alison: thank you.ight we are tracking new developments on the fight over the purple line in maryland. our transportation reporter brianne carter is live near the bethesda metro to explain. brianne: just this afternoon, we learned that now the state of maryland plans to appeal a ruling by the judge in this they plan to do that soon. this official word from the state comes on this same day that judge in this case issued the final ruling in this ongoing suit. now he dismissed remaining portions of that suit. but what this does by having this complete is allow the state to move forward with an appeal. last week as you may recall, judge leon issued a ruling calling for the state to get another review of what the metro ridership and the safety issues. the impact of that on the overall project. this has been a long delayed and a debated project in maryland. the state will appeal the ruling from the judge last week. the plaintiff in the case, friends of the capital crescent trail issued statement in part sayin

alison: crazy. thank you. doug: my pleasure. alison: still to come here.science and faith seem to be at odds about it. larry: but find out what the vatican is extending an olive branch and the big bang theory. alison: plus, the state of the bay. what the scientists say about the health of the estuary when we come back. >> a look at what is coming p larry: back a heads up of a potential slowdown on the chesapeake bay bridge. there will be lanes blocked at certain times throughout the week. alison: a new report today. on the health of the chesapeake bay. there are improve despite a c grade. but there is hope for the future if some of the trends continue. >> we have moved that patient from the critical list over to the i.c.u. in serious condition. we still need to have all of the monitoring plugged in. >> the patient is the chesapeake bay. this year research revealed overall grade of "c" for the bay. up up one percentage point. it's divided in 15 regions. seven showed improvement. >> you can see we have ones in the green. the upper western shore. patapsco. th

alison: look at that. found the ring four hours later. 30 feet from where the home now that is a reminder of hope even in the hardest time. hope and friendship. from a stranger. larry: he is now my best friend. alison: should be. for sure. larry: absolutely. alison: talk about the weather. larry: we love doug anyway but especially with the weather like this. >> we call that fair weather friends, larry. plenty of sunshine. cloudless skies. beautiful view in mclean, virginia. we will keep the clear skies. the winds are still gusty but they will diminish as the high pressure center is closer. temperature wise, we are sitting pretty. slightly above average. 75 in manassas and leesburg. 74 in hagerstown. 75 in fredericksburg. we go through the evening hours we will see the big wind gusts that bottom out a little bit. we had one at 29. 28-mile-per-hour gusts at the as the high is closer the winds will settle down tonight. the winds are not much of a feature going forward for the next couple of days. in the next

alison: steve, thank you. the power is back on tonight but the cleanup is just getting started after a tornado warnings and severe storms moving through. tim barber has the latest in winchester. of chainsawsd echoed through this frederick county neighborhood. they followed the storm that sent a tree crashing onto this mobile home. he patched his home, but other street a neighbor's home was so badly damaged that it needs to be replaced. the storm rolled through just before 6 p.m., mainly tearing up trees and branches, shutting off power. jonathan: reporting. just into the newsroom, a man with a gun is in custody after terrifying moments at orlando international airport. they were on lockdown after some at a reported hearing gunshots from the parking garage. people led a nearby rental car counter had to hide behind the desk while this was playing up. the arrest was made and nobody was hurt. alison: we have all seen the video, and tonight we now know the fallout from bryce harper's brawl. jonathan: how many games

alison: terrible crash. thank you. we are following this breaking news out of arlington where there has been an indent involving a police officer at i-395 and globe road. -- gleer road. another is treated for injury to the leg. larry: right now a major mess in northwest. d.c. water working to fix a broken water main on arthur andersen boulevard at q mccray street. breaking news from prince george's county where an officer was found guilty of assault after hitting a suspect with the cruiser. nancy chen has dash cam video from the incident. >> this video in court is very dra it maic. we want you to know that the man hit was not hurt. the dash cam video showing him driving after the suspect and hitting him with his cruiser. if jury found him guilty of second-degree assault. he will be sentenced in july and face ten years in prison. larry: thanks. this is from the newsroom as well. new video of the man police suspect of breaking into an apartment building and sexual assaulting a woman. this happened sunday may 7 in arlingt

alison: it will go down as one of the most disappointing nights for d.c. sports fans across the board. the caps falling to the penguins at home in game seven. so bad was tonight, the caps were not even able to score a goal, bringing an end to the season. for the fans, this is a disappointing close call on a roller coaster season. alison: we have team coverage from the verizon center, starting with erin hawksworth who just finished talking to the players. that had to be hard to do. lot oft was difficult, a long faces, blank stares, no answers for what happened. they did not think they would be in this position after the last two games. once again, the capitals were the best team in the rig in the season and once again they could not get past the penguins in the you know, it hurts. there are no other words to really explain it. i do not think we would be in the situation, the way we were playing. it sucks. i mean, the playoffs like this, you have to capitalize on your chances. especially in game seven like this. erin: i think you have to hand it to the pengu

