at gillespie was down in suburban richmond and gillespie pulled it out. but it was a very narrow. we should tell you that corey stewart was a staunch republican -- donald trump supporter. still is. told supporters for much of last night that the race was too close to call. he campaigned on a can -- on a conservative platform, making provocative statements to garner the attention of the electorate. old show that he had a fraction of the some orton of ed gillespie. he was the gop favorite. at one point he headed the republican gop national had the solid backing of most elected state republicans. he did not embrace trump in the way that stewart did. we heard from both republican candidates. >> we will not rest until we defend our history and heritage and stop this politically correct insanity. not put that outside the realm of possibility. a recount would he in the bounds of the draining of the swamp. >> [indiscernible] suzanne: you just heard that representative saying that they were strongly considering asking for a recount, but they say they won't make a decision until all of the

kimberly: gillespie has a huge cash advantage, about $2.5 million available.ly has about 100 87,000 dollars, wagner 59,000, and they are second and third in recent polls. learn more about all candidates on both sides by going to wjla.com. it is still warm outside. you can see pennsylvania avenue here, still busy even though the capital pride festival has wrapped up. let's check in with josh: yes, the temperatures topped out at reagan national at 93 today, and it is currently still sitting at 80. the dew point continues to creep up, so it is feeling soupy, and more than likely will start off that way tomorrow as well. the feels-like temperature's, right around 80 degrees. we have the high pressure continuing with the southwesterly flow. we follow that in a clockwise direction, pumping all of the warm air in our direction. tonight, the temperatures stay on the warm side again, close to a full moon, 64 to 72. within the beltway, most of us will stay in the 70's. further out west, some temperatures in the 60's. for a lot of us come it will still be a warm night. t

you have gillespie talking about agreeing with everything trump saisd.atime a letted me ask you, for the democrats who do you will the best choice to win when we get to the election after the primary? >> that's a. q. -- there was a washington post, an option of good good choices. p per yellow brings a lot of. i think that both of the either way at the end of the day would be very against like someboy like ed gillespie. cabot what's your pick for the republicans. >> on the democrats i'm going to pick per yellow pulls it out. on the republicans ed gillespie did unif i the party early on. he didn't go as far as to the right. corey stuart ran a diversified campaign. it definitely seemed gillespie unified the party early on than a i think that will serve him going forward. >> he learned the hard way not to win an election a couple years ago. it was close. thank you both. when we come back we're going to take a closer look at what voters are saying at home. we'll be right back. we have less than 14 minutes left to hit the polls in virginia and let's go back to

[laughter] unless gillespie comes across to his point of view. other words, the republicans are intent on remaining divided. virginia has 13 electoral votes. if they allow that stage of the democratic ill have a tough time losing presidential elections. so you have to wonder what people like cory stewart are thinking when they say, we can't support our candidate. breathless talk about the democrats. because the turnout was enormous. the last time you had a competitive race, 2009. only 320,000. qwest may have over 500,000. where republicans should be a little worried. they had a pork turnout compared to the democrats made a 60 percent. republican turnout was pretty low and that deep suburbs area. that really hurt gillespie. >> that is, it is a huge vote for one thing and it has been trending left. >> traditionally it is groups that favor republicans. but this also was -- >> i think the democrats are fired up. they will vote for anybody. and this is crucial you know there is a lot of talk in the press about heaven democrats will move left and have

ed gillespie and corey stewart -- separated only a few thousand votes. the associated press- calling the race for gillespie -- but stewart -- saying not so fast. suzanne kennedy is live in vienna.. suzanne? breaking overnight - - president trump facing another lawsuit - this time from congress. nearly 200 democratic senators and representatives are suing the president over foreign money flowing into his global business interests. they allege the president is violating the so-called emoluments clause of the constiutition, which says only congress may approve foreign gifts and payments. the lawusit is the third of it's kind against the president. earlier this week, the democratic attorneys general of maryland and the district filed a similar claim. this afternoon both of them will be holding a conference call to discuss that case. the president and called these lawsuits baseless.. arguing the emoluments clause is not intended to prevent normal business like hotel payments and real estate transactions. breaking overnight... an american student detained in n

