abc7 maryland bureau chief brad bell also out in the mess there. the strong surf as well with the waves that are toppling 8 to 12 feet. out will cause beach erosion heading in the labor day weekend at the resort. that is a look at brad who was there for an earlier live the storm overwhelmed the roadway in norfolk leading to scenes like this. several people lost their cars when they drove in to floodwaters. and stalled out. there are no report of the critical damage in norfolk. jonathan: new developments in the aftermath of the north korean missile launch we brought you as breaking news this time yesterday. in the past five minutes north korean leader kim jong un was president when the missile launched and flew over northern japan. the white house reiterating today that, "all options are on the table." following an emergency meeting on the united nations security council, the u.s. ambassador haley delivering a blunt message for north korea. >> it's unacceptable. they violated every unsecurity coupcil resolution we have had. something serious has to

at the white house, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: it could be days or weeks before we know what caused the virginia state police helicopter to crash near the rally on saturday. lieutenant jay cullen and trooper pilot berke bates were killed responding to the crashes. tonight we know there was no distress call. it appeared that the helicopter had a mechanical problem. ntsb is investigating. stay with abc7 for the latest out of charlottesville. for updates anytime go to coming up at 6:00, a man accused of trying to blow up a bank in oklahoma. how the plan was foiled and the original plot for the nation's capital. michelle: a terrifying hit-and-run caught on camera. the shocking video of what happens after a car was sideswiped on a major highway. dalles most of the showers -- doug: most of the showers continue northwest of washington. a few more continue tonight. we talk about the next ten days in seven minutes at "abc7 news at 6:00". for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses,

brad bell broke the story first and is live outside the state house in annapolis. brad? brad: this is the statue. it has stood here for many, many years since 1872. it's in a prominent location but it doesn't look like it will be here longer because today, governor hogan said now is the time to remove it. the statue has stood in this place of honor since 1872. but governor hogan said, "the time has come to make clear the difference between properly acknowledging our past and glorifying the history." and so, he said removing the statue should start immediately. >> goodbye. it should go. brad: ev lin johnson among those -- evelyn johnson among those visiting the state house applauding the decision. >> whatever you have at the state house should be indicative of the ideals of the people that it represents. >> it seems like a step in the right direction. >> as the fifth chief justice of the supreme court, maryland roger b. taney wrote the so-called dred scott decision that african-americans could not be citizens in 1857. dred scott was a slave denied his freedom by that deci

brad bell was there as the two campuses united. hi joins us live from college park with the latest in the case. brad? brad: you know what? this was a terrible incident. it tore apart th may. it happened at this bus stop. still an active bus stop. the students are here. it has become a memorial. since this happened much else happened regarding the race relations in college campuses. today the school wanted to get together not just to remember lieutenant collins but also to make strong statement. >> at the university of maryland, soulful music. somber processional. at bowie state university, a clear voice. singing out. >> ♪ there is a place in my memory ♪ brad: two campuses separated by miles but at 12:05, united for a moment of remembrance for collins. students at each school hoping that a message is sent. in bowie -- >> it just shows that there is still kindness in the world. brad: in college park -- >> i wish th brad: collins was killed at this maryland bus stop in may after a night out with friends. maryland student urbanski stand

brad bell is live in temple hills with the latest on this. brad: there are about 200 units here. 37 of them were still occupied. the estimate was about 100 people. this is not a happy place at this hour. you can see some people down there on the front porch. they are trying to figure out what to do. i talked to one lady. she is upset. she is getting put up in a hotel, but they won't let her ring her pet -- bring her pet. some people are loading up and getting out. they say they don't have any other place to go. you hear the sound, the rat attacked -- rat-a-tat-tat. that is the fence crew driving in posts for the chain-link fence being installed at this hour. a lot of residents say they knew this was coming, but it's still not easy. >> it's very disheartening, especially when you have paid your rent for a certain amount of time, then you find the utilities aren't paid. you're sitting out in the parking lot, knowing you have to move completely. it's just disheartening. brad: she says she knew the time was coming, but it's still hard. in that par