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alison: thank you. right now the panda house at the national zoo is closed because diana mei xiang need pre time. she is showing times she may be ready to mate. they only conceive for 36 hours every year. she has had three surviving cubs. keep you posted. larry: teenager was hoping to walk with her high school classmates next week but when she announced she was pregnant the school administrators decided it wouldn't happen. kevin lewis is live to explain why. >> this is a tiny k-12 school with fewer than 200 students. the principal tells us the value of patriotism and academics and the biblical truth guide the curriculum at this school. so getting pregnant outside of marriage goes against their biblical beliefs. in the 48 years the heritage academy in hagerstown never made the "new york times." that changerred saturday when th maddy, a senior who is 5 months pregnant and not allowed to walk at graduation. >> this has been breach of a standard of abstinence. >> the principal says that she and her parents

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alison: scott, thank you. continuing our team coverage, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are troubled by this report, one saying that the white house is in a downward from capitol hill. what are you hearing this evening? jay: as response continues to pour in late tonight, a chaotic scene on capitol hill. supporters saying this is overblown. critics are calling this appalling and terrifying. alarmed, to be astonished, appalled by the recklessness and carelessness, at best, of this kind of talk with russians. >> that's really shocking. the suggestion he might have shared highly classified information inappropriately with the russian foreign minister is deeply troubling. >> i want to learn more. i will not jump to conclusions. this is somebody who fired the fbi director the day before the meeting because he was too much of a showboat. so if our president is in such a reckless way, that is something we should all be concerned about. tonight, aate from u.s. senator mark warner of virginia. face toa slap in the

alison: the u.s. park police are trying to figure out what caused a crash on the suitland parkway in prince george's county. this morning after 2:00 a.m. police say two cars collided sparking a huge fire there. three people were killed. a fourth person taken to the hospital. no word on their injuries. an issue right away sign up for text alerts. it will help you navigate the commute. alison: also today, abc7 alerted you on friday kenneth kelly ditched a sentencing hearing. nancy: he killed five people two and a half years ago in a drunk driving crash on bail but never showed up to court. brad bell reports that kelly was supposed to be fitted for a g.p.s. monitor. what went wrong here? brad: that is what we are trying to figure out. everybody thought he was wearing an ankle bracelet but he was not. we uncovered documents that seemed to prove if order was never issued. back in october 2014 in what many first responders called the worst crash they have seen, drunk driver kenneth kelly killed five people

alison: steve, thank you.t is easier than ever to sell your stuff online, but in germantown, what seemed like quick cash was not so simple. this looks like real money, right? it is fake, in fact the kind of woman's ordeal. jay? jay: just a short time ago, i spoke with the victim, hannah. she arranged to sell her iphone through this app called let go. in thisthe buyer parking lot in germantown to exchange the phone for $450 n cash. what you went to the bank, she got a closer look at the cash and it was the kind of money that is used in movies. on the bill, it said, for motion picture use only. closer, on theit bottom of the bill it said, for prop use only. that is what my heart dropped. i was very upset. not only did he take my iphone, but i gave him $50 change. so he also took $50 from me. jay: hannah and the police are sharing this story as a cautionary tale. jay korff, abc 7 news. jonathan: moments ago, the champions announced, the newest mirror ball trophy winners. alison: a lot of fun. let's get to hollywo

alison: thank you. two months after what was a nasty scene in front of a charter school, more protests as the trump administration visited a school in virginia. this time it was less intense. >> of all the students eating lunch toped with the agriculture secretary sonny perdue at catoctin elementary school, charlie and tyler were not among them. >> we do not agree with what is going on here today at our school. we didn't want the kids to be part of it. >> she is here with the other parents and granteds protesting changes to the school lunches by secretary perdue. >> the quality should change. they need fresh food. >> seeing tries >> that is one of the main reasons for proclamation today. the federal government will delay requirement to lower the sodium amounts in school lunches and the exemptions for the whole grain products and now they can serve 1% milk. >> the meal and the caloric intake and the capacity is just as great. we hope more palatable. >> there are three things that make sense. >> today's c

