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visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. ♪[ music ] >>> the eclipse is starting in portland, oregon, by the way, which by the way is the best generally, you're clear in the pacific northwest. it's going to start here in a little less than an hour, about 1:17. we're live at college park at the aviation museum, and airport. this is a great group. they're trying to find what little shade is out here to stay cool. i have, what i think, i hope, is a future engineer. sydney, how are you doing? >> good. >> what are you going to study, do you think, when you go to school? >> the solar eclipse, the next one. >> do you want to build bridges? >> yes. >> and maybe repair bridges? >> yes. >> that's good. where are you from? >> i'm from marlboro, maryland. >> and how old you are? >> i'm 8. >> and i love your shirt. it almost competes with mine. but these boys right here, they are so excited, and the reason why is what? >> because when i get older, i want to become an astrophysicist, and the solar eclipse is one i

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visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. adriana: those who can't see will be able to experience the eclipse as well. apple has created eclipse soundscape on apple and android. it will offer real-time narration for users based on what the eclipse is in their area. many businesses are offering specials. crispy cre will eclipse its original doughnuts by covering them in chocolate glaze. molly: making me hungry. we want to take a look at our eclipse forecast, a mixture of sunshine and clouds until 2:00 today. the best time to see it coming up at 242 -- two for the 2 p.m. do not forget your pre-your -- your protective high -- your protective eyewear if you're headed out to catch it. afternoon thunderstorms are possible. temperatures in the upper 80's. a quick look at your extended forecast. tomorrow is a hot one. feels like temperatures in the triple digits. stay hydrated. take a look at the cooldown in the later half of the week with daytime highs in the low 80's. adriana: thanks for joining us. be sur

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visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. >> molly, how have we gotten so lucky with such low humidity? >> i know. certainly very usual. temperatures are typically what we would see, and that is continue.o beautiful day coming up tomorrow. sunshine, daytime high of 80. enjoy!out and we're tracking rain for the early half of the week. heavier rainfall expected on tuesday. look at those temperatures in the low 70's for daytime high on monday. >> thank you. and thank you so much for joining us! atll see you right back here 11 with the latest on tropical storm harvey. have a good night! fax the following is an exclusive presentation of ravens productions. >> tonight, the ravens and the bills. a last tuneup for a veteran line. -- lineup. ♪ >> i'm so excited to be a raven. i came here because i love to win. >> with the 16th pick, the baltimore ravens select marlon humphrey.

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visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. inside and out. >>> one big consumer headline today, amazon is offering a refund to you if you bought counterfeit eclipse glasses to watch next week. the retail giant says they may not come from a recommended manufacturer. here is more. >> reporter: it is being referred to as the super bowl of the sky. the total eclipse next monday will give americans a rare chance to see a phenom nen. she bought these to watch. thousands of us probably because them, because they are cheap. >> reporter: days later she got a letter recalling the potentially phony frame. the letter reads we recommend view the sun or eclipse. also warns customers inappropriate glasses can result in the loss of vision or permanent blindness. >> be very, very careful. the warnings that you hear are right. >> reporter: it is a lesson he learned the hard way. the 80-year-old permanently lost part of his vision when he watched the first eclipse at age nine. >> there is a spot at my focus. it was just a blur. if you don't have

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visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. >> now, abc seven news at 11:00 am on your side. start on stormwatch come of flooding conditions complicating the friday evening commute. we have video from all over, waterlogged streets, walkways, and a metro station. we go to the store much center with meteorologist steve rudin. at least this was a faster moving storm. very fast moving, and most if not all of it is gone already. we have a nicer weekend ahead. right now, just a little cloudiness, not amounting to much more. on the wall, you can see where the real big storms are located, off the delmarva peninsula, moving towards ocean city, clearing out. back in our area, we are looking at clearing skies come especially to the west, garrett county, allegheny county, washington county, an indication of what's on the way tomorrow. coming up, the beach outlook and the update of the eclipse forecast in just a few minutes. jonathan: getting around this friday night was not very easy in the district. rushing rain