maryland bureau chief brad bell are in baltimore. the statues are gone but the debate continues. brad: yeah. we have been hearing it all day long. this is where the statue that honored robert e. lee and stonewall jackson stood. the paper machete sculpture is up there now. there was graffiti but it's been washed off. not long ago someone wrote "honor history" on the base. it's the diversity of the opinion and the passion we are hearing here. >> a steady stream of people come where the massive and robert e. lee stood for 69 years. university professor lawrence jackson with his son nathaniel. >> i want to verify it with my own eyes. >> i think it's just a statue. i'm glad they are gone. we live in a liberty city again. >> wanda duncan took pictures with her kids. >> we think it's good to take down any symbol that represents hatred and inequality. >> the mayor of baltimore gave the order quietly yesterday. after midnight contractors fanned out across the city to remove baltimore's four monuments to the confederacy. the mayor wanted the job done before daybreak. it wasn't. the sun came

maryland bureau chief brad bell is there with why it is so dangerous and what is being done to change things. brad? brad: police are focusing on the road. going back i can't remember the bad crashes i covered here. the latest here. palmer road, indian head highway. you my see the debris in the roadway. this involved a motorcyclists. police say he was at fault. according to police he ruse winning up indian head highway on a sport bike. he raced through a-related light on palmer road and crashed in the back of the car and entered the road on a green light. he became the fifth person to die in a crash on indian head highway this year. the road a.a.a. described this way. >> this is perhaps the most dangerous road in the 20 fatalities in four years. five this year. brad: the long straight road breeds reckless behavior. we have reported extensively on the crashes. in june a driver hit by a vehicle road rage. in july, two died when a wrongway driver caused a head-on crash. >> along this road because no one obeys the speed limits or the traffic rules. >> townsend says the police need to beef

brad bell. thankses. jonathan: two people critically hurt after firefighters had to cut them out of twisted metal that was a car. this happened in southeast d.c. it's the result of a carjacking that started miles away. they spotted a blue car stolen. then they t-boned the acura. two people were seriously hurt. the men in the stolen car tried to walk away from scene but they were arrested. alison: tonight a d.c. firefighter is in critical condition after being hit by a ladder truck on the scene of a fire. 28-year-old dane smothers was hit by that truck after he arrived at a fire scene in the 800 block of f street northeast. he had surgery at medstar washington surgery center. smothers has been on job for three months. years. tonight there are new details emerging about the spotsylvania county home where police say a man kept his girlfriend and children under lock and key. police say the 43-year-old moore kept his girlfriend and two sons ages 8 and 11 hostage essentially for two full years. an arrest warran

larry: are coverage continues with brad bell in northwest. brad: this afternoon, there is a crowd of people here, but they are waiting for a bus. a few people have come by and asked me why we e i explained it. they are shaking their head in sadness. the embassy closed at 1:00 this afternoon. i can show you this. the flags here at half-staff. we had an opportunity to speak with an embassy employee expressing his sadness, his grief. >> is out of control. thinking about -- they are not thinking about regular people like you or me on the street. really sad. really sad for everyone. brad: that is the only person here that spoke to us. that have been some others that went in and out and said they did not have authorization to speak on camera, but they told us they are profoundly saddened by what happened at home. northwest washington, brad bell, abc 7 news. larry: thank you so much for that. stay with abc seven for updates. we will have updates right here throughout our. if you have to step away come you can download the abc 7 news alison: new infor

maryland bureau chief, brad bell, live with that side of the story. >> this is something an artist made as a proest to to the statue. it was taken away but then put up top. this is what is going on all day long. people looking and sharing opinions. this happened in the dark of night. contractors with heavy equipment literally picked up the monumental stonewall jackson and robert e. lee and loaded it on a truck. by daybreak all four confederate monuments in baltimore were nothing more than empty bases. the mayor saying the time had come. >> i thought there is enough grandstanding and speeches being made. get it done. brad: they are gone but the debate rages on. they confronted the baltimore city council mary pat clark. >> what will they do with the monuments? >> we go out of our way to appease the black population here. >> this is all of our history. >> look, we just can't agree. >> this man who says his ancestors fought and died in the civil war upset the statues are gone. >> why on earth do the statues bother anybody? i don't understand that. brad: by far, the majority coming here toda

