>> today in the district mayor muriel bowser is celebrating the expansion of an extended school year for some d.cr last year's pilot program the mayor decided to expand the number of schools taking part in this program including garfield elementary where today's announcement will take place at noon. students enrolled in extended year programs they get an extra month of classes increasing their school year from 180 to 200 days. >>> and in howard county county executive allan kittleman will announce a new initiative focused on county children and youth. the weekend warrior initiative includes investment in early childhood education, child mental health and summer food access. it's designated -- designed i sh with healthy snacks. that's today at 12:30 p.m. at stevens forest elementary school. holly over to you. >> all right, al, thank you. 6:33. that means it's time for the morning line. it was a late night for the nationals the game ending well after midnight after a three-hour rain delay. just one problem. no rain fell onto the field for about two hours after the game was supposed to start. a lot

d.c. middle school. this is video from the scene on 50th street. a man and a teenager, boy, were shot before 10:00 last night. the man was unconscious and not responsive. the teen was conscious and breathing. police are not looking for a suspect. >>> we have new video from the scene of a shooting that left a new york city police officer dead. this is the chaos after a man walked up to a police vehicle and killed miosotis familia. she was shot in that vehicle. the gunshots sent people running for cover. the video was captured on a surveillance camera. last night, friends and family held a vigil to remember officer familia, the mother of three. she was gunned down yesterday morning. we brought that as breaking news. this is the man who shot her, alexander bond. he was shot and killed by police. >>> developing this morning, congressman steve scalise is back in icu. med star washington hospital center made the announcement. we expect another update on his there are concerns about infection. he and others were injured in a shooting at a baseball practic

d.c. public schools and futbol club barcelona.and will teach young kids value of teamwork and this is all part of mayor bowser 6.2 million investment in middle and public middle and high high schools and get people more active and engaged. mayor will launch exciting new partnership this morning at 10:30 and soccer fans tonight manchester united takes on fc barcelona at fedex field. it's at 7:0 and skhaps foreman chest to test their skills against barcelona star-studded lineup. is messy play barcelona. >> wow, i might go to that game. >> you know where are you going. >> yes, i do. >> two days away from "fox5" next zip trip. it's friday. this friday. "fox 5 news" tiehl will number congress heights in southeast d.c.. tucker barnes starts 6 a.m. from the gateway d.c. on the grounds of st. elizabeth. myself, holly, erin, we join later. "fox news morning" team will be there until 11:00 in the morning and come on down and join us and say hi we look forward to seeing you. >> good friday. right now time to say hello to our facebook fan of

government contractor which provided before and after school care for kids at two elementary schools. >> d.cpolice are looking for the people who drove atv's and dirt bikes on city streets. people seen in this video were seen illegally operating atv's and dirt bikes over the weekend in several locations. if you recognize anyone in the video, you are asked to call police. of course you can remain anonymous. >> ♪ >> 4:35 is our time right now and, you know, mike its been awhile since we've had an all-day rain event. >> yeah. today won't really be all day but like when it's raining, you'll be able to tell ball it becauseit will be coming down py heavily. through the first six days of july, we've had more rain than all of june. >> wow. that is an interesting fact. >> storm racker radar showing we're getting things started early this morning. just south of d.c. that is working its way north and eastward so i would expect rainfall to pick up near d.c. within the next hour or so. it does look like a wet morning commute as erin is going to tell you in a second. definitely leave extra time as you hea

when i was maybe 16 years old, he came to wilson high school here in d.c. and talked to bus his job. in front of the whole school odder toium and i fell in love with the business that day. i never wanted to do anything else. i went to school to study journalism at american u a couple of years later, saw jim vance at a movie theatre creek is, went up -- screening, and went up to him and told him the story. he invited me to chapel 4 to watch them do the news, and we have >> this is -- you guys were competing. >> yes. >> and this is an amazing story. >> yes. >> he came to your high school. >> you couldn't make it up. if i made it up, you wouldn't believe me. to make it more interesting, when i came back to d.c. to take the job at channel 9, the competition for wrc, right, i came to workings there was a fruit basket waiting for me there from jim vance. welcome back to d.c. who does that? right? who has that kind of grace and that kind of heartfelt kindness to do that for someone who is going to be a competitor. that was jim vance. >> we spend more time with the

