w-d- year anniversary of the deaths of alison parker and adam ward. their former co-worker... shot and killed the two journalists then later turned the gun on himself.a memorial has also been set up outside the station's entrance. another milwaukee family is planning to bury a toddler police say a 2-year-old was found unresponsive thursday at 13th and finn. we are told the child was being put down for a nap by his mom.officials say this is the ?third two- year-old to die in the city within the last ten days. wiscsi struggled more with economic recovery than larger cities since the big recession of 2008-2009--- that's according to a new study. municipal property taxes have increased point-eight percent between 2011 and 2014, as state aid decreased 12-point-8 percent. milwaukee plans to begin offering early voting on october 10th along with extended evening and weekend hours. the executive director of the city's election commission made than announcement yesterday.neil albrecht says the plan may be offer early voting for four weeks between october 10th and november 4th. a new te

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 morni

the tourism official alison parker was interviewing was that shooting. >>> folks in part of the midwestre seeing more severe weather today. take a look at the dangerous and downpours that snapped trees and power lines in indianapolis. this comes after an outbreak of tornadoes earlier this week about an hour north of indianapolis. >>> he is an inspiration to his students and tonight they are finding a way to give back. how they are teaming up to help a high school track coach on his road to recovery. >>> a chance to go behind the badge. what local poce officers are li 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 severe allergic reaction after a previous dose. most common side effects were injection-site pain, fatigue..

alison parker and adam ward were interviewing were interviewing a local tourism official when a former co-worker shot and killed parker and ward. their station, wdbj, will mark the anniversary with a moment of silence on the air. continues in iowa this morning after major flooding. heavy rainfall filled up a river-- in clermont, causing it to rise six feet above flood stage. rising water triggered evacuations. this morning... more than 150 firefighters are working with families-- to access the damage. the river is still above flood stage-- so flash floods could continue to happen. also happening now: clean up efforts in tornado ravaged kokomo, indiana. entire neighborhoods leveled by the strong twister. this morning, volunteers-- and complete stranger cities and towns are stepping in to help. the national weather service reports an e-f 3 twister is responsible for the damage. no one was killed. here's a weather event-- you'll likely never have to deal with in southeast wisconsin. you're looking at timelapse video of a haboob-- just outside of phoenix... arizona. a haboob is just a fanc

w-d-b-j had a moment of silence on the air today to mark the one year anniversary of the deaths of alison parker and adam ward. their former co-worker... shot and killed the two journalists then later turned the gun on himself. a georgia police officer risked his life trying to save a man trapped in a car on fire. take a look! the body camera shows a man sticking outside of a window... screaming for help. the officer eventually pulls the man time.the man was one of two people inside the car. the driver of the burning car died from the accident. a 35-year-old co-pilot is behind bars after reportedly showing up to work with a blood alcohol level seven times the legal limit to fly a plane. the man was set to fly out of traverse city, michigan yesterday morning on a charter plane. but, the pilot noticed his partner was acting strangly in the cockpit and troopers pull over a mother driving drunk in west virginia. in the backseat was a baby covered in vomit and its own filth. one of the troopers got the baby cleaned up and took care of him until child protective services arrived-- the baby is now with

alison parker and adam ward worked at roanoke tv station w-d-b-j. they were on location ... in the middle of an interview when they were ambushed by a disgruntled ex-employee. the horrific footage of the moment quickly spread on social media. one year later ... the station has undergone many changes ... but those who knew alison and adam say they will never be forgotten. the pair were recently honored with a posthumous emmy award. developing this morning the "tropical smoothie cafe" chain is now facing a lawsuit following an outbreak of hepatitis-a in virginia. tracked to frozen strawberries from egypt that were used to make smoothies. the suit asks for 100-thousand dollars. it claims tropical smoothie breached its warranty for the safety of its goods, and was negligent for failing to comply with regulations. virginia officials report 28 cases of hepatitis-a statewide. ten of those cases are in northern virginia. ten of those cases are in northern virginia. today.. virginia governor terry mcauliffe will announce a larger-than-expecte d shortfall in the state's budget. that's