brad bell in the thick of it in ocean city. the biggest concern, brad, is the dangerous surf. >> you know what? there are a lot of concerns. dangerous surf is one of them. back bay flooding is another. this is nothing compared to what is we don't want to suggest that it is. i am feeling the winds and they are coming in 45-mile-per-hour steady with the heaviest gusts. you can see the waves come crashing in here at the inlet jetty. as we pan around we can't look into the wind but as we pan around to the side here i want to show you the waves crashing over the jetty out here. this is an impressive sight indeed. pounding torrential rains in addition to these heavy, heavy winds. we had started to see flooding on some of the low lying streets in ocean city where it is not all that uncommon to see the flooding. now they have closed gates, the storm gates on the boardwalk. i'm going to show you why. it has to do with sand erosion. i picked up a handful of sand. watch this stuff just blow horizontally out of my hand. down at the beach le

maryland bureau chief brad bell live with the investigation all during the peak beach season. what are the police saying today? brad: they are waiting for autopsy results. most of the people are clumped up there close to the water. where the woman was found 30 yards beyond the highest point of high tide. just in front of one of the beach rental facilities. in a place where the sand is really dry and it's almost powdery. it was a brutal start to the week in ocean city. the body of a 3-year-old woman from texas found mostly buried in sand in a hole on the beach at second street. sources say ashley o'connor from plano, texas, had been out family but they had become separated at 2:00 a.m. at 6:30 a.m. someone walking on the beach saw part of her body and called police. and they spent the day investigating and they are now waiting for autopsy results. >> at this time we believe it's accidental in nature. we don't believe there was o'connor had been drinking and was seen walking alone from the boardwalk to the beach. a theory is she fell in a hole dug in the sand. the sand collapsed

maryland bureau chief brad bell picks up the team coverage in beltsville with a look at the gas prices. they are ar brad: yeah. we really started noticing it today. this gas station went up 15 cents a gallon for regular. it's now $2.599. what we are hearing is the experts say it's likely it could reach $3 a gallon for regular before long. most people we speak to started feeling the pain at the pump this morning. >> this is unbelievable. this was, this is not good. >> a bit much. >> yesterday was $2.16. now it's $2.49. it's really bad. >> a coyrding to a. -- according to a.a.a., on average the gas prices at the pump have gone up a dime go lon in one week from $2.30 to $2.40. >> we expect the gas prices will rise 10 or 15 cents in them coming days. >> because hurricane harvey forced closure of at least eight major refineries. now the colonial pileline that proceeds 40% of the gasoline is turned off, too. >> 100 million gallons a day from houston to new york. serving 50 million customers including those of us who live in washington metro area. >> the good news is when the supply chain com

maryland bureau chief brad bell with the new developments. brad: fire inspectors showed up early and fanned out across the blighted complex. they found a safety violations. filled and clogged trash chutes. not functioning fire doors. the fire chief announcing the team determined the lynnhill condos are unsafe for human habitation. >> the residents have 24 hours to remove their belongings. brad: then it got tense. angry residents actually shout down the chief's press conference. >> you got some money. >> thank you very much. that will conclude the press conference. >> you would cut it off real quick. brad: the two apartment buildings totaling 106 units have been falling into disrepair for years. they are condos. the condo association mismanaged funds, owners and respecters -- renters stopped paying and the problems snowballed. the utilities with will be cut off again. those ordered to move out say it's another bold. mother and a 73-year-old aunt that i have to find housing for in 24 hours. that is not easy. brad: a representative of the p.g. co

brad bell has more. brad: this happened at a park where tonight you can see the people are here practicing cricket. a park where children play. in fact, in this case, as you said the killers themselves children. in his mugshot, the 14-year-old boy appears wide-eyed. he is 5 feet tall. 130 pounds. his name elias portillo. he is charged with first-degree murder. it's alleged that in the adelphi park on july 27, portillo and h homeless man after a failed robbery attempt. >> the suspects approached the victim. and demanded money from him. the victim did not comply with that. at that time, is when the victim was fatally stabbed. brad: the man's body found in a wooded area off the foot path in adelphi park. farther the woods a memorial to the victim. 47-year-old francisco sagastizado. it was set up by his friends who also live in these woods. they knew the alleged teen killers. saw them with knives. they have a killer on what went wrong. we are protecting this man's identity. >> really sad. i think the main rea

