4th but at least for callahan and alison, they have a future on the practice squad, ifot real active roster. santa clara, california, lance allan, today's tmj 4. >> the packers will be playing next. the kansas city chiefs were in chicago today take on the bears. second quarter, the chiefs up 3-0. cutler gets sacked by derrick john on for the loss. in the second quarter, pensioner is wear down fight his way in for a touchdown, putting them up 13-0. later on in the fourth quarter, darren reeves gonna go up the for a touchdown. the chiefs all over the bears

good morning. >> christine and alison, good morning.the soil moisture an across the region,s will produce more flooding. a lot of the rain across eastern texas and southern and central louisiana with a lot of rainfall. and a very tropical environment. the water temperature sitting at 87 degrees. you need water temperature at 82 to produce a tropical storm or hurricane. this storm had everything, but it moved over land before it could come organized. 37 inches is what you see in an entire year in seattle, washington. some areas across the parishes picked up 34 inches. the rainfall stretches to the north and little to the east. a lot of rain expected across illinois and indiana over the next couple days. the forecast for monday, rain cooled into the upper 70s and 80s. every rain drop will evaporate and cause the temperatures to cool off in st. louis, little rock and chicago with highs around 80. >> pedram, thank you. >>> so i go on vacation for a week and the same story. nasdaq closing at the all-time high. the s&p and dow not far behind.

what are the highlights from a big release, alison? >> right now i'm going through the release but the effective federal tax rate that hillary clinton paid was 34.2%. i am waiting to see what her income was, but if you look at what her income was in 2014, it was somewhere around the number of $27.9 million paying $9 million in taxes. that was 2014. once again, we are trying to go through 2015, which is being released as we speak. this is interesting because you're seeing hillary clinton in this political season make a big deal about obviously donald trump not releasing his taxes, but she's also in her economic plan, as she announced this week, looking to tax the wealthiest people in the country, and you know what, that includes her. she is included in that multi-millionaire bracket of making more than $5 million a year. and that means that on top of paying the effective tax rate she's also going to be taxed, if she is president, another 4% surcharge, so in this way once she actually presents this federal income tax report that she's re

alison: see you then, doug. thank you. still to come here at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- just shy of five years since that earthquake shook our region. now we have an update for you on repairs to the national cathedral. >> when you have a storm that is unnamed, it wasn't a tropical storm, it wasn't a hurricane. a lot of times people underestimate the impact that it deadly. historic flooding hits the gulf coast. reporter: a man is killed after police say he charged at his sheriff deputy with a dangerous object. coming up, details on exactly why police say it happened and what witnesses heard. that story coming up.

i'm alison kosik. >> i'm john berman. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east.rump campaign in a controversy. this is days before trump is set to address black voters in detroit. a surrogate for donald trump tweeted out this picture of hillary clinton in black face saying she is pandering to black voters. at the same time louisiana senate candidate david duke is noting his support for trump which trump is now disavowing. hillary clinton expressed concern over david duke.

alison: that is chief cathy lanier announcing her retirement and the next steps ahead. jonathan: but first this afternoon we are on storm watch. this is a traffic camera right now to show you in frederick. you can see it's already raining. michelle: the rain is coming down very heavy. you can see the water on the roads. there is a chance of severe weather this evening as some storms are rolling through. let's go straight to chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: no indication we'll see a repeat performance of last evening and last night. we have a smaller area, mainly the metro washington area and points north and northeast. under severe thunderstorm watch until 11:00 tonight. there is a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for carroll county and baltimore county. they are out of the viewing area. there is an area to the west we will keep an eye on. this line of storms running along 270 and south across the river to loudoun county.

alison even made a video plea to her sister earlier this year for help. police also say alison is hiv-postive.. and they're asking anyone whose been in contact with her... to call them. and in utah... an experienced hiker falls to her death. it happened near mount olympus. a man and cliff when the woman fell off... dropping about a hundred feet. they had to get a helicopter out just to find her. the woman was considered an expert hiker and had all the proper equipment. police are ?not calling the here's what ed narain believes i'm all about public schools. and i oppose private school vouchers that take funds away from public education. i opposed "stand your ground" gun laws and i'm against rick scott's hate-filled agenda. i strongly support medicaid expansion and i want to increase the minimum wage. democrat ed narain. endorsed by florida's teachers wanna be in the commercial? no, we're good. time to talk some sports this morning. dave and walter are ?off today... so the ?ladies are filling in. ?vanessa isn't here to talk about the rays game. thats becaus

alison. >>> thank you, jim. let's talk about the chat now where reince priebus reportedly warned trump about the damage he can inflict on down-ballot candidates. 75 of them signing a new letter urging the party to shift away from the candidate. trump says such a shift never came up in his talk with the party chairman. >> i'm funding. i'm raising the money. other people are getting to use the money raised. i'm the one raising the money for them. right now, i'm in orlando and going to a fund-raiser for the republican party. if they want to do that, they can save me a lot of time. >> sources familiar with the call tell cnn priebus never threatened to shift party resources and that it is too early to make that decision. those sources say priebus did underscore the need for trump to take criticism from republicans without lashing back. priebus reportedly telling trump those candidates may need to put daylight between themselves and the top of the ticket. that is just the way politics works. >>> trump adding nine memb

i'm alison morris. ernie is off tonight. the big story tonight, once again, centers around the presidential campaign and donald trump. more outrageous statements that have party leaders distancing themselves. in fact, just a short time ago, he said this: >> it was hillary clinton that she should get an award from them as the founder of isis. that's what it was. alison: that comment instantly media, riling up both sides. while the rhetoric energizes his base, republican leaders push him to focus on core issues important to the party. joe joins us with a look at how or if the gop can come out of this campaign intact. wow, joe. >> reporter: it's been an unprecedented stretch of campaign politics with donald trump wading into controversy after controversy, creating this self-inflicted damage to his it begs the question how can the candidate who received more votes than any republican in history be tearing his party apart? >> donald trump standing his ground among one of the toughest stretches in his campaign. >> i always wanted