stephen: hi, alison. we were in the green turtle when the game ended, a lot of happy capitals fans inside the bar, looking forward to wednesday night back i d.c. at the verizon center for game seven. >> i'm so excited! it was a great win! >> hopefully they close it out wednesday night. it's going to be a good one. >> i mean, we get there, we get there, and we stop. i'm hoping we get there and take it there. thaten: they are hoping they win this time around for some will be hearing from the capitals later in the newscast. the lawsuit involving use ofender bathrooms. lawyers for gavin gri are arguing his case is still relevant even though he is about to graduate from his high school. the supreme court sent the case back to a lower court earlier this year. jonathan: searching for who left if i submitted graffiti on the georgetown campus -- searching for who left anti-somatic graffiti on the georgetown campus tonight. the police are asking anyone with information to come forward. alison: online sexual predato

alison: thank you. police say he roamed around comic book conventions. trying to lure teenage girls into sex. now maryland man behind bars in utah for trying to have sex with a girl in virginia. richard reeve has the latest on the investigation. this began with instagram conversation between 35-year-old man and 16-year-old girl. now the man is in jail and the authorities are concerned there are other victims. >> police say it was through instagram that 35-year-old derrick jones of kingsville, maryland, contacted an ashburn girl. his handle sadistic surgeon is from comic book cu then visited her home and met her parents. they believe he arranged an uber ride for her to baltimore where they had an alleged sexual encounter. girl's parent alerted police when they saw messages on her phone. he has been in orlando, albuquerque, flagstaffstaff, arizona, los angeles, sacramento and salt lake city. they believe that he may be using social media and visit comic book conventions to meet underage girls. >> he jutiz

alison: tom, thank you. also late-breaking tonight, sources are telling cnn white house lawyers have started to research impeachment procedures. it's believed to be an effort to get ready for a distant possibility of it. some lawmakers have suggested impeachment in reaction to this week by h week's headlines. nancy: new information about the man who try to rush the cockpit on a flight. he had been arrested hours for opening a door that led on to an airfield ramp. ing fighter jets were escort the plane after he attempted to get into the cockpit. fire crews and passengers blocked him from the front of the airplane and duct taped him to his seat. the flight landed safely in honolulu and federal agents arrested him. jonathan: cleanup underway after several tornadoes hit the southern part of the united states. >> on the ground, on the ground. storm chasers shot this video of the tornado touching down in oklahoma yesterday. touching down as part of the tornado alley. a race track hit a direct hit from the fences a

alison: awful, nancy. of a care-giver who left a disabled man inside a van in 95-degree heat last summer. abhor was sentenced today to 18 months in jail. she left her client campbell inside a van while she shopped at a mall for two and a half hours. the father says his son had cerebral palsy and has seizures. >> i don't know what goes through someone's mind when they do that. he can't do anything, can't roll down the window or do anything for himself. larry: the police are looking for a man they say upskirtedded a woman and little girl while shopping. it happened last week at the wal-mart. the man recorded a 10-year-old girl and 36-year-old woman. the child's mother confronted gray cross tour. if you have seen him call the police. alison: coming up at 5:00, a tearful plea from a former congressman after several sex scandals. larry: later, while one state moves to remove signs of the confederacy another takes step to keep it strong. >> i cried, i laughed, been mad. >> remember this guy suing for $17 over a

alison: tom, thank you. this just into the newsroom, a woman rescued after a tree toppled onto her car in mclean. crews had to rescue her from under the fallen branches. she was not hurt. jonathan: a key clue after a racist display on the mayor can university campus. alison: surveillance video allowing the police to trace the steps of their suspect. they say that this man hung bananas from nooses at the school. jonathan: jay korff has the latest developments. american university police a each video taken about 4 a.m. monday shows the person of interest walking through campus. the police believe this maybe the person responsible for hanging bananas with nooses throughout campus found later that day. who were hopeful this mystery suspect will be identified and arrested. >> i really hope that whoever committed this act is brought to justice. jay: it is believed the bananas were met to offend members of an african-american sporting at school. tuesday the university president addressed students. students marched