maryland bureau chief brad bell is live to explain why. brad: we may be heading for a tense ending of the day. where i'm standing here, we can tell you a lot of the story. this is one of the two lynnhill condo buildings, dilapidated and falling apartment. down there past the enof the grass, residents are hanging out on the front porch of the building. they just don't want to leave. even as they have watched this chain link fence be put up around their building. now they have seen the plywood go up on some of the units. this is the sort of thing that has been going on all day long. we believe there are 100 people still living here today in 37 different units. the fire department yesterday said everybody has to get out. this is just not safe. people had 24 hours to get out. in fact, as we come back live we can show you there are still moving trucks out here. people are still in the process of moving out. very soon they will go door to door and knock and see who is here and tell people they have to leave. the people refuse to leave, we are tol

maryland bureau chief brad bell with what carraway said in court today and what happens next. brad: deonte carraway stood in judge and told the parents "kids have my heart and when them." speaking at a rapid clip ad mitted pedophile told the court he is not a monster and he knows how that what he did to 20 children at judge sylvania woods elementary school was wrong. outside the cameras a parent had this to say. >> he means nothing to me. i don't feel like he was sincere. >> the judge had little sympathy for him. he forced them to make the porn graphic videos the former teacher's aide will serve 75 years in prison. the defense attorney asked for 60 years and said he had a man's body but a child's mind. but others said the judge got it right. >> he is saying alive. he shouldn't be out here to have the chance to do it again. brad: because of the case steps have been taken to protect other kids even from people like carraway who had no prior criminal history. he still faces trial on charges he abused in prince george's county that he abused 20 children. it begins september 28. in

brad bell with the heartbreaking story. we have more on the motive. brad? brad: the suspects are 13 and 14. it's been two week since the crime but there is still crime scene tape where the man's body was found. the body of the 47-year-old homeless man found he had been stabbed multiple times. his body hidden. his name francisco. that was july 27. yesterday police found a man who said he witnessed the crime. as they spoke near the crime scene the witness spotted the killers. literally walking by. immediately police caught the 13-year-old. then they say he identified his friend, 14-year-old elias portillo as his cohort. he, too, was arrested. police releasing his picture because he is old enough to be charged as an adult. barely. >> a 13-year-old is charged as a juvenile. that is based on the way that maryland law is written. 14-year-old charged with a first-degree murder can be charged as an adult. however, a 13-year-old can't. brad: the victim was living back in these woods. a few moments a conversation with some of his friends. they are talk about their fe

our maryland bureau chief brad bell is there. brad, at the strongest the winds topped 100 miles per hour. brad: yeah, you know what? this is a fairly weak tornado. they ruled it an ef-1 tornado. damage. this house, you see back there? it has the red sign on door that said it's condemned. i it looks fine here. but walk with me to the back of the house. the tree stump. this free fell down. then look up -- this tree fell down. then look up here. the entire cinder block wiped out by the tree when it came down. the tornado didn't last long. just seconds. the track was three-quarters to a mile in length. look what it did in its brief life. a car tossed like a toy as a security camera rolls. the warehouse wall knocked down. in this neighborhood, trees crushing cars and houses alike. cam wheatly saw the window smashed in his car. >> crazy. it never happened before. brad: after surveying all damage, the national weather service confirming what everybody knew. this was a twister. w and it is a tornado. it was an ef-1. the maximum win somewh

our maryland bureau chief brad bell picks up team coverage now live in acin his. what happens there now? brad: brad: this is what everybody is talking about. this is the roger b. taney just outside the old historic entrance to the state house. the governor offices have windows above it. two years ago the governor said it was political correctness run amok. now he says the time is right. roger b. taney was the fifth chief justice of the united states. dred scott was a slave who sued for his freedom and they became tied together in history in ruled in dred scott's case saying african-american could not be considered citizens of the united states. ever since then the statue has been controversial since it went up in 1872. but never more so than now. >> it shouldn't be in a place of honor. it belongs in a museum. not the state house lawn. >> activists murray launched a petition drive to remove the statue on sunday. now it has nearly 800 signatures. yesterday another boost when they offered the quote, 100% support of social media. >> i don't want to erase history but we

brad bell >>> abc7 news. jonathan: since friday we are keeping an eye on harvey.riday night was category four storm that blew ashore. it parked over texas and it will continue to drop a ton of rain. some of the numbers coming in now. 40 to 50 inches of rain in some areas. right now we are looking at the live pictures from spring, texas. this is from a storm chaser down there. they are towing a car out of the high water. we have seen boats and rescues for the folks inside houses. part of the flooding. michelle: the worst from mother nature but the best from mankind. the president now giving some remarks. let's listen in to president trump. president trump: hurricane harvey and the catastrophe of flooding and all of the other difficulties that they are going through in houston. in southeast, texas. now it is looking more and more like the state of louisiana will be also affected. we are coordinating to save the lives. we thank first responders and all of those involved in the efforts. we are working with the texas governor greg abbott who by the way is doing a job.