alison parker and adam ward worked at wdvj. they were in a live interview when they were ambusehd by a disgruntled -- were ambushed by disgruntled ex-employee. they held a moment of silence on their newscast today. serious questions about the is george's county has the program, which has been clouded by scandals involving the mistreatment of some students. john gonzalez has the latest. john: the clock is ticking, and the question is -- where will the money now come from? school ine hyattsville, maryland authorities say last year, a five-year-old girl walked out of those doors, no one noticed, and she kept going. she walked all the way home by herself. just one of several allegations against the county's headstart program, and now the federal government has decided to pull its $6.3 million grant. last night, the school board met in a three-hour school board meeting. parents were livid. the board voted not to appeal the decision, not making it clear how they would pay for the program, but saying it will start on time for more tha

to honor alison parker and adam d-b-j-7 held a moment of silence.. and unveiled a memorial in their honor. the judge that presided over the controversial stanford rape case has been reassigned. and will no longer hear criminal cases. judge aaron persky has been asked to resign. after sentencing convicted rapist brock turner to just six months in jail. his opponents say the reassignment is not good enough. persky says he is moving because he doesn't want receive national attention. a federal judge has ordered the state department to begin delivered some of hillary clinton's uncovered emails. the emails will be released by september 13-th at the latest.. specifically.. the judge wants to receive documents related to the attack in benghazi. but the state department says relevant documents may not even exist. on monday.. a different judge asked for the state department's plan to release nearly she's been our country's first lady for nearly 8-years. now many are wondering what michelle obama will do once the president leaves office. there has been some sp

to mark the one year alison parker and adam ward. a former co-worker... shot and killed the two journalists then later turned the gun on himself. the suspect was a former reporter for the station. off-air tributes for parker and ward will take place today as well. and earlier this month-- w-d-b-j completed a memorial to parker and ward outside the station's entrance. with back to school happening just days away in the vally... we are taking you inside what's wake up... and...we'll show you some hacks to get your little one up and out the door....and! on time! also... so many are outraged over the cost of the epipen....the drug to bring a child back from a severe allergic reaction..... but some experts say prescription price gouging is on the rise! in today's health report... many families are facing i'm catherine cortez masto and i approve this message. as a doctor, i see how decisions in washington impact my patients here in nevada. so even though i'm a republican, i won't be voting for joe heck. joe heck's voted ten times to defund planned parenthood, wh

alison parker and adam ward roanoke, virginia. the woman being interview was also shot and seriously injured, but survived. the station held a moment of silence in their memory this morning during their newscast. some of alison's friends and co- workers are hiking this week .. where she spent her birthday every year./// ((kirsten joyce)) >>> new this morning .. the mayor of the hardest hit city in italy ... says aftershock damage to two roads is threatening to isolate the town. towns in the central part of the country are in ruins after a 6 area on wednesday.. they're dealing with hundreds of aftershocks since... another another 4- point- 7 magnitude tremor struck earlier this morning. the death toll has reached nearly 300 people.. about 400 were injured... many still missing in the rubble. italy's prime minister announced a multi- million dollar effort to rebuild.... and even canceled taxes for those affected. many of the survivors are now living in tent cities./// ((brian loftus)) >>> hillary clinton is hitting back at her repub

wdbj reporter alison parker and photo journalist adam ward were interviewing tourism official vicky gardner in roanoke that morning. that many is when a gunman, former employee, ambushed them during their live report. the tv station is holding a moment of silence during its broadcast this morning. >> wait until you see this brave rescue captured on video. university of arkansas police officer helped a skunk in distress, and the video has gone viral. you can see the skunk walking in circles with the cup on it face, two campus officers watch. now, one officer snatched the cup off, throws it away just in the nick of time, but the other officer in the gray wasn't so lucky, he got sprayed by the skunk, the video has been seen by nearly 80,000 people. >> but they did their part. >> they did. >> i remember when i was young, my dogs got sprayed by a skunk when we went camping, and we had to bathe them in tomato juice. >> the minute you smell it, oops, skunk, something is around here. >> poor yanky, sorry, budd. >> whenever we were little we would be driving, my grandmother would say something smell