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visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. adrianna: we are counting down to the total solar eclipse. now just 6 today and officials are warning it could be the biggest driving distraction of the century. >> the solar eclipse will darken our skies and officials are worried about what will happen on the roads as we rush to see the celestial sensation. they are really worried that the darkened sky will become a nightmare. >> the solar eclipse could be the biggest driver distraction of the century. >> the last time a solar eclipse could be seen, nearly 100 years ago. there are now 50 times more cars and traffic in the eclipse zone could be four times worse than a normal day. , many in the path of totality are taking steps to minimize gridlock on the big day. 10 essay limiting lane closures limiting lane closures. south carolina is calling up extra state police and first responders. -- we alsotourists know the local infrastructure may not be equipped to deal with the flood of tourists. >> feds are shining

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visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. >>> a really sweet picture to show you. amid the devastating news coming out of hurricane harvey, somebody managed to snap this picture capturing a light-hearted moment. this is in sinton, texas. that's a bag of food in the dog's mouth, and the dog's name is otis and he was trotting along to a group of people there to clean up the mess. >> go, otis. >> he was hungry. he didn't want it to be soggy so he took it somewhere else. >>> new life is surfacing above the floods and the destruction. >> in texas a mom in corpus christi welcomed a baby boy in the height of the storm. the baby, seven pounds and 18 inches. guess what his name is? harvey. it was the suggested name from the nurse. you bet there could be other harveys out there, and with the eclipse going on this week maybe rpbl, we will have to check to see if those panned out. >>> four things you need to know about hurricane harvey on this sunday. two people killed because of the storm's impact. one person d

visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. >>> trending online today, cheetos gets fancy. kind of redundant. >> that's right because you want your white linen -- it's called the spotty cheetos. it has everything -- that doesn't sound right. the drink looks gross. it's totally booked. >> everything looks great and it's cheetos. >> was that a bloody cheeto mary. >> i would drink that. >>> a football player at the university of minnesota, that's another story earned a scholarship even though he hasn't played in a game. so justin judaman has been a backup kicker. off the field he volunteers at a local kid's hospital. one of the kids he hangs out with showed up at his team meeting to give him the good news. check it out. >> it's pretty fun. kyle , we were sitting in my office and he goes what is that? and that's my new toy. i said new toy that just came in. he said can i shoot it? i said no you can't shoot that thing. [indiscernible]. so i'll let you shoot it in here. you can shoot it at justin. come over

visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville.ide and out. >>> monday, an "e.t." exclusive. >> in this corner. >> mark wahlberg. >> in the other. >> >>> a sassier mouth in judge judy's court? it seemed impossible until amy schumer rolled in with her sister, kim. >> i'm getting a zhuszh in my head. >> amy was sitting front and center during yesterday's episode, so how did she end up in the >> my sister and i are crazy big judge judy fans and she kind of like agreed to have lunch with us. so we got to watch a bunch of cases and sit in the room. >> amy actually visited the set back in may and even staged a little disorder in the court with judy's famous bird between tapings. >> my bucket list is done. like what's left? >> right here, right now on triple d. >> that is the guy fieri we're used to, hitting the road solo and tasting the best america has to offer on his food network hit, diners, drive-ins and dives. >> now he's officially making a carpool. nischelle turner was with the entire crew before tonight's road trip debut. >> we'r

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visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. >>> taking a look at today's megaphone questions should a person be fired for what they do outside of their job. 23% say no. keep those responses coming in. >>> for a young man in fairfax county, cartoons weren't just for saturday mornings. it is an obsession, that has now turned into a dream come true. the story of a young man's fascination with animation. >> so the idea just started as a, just a doodle. >> can you do any magic tricks? >> i drew every single picture it that you saw in the video. >> christian bajusz has a special gift. >> i timed them with music, sound effects and everything. my voices, i did the voices for my characters. >> dude! >> reporter: it's not just a hobby, this is christian's life. >> christian, i'm looking at your closet, and i don't see any clothes. where are your clothes? >> they're downstairs. >> reporter: he collects them from vhs tapes, remember those? digitizes them, using a vhs machine, and scouting them as if they appeared

visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. >>> just in from fairfax county, a woman has died after being hit by a truck. she was just out getting her mail outside it happened on bula street near the franconia street parkway. >>> with the start of school less than a week away, there's an important deadline for parents. getting their kids up to date with their shots. as sarah konsmo reports, it's not the law, or rather it is the law, but not everybody is following it to the letter. >> reporter: for 4-year-old madison and her mom, getting ready to start school for the first time, isn't just a visit to the school, it's also a visit for shots. >> we're here to get school supplies. >> reporter: in maryland, d.c., and virginia, immunizations are mandated by law. >> we want to make sure that all the requirements are met, and that students don't miss any unnecessary time. >> reporter: last year in prince george's county, 6300 kids were not immunized by the first day of school. kids have 20 days to get up to da

visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. >>> a man wanted for last week's terror attack in spain has been killed. the 20-year-old has been the focus of an intense manhunt since driving a of people in barcelona last thursday. 13 people were killed. the police chief says all 12 terrorists believed to be involved in that attack are now either dead or under arrest. >>> president trump will address the nation tonight to talk about the next steps for the u.s. military in afghanistan. we're now about 16 years into this war. during 2010, and 2011, we had a peak of about 100,000 u.s. troops there. president barack obama pulled most of them out. right now, the number is around 8400. u.s. commanders say they need more, and tonight president trump is expected to outline a plan to send in about 3900. he huddled up with key advisers last week at camp david. >> the president has made a decision as he said. he wants to be the one to announce it to the american people, so i'll stand silent. >> president trump will d

visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. >>> okay. trending online right now, we're talking about this. >> we can't stop talking about it. >> we can't. >> a date goes really wrong for a guy in dc. but turns out good for the women. women he tried to date. >> how many are we talking about? >> six. >> yeah. >> so he planned dates back-to-back. not really smart, but with all the women and they found out. it happened a couple of nights ago in northwest dc. once a few of them realized what he had done, they left to get drinks together at a bar across the street. and now guess what, they're all friends. the entire thing got documented on twitter and you know what happened next, >> it always does. >> tonight, one of the women will be here going off street with bruce johnson. i will be watching that and you can see the interview at 7:00 on wusa9. >> can't wait to see that. >> don't do that, guys. >> learn from his lesson. staying in dc, there's a strange site near the white house. >> we're talking about a gi

visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. night, a legend gone. entertainer jerry lewis has died. he spent more than 60 years in show business, but his greatest legacy may be the billions he raised for charity. >>> nuclear tensions, a region on edge as the u.s. and south korea plan joint military drills. could it provoke a responserom kim jong-un? >>> historic find. the wreckage of an american warship is discovered deep in the american pacific, more than 72 years after the japanese torpedoed her in the final days of world war ii. >>> and dance dreams. how one summer camp is making a difference for hundreds of kids with lessones that go far beyond the stage. "nightly news" begins now.

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visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. >> now abc 7 news at noon. on your side. adrianna: happening right now, a memorial service for the woman killed in the car attack in charlottesville. heather heyer is being remembered for standing against white nationalists and neo-nazis a the we're joined live outside that memorial now with john. john: good afternoon, there are thousands of people inside the paramount theater here downtown charlottesville this hour, maybe just as many outside of the theater. you can see the crowds. they've been gathered. this is the overflow crowd. we can tell you that there are people out here that have been singing and praying and you can see the marquee there of the theater, heather heyer, gone but not forgotten. many paying their respects to the 32-year-old heather heyer killed here last saturday two blocks away. family and friends describe her as outspoken, outgoing, passionate, and if you take a look at the video, there are people that lined up as early as 9:00 this mo

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visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. . >>> considering all that we've gone through in terms of the weather, the rain, the humidity, i thought today was a little bit of a repeat. >> it was nice. it was nice. the humidity was dropping down and we are going to see overall pretty nice weather for tomorrow as well. but this evening, i just want to turn your attention. eave been talking about the storms over in pennsylvania. for the most part, the strongest storms are going to be dissipating as they try to make their way over the mountains. but we might see a shower isolated -- isolated shower or thunderstorm in the metro area this evening. so an isolated thundershower for your sunday, hot but not overly humid outside. eclipse forecast, we're calling it mostly clear. we'll talk about that in a second. late week, taste of fall is on the way. that's something to look forward to. here's a look at your sunday, the afternoon. temperatures in the upper 80s. a little north wind. we're looking at humidity lev

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