we'll get to brad bell live in northwest in a moment. nancy: but we start in charlottesville where jeff goldberg joins us live. jeff? jeff: it has been a somber and a gray day here in charlottesville, as people in the downtown mall continue to flood the memorial for heather heyer. you see flowers have grown considerably in the last 24 hours. many notes of support. many prayers here today. it has been mostly a quiet day in charlottesville with the exception of one incident. their arrival was unannounced an unexpected. >> the nationalist community defended ourselves against thugs. jeff: two self-identified white nationalists yelling at reporters after the court james fields jr. claiming fields is not to blame for the death of 32-year-old heather heyer. >> this is on the hands of the city government, of the police, and thed are call left. jeff: with both men getting shouted down by counter protesters, police shielded them away from the courthouse and eventually inside city hall. >> i said what i had to say. nazis need to go home. reporter:

in ocean city, brad bell, abc7 >> a startling new development in the natalie holloway investigation. she disappeared while in aruba. preliminary d.n.a. test of newly discovered human remains show it's a what it person of european descent matching the profile of the 18-year-old. complete d.n.a. results are not expected until next month. an aruban prosecutor is disputing the findings. now the latest for hurricane harvey. handfall tonight or -- landfall is tonight or early in the morning. evacuations are underway. this storm continues to intensifies. it may be five or eight miles or faster. category four. nancy: regardless it is a monster storm. steve: it is. we look at it now. 20 miles from one end to another. jonathan: that is the eye. steve: just the eye. within the eye it's quiet. if you were in the center you would see the sun shining and you would look around and see the clouds. once you get in the northern part of the storm, that the strongest part where you see the orange and the reds. that is going to come ashore as we move through the next few hours or so. this is south padre,

maryland bureau chief brad bell has the story. the prices are on the rise already. brad: they are on the rise in a big way. if you haven't seen it already, i can show you right here on this gas pump in beltsville. $2.59 for regular. supreme $3.299. you can't deny it. it costs more today to fill up your car. it popped up over night. >> 19 cents since yesterday. brad: at the exxon near r.f.k. stadium in district a gallon of regular is now $2.65. >> i will get enough here to go to the gas station where the prices are lower. brad: he may not have much luck. every gas station we visit in maryland, in the district, virginia, the story is the same. the prices are spiking. gas station owners say they have no choice. >> we have to receive whatever instructions from the company. then we go accordingly. brad: yet another cost associated with hurricane harvey. the storm has forced the closure of major gasoline refineries across texas and louisiana. and now the colonial pipeline which feeds gasoline to our region is also shut down. all that means supply is down. when planned labo

nancy: brad bell with the message that the governor hopes the charges will set. brad: according to the county sheriff, each of the people is a drug dealer that caused the death of a customer selling heroin. tonight in the first of the kind of maryland, each is facing a murder charge. a push that is personally supported by governor hogan. >> i think the message here today is if you deal deadly drugs that are killing people, that we are going to make it difficult to do. you will discourage people from continuing the practice and take them off the streets. brad: hogan attended the press conference where the charges were announced. rural community has seen 14 year. 106 overdoses. the state's attorney said the majority are now linked to the powerful synthetic drug fentanyl and carfentanil. >> it will kill you dead. drug dealers have to pay the consequences. brad: sadly, the opioid crisis is only getting worse. in january to march, 550 people died of overdoses compared to to 401 from last year. up 37%. coming up at 5:00, we introduce you to a man who sadly counts his so

brad bell outside the spanish embassy. absolute heartbreak today. i cannot even imagine sharing with you today. right now the embassy was closed we have been seen people come doing business as usual. they say it is a terribly sad thing. i can show you this -- the spanish flag outside the embassy , spanish flags at half-staff. we had an opportunity to speak with one embassy employee. >> situation right now. , we must beorld alert about what is going on. not only europe, it's around the world. we are really sorry. so we have seen some other embassy employees coming and going. they told us they did not have the ability, the authority, to speak on camera, but they told us essentially they are heartbroken by what has happened. we will keep you up-to-date on any new developments. in northwest washington, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: we will check back in with you soon. vehicles have increasingly become a weapon of choice in these terror attacks. five times just this year. june 19, of iran into a crowd in london following services. one person was killed.