brings it back. " w-d-b-j had a moment of silence to mark the one year anniversary of the deaths of alison parker and adam ward. the two were killed by their former coworker... who later turned the gun on himself. w-d-b-j recently completed a memorial for parker and ward outside their station's entrance. health officials say every blood donation in the u-s and its territories, should be tested for the zika virus. this guidance is already in place for parts of florida and puerto rico. now, the f-d-a is recommending nationwide testing for all blood units. more than 22 hundred people around the u-s have become infected with zika... and the number is growing. a south dakota highway patrol trooper realized a teen was walking eight miles every day, to and from work. big-hearted trooper gave the young man a life- changing gift. (sgt. steve swenson/ south da kota highway patrol) "i found tanner walking down the interstate and i pulled up to him, and i just asked him what he was doing. and he said he was on his way to work, so i asked him to get in the car. he explained to me that he was coming from the w

alison parker and adam ward were in the middle of a live report for roanoke tv station when they were they injured a woman in that attack and the station held a moment of silence in the newscast. in south africa, the prosecutor trying to get a harsher sentence for oscar pistorius lost in court. he shot and killed his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he claims he mistook her for a computer and the prosecution said six-year jail term is shockingly lenient. the defense argue the legal process has been exhausted. next for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- back to school season across the country. one midwest district is going high-tech. >> this app will provide security. jonathan: the app for parents that could help put the michelle: for some kids riding the school bus is going high-tech. jonathan: parents are saying about time. some schools in wisconsin now have a bus tracking app for parents. it's the my stop app to keep an eye on each bus and where it is as it picks up and drops off children before and after school. the school district is spending $30,000 for the app service. parents can downloa

to honor alison parker and adam ward. their former co-worker shot a turned the gun on himself. off-air tributes for parker and ward will also take place today. earlier this month the station finished a memorial to parker and ward outside the building./// ((dave courvoisier)) >>> in south africa... paralympian oscar pistorius will not get a harsher sentence... despite a prosecutor calling for one. pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend.. reeva steenkamp.. on valentine's day 3 years ago. he claimed he mistook her for an intruder. pistorius was sentenced to quote "shockingly lenient". prosecutors can still petition south africa's supreme court of appeal./// ((christianne klein)) >>> the airline industry is seeing record profits... and now it looks like employees are benefitting. most are getting raises. american airline pilots got a 23-percent pay hike last year. united airlines pilots won a 16-percent pay hike. 30-thousand ground workers for american will recieve raises ranging from 15-to 55-percent. after employees at all the major u.s. carriers endured years of pay cuts, layo

alison parker and adam ward were honored this morning by their station. the c-b-s affiliate in roanoke, virginia held a moment of silence.. and unveiled a memorial in their memories. hillary clinton campaigned in the silver state.. making a stop in reno on thursday. the democratic presidential nominee wasted no time warning voters to not be fooled by her opponent. there's mexican proverb that says "tell me with whom you walk, and i will tell you who you are. well, we know who trump is. (applause) a few words on a teleprompter won't change that. " clinton's speech comes as donald trump is taking heat for flip- flopping his ideas on immigration.. (donald trump, (r) presidential candidate) "there certainly can be a we're not looking to hurt people. i don't think it's a softening, i think --" (anderson cooper/cnn) "but 11 million people are no longer going to be deported." a new poll shows that hillary clinton now has a 10-point lead nationally in this race.. which is a lot of ground for donald trump to have to make up before november. in more local news.. th

it was just about this time in the morning that roanoke virginia report e alison parker and photographer adam ward were gunned down by a bitter and troubled former co- worker. parker and ward were later awarded a partly sunny hue mus emmy award. parker's fianci plans to river a place she visited every birthday. >>> a bizarre homicide investigation is underway in canada after three people were found dead. police say the murder weapon was a cross bow. toronto police are also investigating suspicious package that appears to be linked to the murders. a man at the scene was taken into custody. police have not announced charges or elaborated on his connection to the victims. >>> the department of homeland security has stepped in to investigate the cyber attack on live star with her passport and driver's license. jones has had a rough year to say the very least. first bashed for her performance in ghostbusters before the movie opened. then taunted with racial slurs on twitter. her website has been taken off line since. >>> currently 6:22 in the morning. after the break a developing story that's