d.c. high school students are given paid work experience in the child care and early learning setting.they then get hands-on experience needed to get their childhood development associate certificate. now we spoke recentlyí4úm to a graduate, juanita green, she plans to use this experience to launch into her career in teaching. >> work with the little kids, get to know them, their names, you start to talk to them, read to them, play to them, dance with them, take them outside, you see them cry, you comfort them, you laugh with them. >> so basically they're working day-to-day doing typical duties that a regular early learning teacher would do so they're helping do story time, meal planning, washing >> reporter: so it's a two-year program. a lot of work goes into it. some will take their certificate and start to work. others plan to go on to college and start those careers in teaching. >> megan, thank you. >>> we have some good economic news for the area that may affect where you shop and have fun. a wegman's is coming to tysons. it will be part of a major development that will include ca

d.c. public schools and futpol and it will teach values of soccer and teamwork. this is all part of mayor bowser 6.2 million investment in mid and high public schools to get kids more active and engaged. the mayor partnership this morning at 10:0. >> all right. it's fiming for morning line now 6:3. o. my goodness not the way the nats wanted to come home. they were crushed by brewers. ugly game. 8-0 shutout. first start at nats park in a couple years and gave up 7 run. only three were earned. three were homers. and that's zach davies over eight innings of work and milwaukee leads central over half game of cubs. third loss in 11 games for washington. before last night's game tribute to to jim vance. nationals showed a clip of his throwing out a pitch at nats game and high list of decade long career in d.c. and after that tribute a moment of silence to honor the legendary anchor man. tonight game two. first 25,000 fans get this. pretty sweet. d.c. mayor will be on unveil the logo ofle all star game held at nats park hosting for the first time since the ballpark open

nancy: public schools in d.c. traveling abroad at no charge. we have our "spotlight on education." ie cox and morgan are back on u.s. soil after a week-long all expenses paid trip to china. >> it's part of the school system focus on the global education. >> this year they have traveled abroad for free. the recent trip to china involves a panda conservation trip where >> we got to feed her and take pictures. she is doing great. >> she has the d.c. attitude from us. >> they have fond memories and same they returned home changed. >> this made me want to travel more. >> realizing someone else's life is different and everyone has a story of your own. i'm open minded now. >> which is what the global education program is all about. understanding the global cultures to help the students become globally competent citizens. kellye lynn, abc7 news. jonathan: now adorable video of puppies to show you. look at that little fellow. they are training for a serious mission. the golden retrievers are trained to be service dogs for veterans. it takes time. $20,000 per dog. >> we have quarterly retreat

school for at least five years. according to the post, research shows d.c. turnover rate is not that unusual. se between 15 to 30% of their principals each year. >>> tomorrow the department of health in maryland will spray to prevent the increase in the population of mosquitos, and it comes after the detection of west nile virus in the mosquito pool earlier this year. and officials are reminding people to protect themselves from mosquito bites. >>> and then fallout after 35 people got sick after eating at a local chipotle. they are suing the chain for $75,000 plus interests. they eat at the chain, people have tested positive for the norovirus. customers got sick in multiple states after an e. coli outbreak. >>> and then researching the uses for hemp. it's the same as marijuana, and hemp cultivation was passed in 2014. >>> let's take you outside and give alive look. there the sun is. feeling that warmth. >> not this early. it's still 63 degrees. >> i know, it's a cool start to your sunday morning, but we have lauryn tracking the forecast. >>> it was a major decision this week on transgender tro

d.c. mayor bowser hosting every day counts. students from six public schools in d.c. will come together to come one a plan on how to boosts aend step an answer. community liters and school officials and stakeholders enjoy students to present ideas. that events start 10 this morning at the smith sewnia they're hosting a summer reading today's events starts 10:30 and will be healed spark lab national museum of american history. steve. >> time for morning line writing in and out. interesting lineup of sports right now. baseball after a nine game road trip nationals back home taking on milwaukee brewers. first place milwaukee brewers. edwin jackson gets the start for washington. haven't said that much since 2012 when member of nationals and he gets game pal tonight. representatives from the service branch will be on hand as we preview activities, i was trying to make it two in a row. kevin gooseman six strong innings and sent race to reason worth fifth straight loss. baltimore victory in the lost eight games putting on mid season push here. big news out of nba all the talk

. >> at my high school there are a of issues they feel like they are almost a little and don't trust people. >> can radio's father looks a -- konrad looks at biggering are d.c. >> reminds me of grade school. a lot of immaturity on both sides of aisle. are off the o.'s table politics is all consuming gabby r this couple torgerson and riley berry. >> what are you talking about? the election, politics, donald trump. immigration law. regardingh everything american politics at the moment. a but the seifers believe love for the great outdoors bridges the political differed in oregon. that conservative or liberal everybody has an appreciation for how green is.gon >> in oregon you feel like ?eople are unified > more than what might first appearance. >> back at the bar he makes simple. we talk about beer, wine, oregon ducks. things like attachment >> in salem, oregon, lisa fletcher for "full measure." >> next week on "full measure" a -- tale facts presented as science that may not be. probably think an article is in a journal probably written at a university based on independent study and that is that. it used to be that way as you described it. simple. and it began