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mary's county and brad bell has been working the story. he has an emotional appeal today from a grieving father. brases -- brad: john darling is still brought to tears when he sees a photo of his son bryce. >> i talked to him at 9:00 p.m. at night and i got a call from the police at 11:30. he was gone. brad: bryce o.d.ed on fentanyl. likely believing he had bought heroin from a dealer. >> somebody has to be held account for innocent people dying. >> today john darling skipped work to see someone held accountable. attending a press conference in leonardtown to hear the state county sheriff and the state attorney with governor hogan announce murder charges against his son's alleged dealer. and >> from $50, they do not mind killing our children. >> what they are doing here in st. mary's county is what we need to do in the other 23 jurisdictions. we need to get tough. we need to prosecute. >> here and a handful at the maryland counties dealers who caused death have been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors in st. mary's county say

and brad bell has this in the "7 on your side" i-team report. brad? brad: we're in the garage here in rockville where montgomery county takes care of the fleet including the police cars. they are taking the most local jurisdictions. this is one of the police interceptors on the rack. larry here is with the automotive division and he is doing an inspection to look for a problem. what he is finding is more often than not up here on the little screen he uses. there is a problem. this lift in the garage has been a busy one. one-by-one they have been examining the 108 ford explorers that the county owns. what they found using the specialized camera is stunning. the survey is not yet complete but they estimate 80% of the explorers have a crack in the steel exhaust manifold which could leak exhaust fumes in the engine come -- compartment. when one is found the car comes out of service. make it in to the passenger compartment. >> the driver may not smell it. it's not a smell that you will detect. if they have the window crack it could be circulating right thr

in beltsville, brad bell, abc7 news. horace: the price increase come just as many people get ready to hit the road on labor day weekend. find the latest gas prices on website wjla.com. michelle: tomorrow join abc7 as we team up with the salvation army to stand strong station all day to take your calls and collect your online donations. for more information head to wjla.com. >> we have new information as police search for this man in video caught on camera fairing a gun down a metro escalator. today they say they believe the man is cesar morales. but they are still looking for him tonight. they say he should be considered armed and dangerous. >> this is the type of thing that is very disturbing to a community to see somebody who goes in to a public area in the middle of the day and fires a weapon to one of the metro facilities. or what i would say to the public is really we need your help right now. >> so frightening. if you know anything about morales or the shooting last friday give police a call. you can choose to rema

brad bell? brad: you see the plywood between me and the camera. a lot going on now. the fence going up around the building. the people are not allowed in it. even as the fence is going up and plywood going up. there are people in the building. at some point this afternoon they are going door to door to see who is still here. as the noon deadline approached the crew began to install the perimeter fence. another team started to put up plywood. long time resident denews richards the meaning -- denise richards the meaning is clear. >> y it's just time to go. the elevator went out after the earthquake and hasn't been fixed sense. brad: she says the condos used to be nice but the board and the management community mismanaged the community to hopeless disrepair and utility debt. the fire code violation that forced the evacuation are the last straw. community activists bruce branch says it is a human tragedy. >> i wouldn't let my dog live in there. this is home for the people who cannot afford the market price rent. brad: the condo owner said he worked hard to keep the unit

michelle: maryland bureau chief brad bell following the trouble and is live with the new developmentsshow you why the fire department is so concern ed. >> if you walk over here, another abandoned unit. right up above. i can hear the air conditioner running. someone is living in that unit. fire inspectors arrive at the lynnhill condominiums early this morning. they fan out across the two building 106 apartment complex. they found a long list of the safety violations. >> trash in the trash chutes and the closures of the emergency fire doors. >> the end result is the order for the 60 or so residents hanging on to get out within 24 hours. the end coming for years. the condo owners say management is to blame. utility bills were unpaid and needed repairs were ignored and now the place may be the worst housing in the entire region. the current condo board wants