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alison: much. now this -- a drunk driver who caused a crash that killed five people was a no-show for his sentencing today. just in the last two hours, a judge issued a bench warrant for kenneth kelly. in march he plead guilty to driving drunk and causing that deadly crash in prince george's county. family members are upset what didn't happen in court today. you'll hear from them coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. larry: well, this just in -- wells fargo may have created far more unauthorized accounts than previously thought. lawyers for customers suing the banking giant say they created 3 1/2 million boeing us accounts over the past 15 years. the previous estimate was two million. a wells fargo spokesperson called the new figure unverified and hypothetical. lawyers included the new estimates in a court filing asking a judge to approve a $142 million settlement. alison: we have breaking news right now about a massive cyberattack that seems to have started with hospitals in england. jonathan elias is

alison: thank you. we are monitoring a developing story where the parents of a 7-week-old baby are charged with killing the little girl. trinity jabore the couple was schedule told appear in court today. larry: the first hearing for a man plotting to attack a d.c. police station. >> we outside of the headquarters in southwest. according to the f.b.i. they arrested a man last night who bought an a.k. 47 assault rifle from undercover agent. his plan was to shoot up the headquarters because of the hatred for whites and the sympathies for the group isis according to the court papers. clark calloway a d.c. construction worker and the u.s. marines vet was charged with two federal felonies today. among others because he possessed a firearm and was a felon. court papers say he attracted the f.b.i. attention a year ago. they had the undercover and the informants working close to him to pretend to be proisis as well and that is when calloway with a criminal record arranged to buy the rifle for $250. he bought in

alison: a d.c. killed in a drive-by shooting. loved ones are making plans now harnese milton community bookstore. organizers are collecting books for the store which they hope to open by the end of the year. jonathan: one of the country's biggest pot conventions is here, the expo just kicked off at the gaylord national harbor. tim barber talked to some businesses that are cashing in big time on cannabis. tim: it looks and sounds a lot like a chemistry convention. but as you can tell from the pictures, it's all about the greenery. marijuana and money. and business people. >> it's not what you would expect to run into. tim: for nearly 50 years, richard has been selling distillery equipment to petroleum companies. one day he got a call from mississippi state that wanted material that makes up cannabis oil. >> in 1998, nobody was think he would be a booming industry. tim: with more states legalizing marijuana, the convention gets bigger. last year in orlando, nearly 200 companies. this yearin d.c., 275. this is the first time the con

alison: thank you. coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a record setting lawsuit in the johnson & johnson baby powder case. a virginia woman multimillion dollar victory. jonathan: plus a story about strollers being recalled. we'll show you the models affected. nancy: ahead at 4:30, one of the biggest organized crime rings busted in fairfax. this started with bank fraud you will not believe where it ended. >> a.u. campus police are out in force in the midst of students protesting on campus. some concerned about the safety of the student government leader who we we have the latest coming up. nancy: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert to tell you about. a st. louis jury awarded a woman a $10.5 million in a lawsuit claiming that using johnson & johnson baby powder causes she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012 and it has spread throughout her body. alison: this is the combi shuttle travel system being recalled because the car seat can detach from the frame. you are urged to stop using this together

alison: look at that. it's one of the hardest thing on the planet to accomplish, make it to the top of mount everest. this weekend a virginia man our jeff goldberg with his words and pictures. >> seven days ago, george had doubts he would ever make it out of this tent alive. >> i thought the tent might blow off with myself inside of it. that is not unheard of. trying to survive. >> it's may 23. the 35-year-old native of springfield who still lives there today was stuck at a base camp below mount ev -- everest with ten other climbers. after years of planning and training the goal of getting to the top seemed out of reach thanks to the winds of up to 60 miles per hour. >> at that point it was obvious. expedition over. it was sad. >> they retreated to a lower base camp but they noticed that the forecast was looking up. on may 26, five of the 11 climbers it back up to once again summit everest. >> it's moving out of conscious. >> but he kept moving higher until he and the group made it to the top of the world.

