i'm alison starling. we are helping the school kids get ready for a great school year with the united way for stuff the bus. bus is ready to be packed. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com nancy: that is the sound of the first hurricane to make landfall in eastern mexico. around midnight. franklin is now a tropical storm but it still poses a threat with the forecasters predicting a foot of rain in some areas. mex doe city is within the dimin

alison starling at the "live desk" with the latest on this. alison: here is what happened. police say jerry varnell tried to blow up a van full of bombs outside a bank building in downtown oklahoma city. he was caught because an undercover f.b.i. agent posed as he then repaired a statement to be posted on social media after the explosion and he loaded the van with what he thought were explosives and dialed a number on the cell phone again that he thought would trigger an explosion. varnel now faces 20 years in prison. police say he initially wanted to blow up the federal reserve building here in d.c. nancy? michelle: breaking news from reston where the fairfax county police are investigating to potential sex assault. we have details on the way and we'll have details on the way. nancy: north korea says they plan to send four missiles off the waters in guam in mid-august. and president trump is threatening that the u.s. military is lock and loaded. they are stressing that the united states will retaliate if necessary it's a resort. we will have the live report on preparations

later a new warning about the fidget spinners and what they want to be sure you kn alison: i'm alison starling live in southeast d.c. stuff with bus. cup of joe is here. that means it's a party. we are getting the school supplies ready for the local kids. when we come back we talk to d.c. united players and united way. nancy: looking forward to it. "7 on your side" with a team of experts to ask the financial adviser. call them in the help center. 703-236-9220. your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. larry: i got to go to stuff the bus. we had an assembly line to meet people coming through. alison and i did a tag team. high five as i was leaving and she w