alison: brad bell is outside the white house where a protest there is beginning. larry: we start with jeff goldberg. >> we are at 4th in charlottesville where a memorial has sprung up for heather heyer and grown considerably. this is where she lost her we heard from the police chief al thomas for the first time addressing the unrest that took place this weekend. >> i have regrets. we lost three lives. a local citizen and fellow officers. we have regrets. this was a tragic weekend. >> this morning the man accused in the murder of heather heyer made the first appearance in court. a feeling of the somberness hit over charlottesville. >> visitors dropped players, say a prayer or take a moment of silence to honor heather heyer. >> everyone is saying she is a hero. that is true. >> heyer, 32 was killed saturday while marching against the neo nazi white nationalists rally in charlottesville. 20-year-old james fields jr. of ohio is accused of intentionally slamming the car in a group of marchers this morning fields appears appn court via a video feed from jail. he didn't

in ocean city, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: have a look at the scene on the chesapeake bay. that is water stop. how cool is that? this is one of the few spotted this morning near cape charles. the social media app banjo flooded with the pictures and the videos like this. they didn't make it to land. this is just cool to see. >> it's thankful to see it offshore. our weather is awesome. we haven't seen this in 12 years. jonathan: even with katrina they d did you hear a storm predict this much rain? >> this is a yardstick. 30 inches of rain way up here. that is a lot of rain. >> in 12 hours? >> it could be four days. four days. >> you can turn this into it easily. there is a lot of information coming in. south padre island. in gal reston the folks are still out and about. they are going to board up and evacuate at this time. the storm is set to hit in six or seven hours. rockport texas, live. we haven't seen action with the people here. it looks like they are deteriorating this is the latest information. maximum winds at 125 miles per hour. if we get the winds. sustained at 130

brad bell is live. this is supposed to be a big extra week of the summer break before the kids went to school. >> they have a time-out from vacation today. it's nasty down here. >> we tant to show this to you. this is a spectacle of nature. the waves coming in. the shore of the jetties so the wavers are not big. panning around to the left, the water crashing. ten-foot rollers coming in off the ocean. we had high tide a while ago at 2:30. there is flooding on the back bay. we talk about this at 4:00. they closed the boardwalk. they are worried about the sand. it is hard to see wind on tv. but when i drop the sand it goes out of my hand university wally horizontal. it's a mess of a weather pattern. >> that is 42 miles per hour. it may not seem high winds but that wind hour after hour like they have there is intense. rainfall at the hotel in ocean city. 1.43 inches. other wind gust but the rain is an inch to inch and a half. the good news is rain is moving out. moderate rain in district. the heavier, stead

brad bell, abc7 news. larry: i'm larry smith at the "live desk." coming up how you can make a lighthouse in the middle of chesapeake bay your own. plus what is bringing this sweet sound of music to the university of maryland campus today. and nasa looking for one person to protect the planet. what it takes to do the job when i join you at 5:00. see you in a few. jonathan: see the dow closed above 22,000 points for the first time. check this out. the credit for number given to a jump in apple stock. if you have a 401k this is a good day to check it. nancy: prince philip is officially refiring from the public -- retiring from public appearance. he has already done 50 plus public appearances this alone. he has been in and out of the hospital over the past few months. a new report shows queen elizabeth drinks four koch tames a -- cocktails a day. the rest of spread out throughout the day and finishing with a glass of champagne around dinner time. at 91 years old that must be a secret to a happy, healthy long life. jonath get back to breaking news keepi

maryland bureau chief brad bell is there with why it is so dangerous and what is being done to changehings. brad? brad: police are focusing on the road. going back i can't remember the bad crashes i covered here. the latest here. palmer road, indian head highway. you my see the debris in the roadway. this involved a motorcyclists. police say he was at fault. according to police he ruse winning up indian head highway on a sport bike. he raced through a-related light on palmer road and crashed in the back of the car and entered the road on a green light. he became the fifth person to die in a crash on indian head highway this year. the road a.a.a. described this way. >> this is perhaps the most dangerous road in the

in salisbury, brad bell, abc7 news. larry: a quick look outside shows today that it's almost a polar opposite of 24 hours ago. look at the sky. what is coming next? stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill with a look. doug: a pleasant night ahead. pretty days. it is 79 in baltimore and washington. 81 in quantico and 81 in hagerstown as well with the plenty of sunshine. the satellite shows everything is cleared out. there is still bands of cloudiness across the bay and the eastern shore. the rain ended in ocean city. they have sunshine this afternoon. through the evening the temperatures drop to the middle 70's. lower 70's in town tonight. perfect weather for the nats taking on the marlins at 7:0 weekend storms are possible. we talk about the chances and the timing and then throw in a full ten-day outlook. it's just what we do here. alison: you are a giver, doug. thank you so much. look at this. this is incredible. in texas, the damage has moved east but 24 hours ago we showed you this scene that was a man barely res