d.c. our own jim handly got schooled in the art of ax throwing.found out pretty fast, you don't have to be a lumberjack to like it or win. >> welcome to the world of ax throwing. darts that can do more damage and give you a bigger adrenaline kick. >> that's very satisfying. >> it feels good? >> yes, it does. it feels very primal. >> but there's a learning curve. the founder and washington event director stewart martin has mastered it and makes it look easy. >> oh, my god. perfection! >> each range has an axpert instructor who will run you through a lesson from 14 to 16 feet back. >> not heavy. >> oh, they're not. >> it's not that bad. >> how sharp is this? >> sharp enough. >> we have this designed so that it's one rotation in. >> it begins with the grip, similar to grabbing a golf club. >> so right hand is going to go at the butt of the ax. >> and then the rock. >> overexaggerate the rock, forward, backward. >> if you try to muscle it with just your arms, you'll get nowhere with this game. you're using your core and a beard or flannel shirt in jul

d.c. by storm. i just got schooled in the art of axe throwing. i found out pretty fast you don't have to be a lumberjack to like it or to win and just about anybody can play. >> welcome to the world of axe throwing. think darts that can do more damage and give you a bigger adrenaline kick. >> that's very satisfying. >> doesn't that feel good? >> yes, it does feel very primal. >> but there's a learning curve. crackin' axe's founder has mastered it and makes it look easy. >> oh, my god. perfection. >> each fenced in range has an exexpert instructor who will run you through a less son. >> six times out of ten, not heavy. >> they're not. >> how sharp? >> sharp enough. >> they're four to six pounds. >> we have this designed so that it's one rotation in. >> it begins with the grip, similar to grabbing a golf club. >> the right hand at the butt of the axe. >> then the ro forward, backwards. >> if you try to muscle with, you'll get nowhere. you are using your core and a beard or flannel in july won't help. women have an edge with axes. >> women tend to d

not far from the middle school. d.c. police say a man and teen boy were shot just before 10:00 last night. the man was unconscious and not responsive there. the teen was conscious and breathing. they are not looking for a suspect at the time. as we get new details, we'll bring them to you. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we have new details about a deadly shooting we brought yesterday morning. a suitland mother is grieving violence. >> the worst nightmare happening again when haven't even finished grieving for my first son. >> wednesday morning, someone shot and killed the 18-year-old. his mother said he was visiting a friend. four years ago, his older brother, c.j., was murdered at a bus stop. a $25,000 reward leading to the killer. >>> a federal jury convicted two virginia men in a string of gun store burglaries. court records show preston jones iii and matthew jones stole 35 handguns from a store in chantilly. they were involved in gun theft in spotsylvania county. both men face ten years in prison. dep deportee back i

d.c. public high school juniors and seniors. the goal is to send two girls from every school to work on their game. >> how cool. >> at the line it's going to be pellgrini getting the touch. >> second place is -- for the first time ever at the world championships, ledecky did not finish first in a race. she finished second in the 200 meter freestyle. fed rick the -- >> on saturday, she will compete in the 800 freestyle. she's so good, when she comes in second it's news. >> we never get to report to. not that we want to. she'll do better. >>> this is some pretty shocking new video overnight. that souped was justin bieber striking a photographer with his car. probably going to see this on facebook if you haven't. we watched it for you. looked like the paparazzi were surrounding bieber's car here. bieber did get out to try to help the guy. the man only had minor injuries according to police. bieber was not charged with anything. police say it was an accident. >> hope everyone was okay. >> celebrities trying to push through the crowd

hoots around to schools in the d.c. area, partnering with police and youth services as director of the nonprofit wings over america. >> mr. hoots, please open your wings. >> reporter: many kids have never seen a wild bird up close. >> it's cool. little scary. >> scary, why? >> because he's a bird. we don't know what he'll do next. >> reporter: you can see and hear the bond between rodney and his birds. >> don't open your fist no matter what this bird does. >> okay. well hello. >> does he feel soft? >> he sure did. he felt so soft. >> reporter: rodney teaches the kids more than just handling and feeding the raptors, they learn about conservation and animal migration. >> like a little jacket. >> reporter: scientists rob beergarden and rodney work together to capture an osprey and attach a tracker. >> the radio was on a bird we called rodney after rodney. >> reporter: they helped log on the bird they named leila and get a lesson in caring and conservation. >> little nervous, that's all. >> reporter: he hopes some day the k