a former employee of tv station wdbj opened fire on reporter alison parker and photo journalist adam ward. this happened during a live interview on the morning news there. the shooter took off from that scene and later shot and killed himself. the woman being interviewed at the time, vi also shot, but she did survive. >>> here's an 8 on your side alert, the secret service says they're seeing an increase in cases of phony money being passed around. janelle tell us what you need to look out for so you don't get duped. >>> authorities want people to be cautious about counterfeit money that's going around the tampa bay area. a man in citrus county was just arrested yesterday for trying to pass off fake money at a and a woman went into a belles out let store last thursday and tried to purchase items. investigators say he gave the cashier seven 20-dollar bills that were fake. deputies arrested him last night at a motel. the feds say they're seeing an increase in these cases around the bay area. over the weekend, a local man was selling his phone on a popular app called offer up. but when h

the virginia station where alison parker and adam ward worked say even though a year has passed they are still in the healing process. a third person was shot but survived the attack. >>> we are expecting an update sometime toward -- today on a florida mother who gave birth to a baby with zika virus. she got it while visiting her >>> funny about this, heading into the break a few minutes ago, and eight your boy we've learned -- this eight-year-old was shot in buffalo, new york but officers say the child was just sitting in a vehicle and witnesses told officers they heard up to 15 gunshots. they don't know how many times the boy was hit. our sister station is offering video from the scene of this investigation. >>> dax closer to home what if you had an issue neighbors? if you didn't like who was moving in next door, what would you do? one woman sent a petition and now two years later the city is taking action. the topic is sober homes, where addicts go to turn their lives around and get clean. ashley was worried about whether or not too many of those homes would pop up in her neighbor

. >> at around 6:45 this morning, roanoke tv station wdbj paused to honor alison parker and aaron ward. a year ago the reporter and photographer were gunned down during a live interview while co-workers and viewers watched in horror. a former cowork killed them and later turned the gun on themself. the person they were interviewing was seriously injured but survived. >>> three minutes after the hour now. get ready for a long, hot stretch of weather. temperatures right now are in the 80s if you're lucky. 90s for some storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts is here. that heat index isn't helping things either. >> not at all. we've got the temperature moving on up, as you said. you're lucky if you're in the 80s. we're not finding a lot of 80s, and it's just a little bit after 11:00. what is going on. well, summer is not done with us yet. 90 in manassas, 91 in dulles. 80s out in the shenandoah valley and frederick county, maryland. you factor in that humidity. you know it's hot out there. once you step outside, that humidity hits you like a ton of bricks and this is the number we get. o

since two virginia journalists were fatally shot during a live television broadcast. 24-year-old alison parker-old adam ward were killed by a former coworker who later turned that weapon on himself. this morning the television station in roanoke virginia held a moment of silence to honor those two victims. >> some of the ocean's most beautiful creatures will be kept safe under a new order from president obama. he just expanded a marine protection zone offer the coast of his native hawaii. it will become the largest safe zone of its kind in there world. commercial fishing and new mining will be banned within an area that is twice the size of texas. the national monument is expected to protect more than 7,000 species. >> time for sports now. carlos ruiz boarded a plane and said goodbye, philadelphia. >> yeah, goodbye, maybe forever. carlos ruiz very emotional talking to him this morning as he left his home went to the airport with his bags packed very emotional leaving this city. carlos ruiz says he is sad to leave philadelphia this morning because phillies fans are a part of his family. but at

alison. >> wdjb journalist adam parker and adam ward were today. a former co-worker took their lives then later turned the gun on himself. the company recently completed a memorial outside the station's entrance. >>> the judge who gave a stanford student six months in jail for rape will no longer hear criminal cases. the judge has asked to leave criminal court and instead be assigned to the civil division. the move comes as he faces tough criticism for his decision in the brock turner case. first he sentenced turner to six months in jail after the on three felony counts on sexual assault. prosecutors had asked for six years. >>> funerals will be held for five people killed in a massacre in alabama. 27-year-old derek gearman is charged in the horrific crime. he admitted to killing the five people because they were shielding him from his ex-girlfriend who accused him of abuse. he spared her life and that of an infant but kidnapped her and drove to mississippi before turning himself. >>> protecting kids from secondhand smoke that's the idea behind a p