maryland bureau chief, brad bell, live with that side of the story. >> this is something an artist madeo to the statue. it was taken away but then put up top. this is what is going on all day long. people looking and sharing opinions. this happened in the dark of night. contractors with heavy equipment literally picked up the monumental

in cheverly, brad bell, abc7 news. nancy: following breaking news now out of northeast washington. that is where a construction worker fell eight stories. we have now learned that person has died. this happened on n street in northeast. no word on what caused the worker to fall. but a story we will continue to stay on top of. jonathan: coming up next for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- she won the big jackpot. she alone. she gets to take home the monster check. a pipe dream i have always had. jonathan: no longer a dream. it's reality. we will let you hear from her as she describes the moment she realized she had the winner. michelle: boarded up. hurricane warnings across the texas gulf coast as they prepare for harvey. it could become a major hurricane. nancy: plus still ahead at 4:30, manassas battlefield canceling civil war reenactment this weekend. next, how big of an impact this will have there now that the big tourism draw is on hold. i'm in the kitchen. i need my blood sugar to stay control. i need to shave my a1c i'm always on call. an insulin that fits my schedule is key. ♪ tr

alison: that follows maryland bureau chief brad bell's report that montgomery county po explorers and many of them are the infamous interceptors. they found that they were inspenting for cracks and many were found. jonathan: law enforcement agencies nationwide are seeing a spike in the heroin use. nancy: this is wildly reported. alison: but in ohio this week even police were shocked by answer incident caught on camera. nancy: mike carter-conneen has details on the disturbing video. mike: the cincinnati woman is facing charges after the vid joe shows her shooting up heroin while her young child looks on. it's not graphic but it is difficult to watch. cincinnati police say this surveillance video shows a mother preparing to shoot up heroin with a man she just met as her 3-year-old son watched. the man later overdosed but was revived. >> the parents were here. kids were the wall. >> they called the police to help the boy but by the time the group arrived the police were gone. they found the mother with her son near the courthouse the next morning. >> he was well behaviored. he is leaning

brad have kept themselves off the market. >> we are a family, and we will always be a family. >> their divorce started out stressful and ugly. angelina's hypertension led to bell's palsy. and brad admitted he drank too much during the marriage, but he's now sober, and our source says he sees the kids three times a week, and is focused on healthy lifestyle and creating his art. >> this is nicole. heidi, don't be shy. >> and last week, leonardo dicaprio, split from his girlfriend last may, was seen on a yacht in saint-tropez. in june meeting with orlando bloom. gone are the days of naked power boarding. now orlando is focused on coparents his 6-year-old. katy, meanwhile, still single. she's gearing up for a world wide tour and an "idol" judging gig. not leaving much time for relationships. >>> coming up -- who is more likely to steal from a wardrobe? >> debra messing. >> me? >> we're inside the set of "will & grace" 2.0. >> then has mama june lost more weight? her big lbd reveal. >> plus -- it's back, from the crazy to the cameo. >> fabio is here. >>> and a "this is us" hunk on his emmy snub. >> you couldn't find one damn ♪ aaetna. you don't join us,up of joe tas

our brad sattin is digging for answers. >> and sean bell is at the linc. sean? >> iain come later in sports we'll talk bout most questionable position on the team and what the guys needed to to solidify that spot. that's coming up later in spor sports. >>> all right. sean. >>> the boardwalk is crowded in ocean city, new jersey. among the crowds our kathy orr. we'll head back down to ocean city life that's coming up next. ♪ are you tired of trenton politicians playing games while south jersey gets short changed? then vote fran grenier. think it's time we had a regular guy, not a lifelong politician? that's fran grenier. looking for a fighter to take on the tax hikes and job killing regulations? then vote fran grenier. want a leader who'll actually stand up for south jersey schools and communities? if you answered yes to any of these questions, there's only one way: fran grenier. dude, you were right, these wait...what? the gold fish, man! you said i should buy some. no! i said you should buy gold fish, the new scratch-off from the pennsylvania lottery... with top

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