d.c. mayor bowser will anops a par partnership between public schools and barcelona. it will be geared to d.c. middle school students fo focusing on learning through soccer training and female high school athletes going to spain to study abrown as early as next spring. that will launch 10:30. >> rix rex tillerson taking off from duties. he intends to remain with the state department. tillerson is entitled to take a few days to himself. >> 7:19 now and sad news you may have missed. frank sin at row's widow died at the age of 90. she was his fourth wife and raised millions to help abused children and died of natural causes age of 0. >> coming up major change in strategy for valuable company. >> and lucky whitehead was let go for a case of mistaken identity from cowboys. we'll talk with his agent live at 7 lift is teaming one taco bell to get a fast food fix. people who go on the lift app and select taco mode got a taco menu. custom themed menu they're testing in the next two weekend. they'll expand to markets and roll it out nationwide you next year. i assume that means

this is getting closer to the back to school time and abc7 is happy to join forces with the united way and the d.c. united. on august 10, you can bring backpack and school supplies to 14th street in southeast. we hope to see you there. jonathan: we'll be there to help stuff the bus. that >>> tonight, president trump on the attack. going after his own attorney general. this evening the president now saying, quote, time will tell whether sessions survives. our team right here with new reporting. how close is the president to firing his attorney general? >>> the emotional return. senator john mccain back on capitol hill after revealing the brain tumor. his pivotal vote on whether to move forward on a repeal of obamacare. >>> the family tragedy. tonight, the family speaking out. the 5-year-old boy droughns. >>> the new report tonight after a deadly train crash. a mother of three killed when she stops on the tracks. several passengers on the train

school choice is hugely popular in the black community particular among the black poor. barack obama gets into office and tries to shut down the per gram and d.c. and tries to shut down the school program in louisiana. why? not because these programs are popular not in the van. the charter school wait list is hundreds of thousands of kids along. tries to shut down because he has the political need to satisfy people that helped him get elected. he decides to do their bidding in the ethnic voting blocs that played a large role in electing him. he became a politician and that i think is how you get political clout on the neediest members of the group that is sent that person not to represent them politically. in terms of john's criticism john's criticism part of it really surrounded, he thinks the racial debate is in this country has shifted more to the deindustrialization of the country and how, he says that black intellectuals to his mind are really focused on blaming sosa's -- social pathology in the ghetto on the absence of -- and that is what led to the current state of affairs. he thought i should have done more to talk about that as well.

for a high school robotics competition in d.c. earlier this week. now the sixteen teen members of the burundi team are missing. they were staying in a dorm. the coach said they left their room keys in the bag. they took their clothes. two were spotted going in to canada. >>> a new class is helping people after they suffer a stroke. that class makes them dance. >> imagine you are a minor league baseball player, a game hundreds of miles away and your flight gets canceled. what do you do? hear about the >>> way back in the olden days, kids, i'm talking to you, when we didn't have the iphones taking digital pictures, we had cameras like this one that you put film inside. you heard of film? you had to carefully take it out of the camera, drive it down the street to a place that could develop it and print out the pictures for you. it was a process. it took forever and it wasn't pieap if you took a ton of of pictures, a wedding. 38 years ago aprons georges couple lost their to the toes when a pharmacy burned down. it's never too late to recreate one of the

and that allows us to make critical investments in schools and housing for d.c. residents. >> more than 280,000 indians travel to the d.c. area last year alone. that's a number that's expected to double by 2025. governor terry mcauliffe calls this an economic bridge between the two nation's capitals. >> so if you're interested in making that trip to india, the trip leaves friday, sundays and mondays. flight time, 14 hours and five minutes. abc 7 news. adrianna: it is summer traveling season and the t.s.a. and duluth has a reminder about what items you and ask and cannot bring on your carryon bags. liquids less than 3.4 ounces can go in our carryon. anything more has to be checked. and also, most champ objects and whens will need to be checked. and all large electronics must be points. coming up on abc 7 news at noon, a monster of a fire out west. but that's not the only issue firefighters are dealing with right now. find out what could be an even bigger throat the people living in that area. plus, a scare in the sky. the trouble on board a delta jet that forced a

school year. today volunteers helped some students get ahead of the game by stuffing backpacks with supplies at the horton's kids community resource center in southeast d.c. >> we have children in 28 different public school and charter schools as cross the city. they'll be here t school starts to get ready and excited before the beginning of school. >> the supplies that you see here are all donated and they came from washington area residents and companies and portland's kids is celebrating 28 years of service to the community. >>> and we'd all like a little more room on a plane, right? but the feds refuse to impose rules on seat sizes. how a big decision here in d.c. could lead to a change for everybody. >>> a response to a house fire turns into aeath d 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. plus hbo for one year and multi