alison: also this -- >> three. two. one. zero. lift off. alison: an early morning secret mission. what is on board this space-x rocket? >> okay. this is it? is your mic on? nancy: kelly rippa with a new co-host on "life." her co-host choice is next. steve: i'm steve rudin. gravelly point. no thunderstorms, at least not right now. meteorologist doug hill coming up. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been nked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month online, for the first year with a two-year agreement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of their download speeds. plus get hbo for a year and free multi-room dvr service for two years. and verizon wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, data-free. get the best. go to getfios.com announcer: now h

alison: melissa is outside trump hotel. this sounds like a true case if you see something say something here. reporter: you are right. district police say this arrest averted a potential disaster. they got the tip from pennsylvania state police that 43-year-old bryan moles was armed and headed here to the trump international hotel. district police with the secret service are still trying to figure out why 43-year-old bryan moles checked in the trump international hotel, leaving a semi-out matt ache salt style rifle, handgun and 90 rounds of ammunition in the car. >> i can tell you this. i was very concerned about this circumstance. very peculiar circumstance. i believe that the officers and the federal partners and in particular the tipster coming forward averted a potential disaster. license to carry firearms in washington. secret service taking this seriously saying it investigated a report of potential threat against secret service protech tee -- protectees but at no time were they at risk. he is being cooperating. >> he

alison: they are out thousands of dollars.nto what went wrong. >> there is nothing wrong than the dance of disappointment. this group of kids had been planning and saving money for months to take the dance team to ohio. >> we may for buses that did not show up today. >> how much money did you pay? >> 12,600. >> with no buses to take them to ohio, more than 100 people have been stranded for hours. at this park-and-ride. >> he called and he said the bus had a problem and it would be here. we have been here since a.m. >> the broker is grady with the ago. buses were coming. >> i reached hill by phone. he said they had mechanical problems and he couldn't find it on short notice. >> but he has been able to respect a few cars to take them to ohio. >> an emotional turn of event. >> they said it was off. then my coach made a way to go. so i am happy now. >> coming up next at 5:00, there are graduation spe speeches. hillary clinton atthat is disree died. who is accused of misconduct with john glenn's remains? >> several thousand people

alison. alison: ok, michelle. thank you. also breaking right now, sky track 7 is over a crash in silver spring. a car running off the road at and into a person. it hit the pole first. hopefully slowing it down before hitting that person but right now we have no word on the victim's condition. >> a judge issuing a bench warrant for kenneth kelly. in march driving drunk and causing a crash that killed five people in prince george's county. today he did not show up to court for a sentencing. and coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, we'll hear from angry family members from the victims of that crash. >> and also developing right now, new video of the man arlington police say is a sex assault suspect. he posed as a maintenance worker to get into this woman's apartment and that's when the assault happened. stephen with more of this video. stephen. stephen: nancy, we've learned within the past hour or so that occupants of a nearby apartment building received a warning from their management company. this afternoon what happened sunday a

alison: scott, thank you. devastation in southeast, loved ones sharing memories of a child struck and killed by a car last night. xavier luckey lost his life on his sixth birthday. as anna-lysa gayle reports, the shaken community is now grieving together. xavier ♪y birthday, anna-lysa: they sang happy birthday and placed candles on xavier luckey's birthday cake. >> no family should feel this pain. anna-lysa: xavier, a kindergartner, died on his birthday while crossing see me and his mom. anna-lysa: his aunt said he was a loving, smart little boy with lots of dreams. she joined the community in the middle of livingston road thursday night. >> we are tired of seeing our kids die. we are tired of it, lord. anna-lysa: his great aunt pray for changes on the street. >> they should do something, save somebody's child. anna-lysa: anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. jonathan: tonight, stunning new video of a tragedy in new york city, in the heart of the city, times square. a man plowed his car into a crowd of forests. -- into

alison: scott thuman live on the hill. to get everything you want and ne firing and to see the abc7 original reporting, log on to your website wjla.com. search "comey." nancy: abc7 is also on storm watch tonight. rain jackets were out. umbrellas handy all day. we had our wipers on while driving. guess what? there is yet even more rain headed our way as we inch closer to the weekend. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill with a look. doug: hey, nancy. we had plenty of rain today. parts of area picked up an inch and a half so far. it's taking a break for a while. it will be lighter tomorrow but the next round will come in later tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. the doppler radar. mostly light rain. steady light rain to the north and northeast of the city through baltimore and across the bay. clearly the steadiest, the heaviest rain moved off out to the area, to the southeast. we look ahead and we see a little bit of breaks. there is another bigger area developing way to the west/southw rainfall that will add to th

alison: trial underway in france now. britain's prince william and his wife duchess of cambridge are suing the magazine "closer" that published topless photos of the duchess in 2012. the royal couple looking for $2 million in damages. "closer" was fined for printing the pictures and banned from using them altogether. verdict is expected in july. jonathan: the eagles, one of the top selling bands of all time suing hotel california. one of the hit songs. the hotel california in mexico. the band is claiming infringement. lawyer for the group says the hotel promotes itself as the inspiration for the bad's hit song. not so much. on the website the hotel notes while no band members have a stake in the hotel, there are coincidences between hotel california, the song and the hotel. nancy: coincidences? jonathan: if you listen to the band talk about the inspiration for the song, it with was in california. not mexico. no offense. the hotel was in the desert. alison: not hotel mexico. jonathan: that would have been a hit. i have see

alison: thank you. right now we want to show you this. antigovernment protesters taking to the streets in venezuela. this is a live picture now. the country top prosecutor says a 20-year-old was killed when state security forces fired a tear gas canister in the crowd. the government says the person was killed by other protesters or criminals trying to make the government look bad. this is the sixth week of protests against the government there. both the government and protesters are claiming the other side is trying to start a coup. nancy: a day on the campus of the university of maryland as the tensions rise after a brack student visiting campus -- black student visiting campus was killed by a white student. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in college park. brad: from this spot outside the university of maryland chapel, i can see where the terrible crime took place, where the murder took place on saturday. a couple of hours ago this area, this garden of remembrance, this labyrinth was filled with people trying to send a message of

alison: thank you. we want you to be prepared for whatever comes in the morning commute. don't miss a beat with "good morning washington." your traffic and weather updates. start at 4:25 all the way through your ride right here on abc7. >> i went through two years of campaigning and i'm telling you no matter where i went people are suffering so bad jonathan: the first step to get rid of it has taken place. president trump flanked by republican members of the house. they passed the first step in repealing and replacing obamacare. this is the first step in replacing that legislation. it's now going to head to senate. that is where it will likely face very stiff changes and challenges. we are gathering reaction on the hill now and we'll have more throughout the show and late in the evening. nancy: breaking out of prince george's county a body found overnight. the police now have a murder mystery on their hands. detectives searching for clues at the park. this is right behind an elementary school. brianne c

alison: amazon the store? not the website.ech giant going brick and mortar we will show you where and what you can get there next. alison: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert. the company behind coach handbags is buying the rival kate spade. the $2.4 billion deal will give the company a way to reach younger consumers and drive long-term sustainable growth. online flash sales and wholesales offering as well. jonathan: for those who enjoy hard fashioned way to buy a hard copy book. go in, pick it up, read the back and say okay, this will work. nancy: amazon has a treat for us. it is opening up a bookstore in georgetown. alison: interesting time. you don't hear about it very often. suzanne kennedy is at the site with how local readers are reacting. >> many of us buy our books online or read them on the devices. but despite that fact, amazon is going back to the bricks and the mortar business model with plans to open a store in georgetown. the 10,000 square foot store is 3040 m. street at the side of the old barney's store. in

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alison: we do it every year. doug: is it heated? 80 degrees or i don't go in. alison: good sport. doz good way to start the weekend. nancy: coming back out. maybe not so warm in there. doug: the weekend. the sky conditions at the national harbor. not perfect. little bit of sunshine. there is no rain. so any outdoor activities you are fine. temperatures in the 70's. we drop in 60's later tonight. the numbers as of 4:00. it's 75 at washington dulles. 75 in manassas. it's cooler north in hagerstown. as we get through the everything hours, we will be fine. partly cloudy skies. it's clearing than today. first pitch time as the nationals open a weekend series against the pad we drop through the 60's. a breeze out there. you might want to bring a jacket. there are watches of clouds around the area. sprinkles earlier and they have gone. it's quiet tonight and tomorrow. one thing we are watching is the thunderstorms. we develop this in the complex of storms. the upper level winds could bring us remnants. other than that we may get a glimpse of sun but there are period of cloudiness in the

alison: thank you. meanwhile today, president trump expressed his condolences reiterating his desire to get rid of extreme. i. he also had a message for the terrorists. president trump: i won't call them "monsters" because they would like that term. they would think that's a great name. i will call them from now on "losers" becau t they are. they are losers. alison: that message was conveyed while in bethlehem as he wrapped up this leg of the first overseas trips with stops in the middle east. jonathan: anti-terror raids are happening across manchester and the u.k. for that it maer. the hope is prevent another attack happening if one is in the works. we are joined by former f.b.i. agent brad garrett. you have experience in counterterrorism. what is the main concern right now overseas or is this more of a knee-jerk reaction? >> they are concerned about other attacks. was this particular bomber connected to other bombers? they may link him to others via the bomb itself, how it was built. what was it made