the lead by gillespie expanded substantially.ne of the first things he said is that he is going to unify the supporters on the republican side. >> and for all of those who supported my opponents corey stewart and frank wagner who waged hard fought campaigns, not only do they appreciate your efforts, but we do, too. we want you to know that we not only will listen to you, we fight for you through november to win this election and we want you to be part of our effort. you are very welcome to join this campaign. we cannot afford four more years of a liberal governor in the commonwealth of virginia. >> gillespie says tomorrow is a busy day and will join the rest of what he considers to be the republican ticket as well as john adams attorney general. they will be touring the commonwealth starting tomorrow. >> live for us in richmond, thanks so much. the race that got so much attention before tonight was on the democratic side. >> would tom perriello backed by bernie sanders cut into the quote establishment vote. tonight it is ralph no

andra gillespie: "we have a president of the united states that has made statements that many peopleto be racist. they have to acknowledge that may have drawn some voters to their coalition-- as a result they have a particular responsibility to once correct the divisive rhetoric that they used during the campaign and to call their supporters to task when they enge in this behavior."the white house friday denying any correlation: question: what is the president saying about this? especially as people are saying over the past 130 plus days people are saying there has been a divide that has perpetuated from this white house?sean spicer, white house press secretary: "i would respectfully disagree with the premise on that. we need to denounce hate in any form in any act and the president made it clear from election night through his inauguration that he wants to unite this country moving forward."but politics might not be the only explanation. gillespie also citing social media and advancements technology for the increase in overtly racist acts.andra gillespie: "that allows people to say

gillespie has a huge cash advantage--- about $2.5-million available.tewart has about $187,000 and wagner, stewart has about $187,000 and wagner, about $59,000... they are now 2nd and 3rd in recent polls. learn more about all the candidates... on both sides at wjla dot com. if your getting ready for work today.. you probably aren't the one who hit the powerball jackpot over the weekend. we know at least one lucky person who lives in california had all the winning numbers. the grand prize reached an estimated 447-point-eight million dollars! it's unclear if the california player was the only winner. the massive jackpot came in at tenth in the list of the largest awarded u-s lottery prizes of all time. at 4 xx time for weather. toss to eileen weather. toss to eileen alert - record highs possible today - heat wave breaks wednesday - t-storm chances wednesday through sunday today: mostly sunny. hot and humid. highs: 91-95 winds: nw to sw 5-10 mph tonight: partly cloudy. mild and muggy. lows: 66-74 winds: w 5 mph tuesday: sunny to partly cloudy. isolated pm

ed gillespie won a surprisingly close race on the republican side. the opponent cory stew wart is refusing to concede. >>> this is a tragedy that nobody would have ever imagined. three siblings now left without their parents. police say ralph stabbed his ex-wife sabrina to death at her home in vienna and then shot himself a few blocks away in his own backyard. that left eight-year-old twins and a teen son family and neighbors and friends are trying to help the kids this morning. community fundraiser happening in vienna. posted a link to the go fund me account raising money for the family. head to nbc washington app to find this. one of the children has a rare genetic disorder. money go to help with million -- medical expenses as well as funeral expenses. >>> right now family searching for this missing teen. d.c. police say the 17-year-old was last seen on saturday. she was last seen wearing a blue swim suit, gene shorts and black tennis shoes. >>> family in silver springs worried about the welfare of this 56-year-old woman. she was last seen yesterda

ed gillespie, scocorey stewart frank wagner.ulie carey is in fairfax tonight with four things to watch for in tonight's primary. what do you have your eye on? >> reporter: hey, leon, obviously the headline tonight oi nomination for governor and lieutenant governor in both parties. but there could be other interesting trends. here are four things i'm keeping my eye on tonight. first of all, will we see a trump effect? will democratic voters who might not normally turn out for a primary be especially motivated because of their anger over president trump's policies. and throughout the campaign, democrats have claimed their supporters are newly energized because of the november election. will that result in any sort of record for virginia primary turn-out at least on the democratic side. and if the democratic votes don't exceed gop ballots, what does that say about whether activism is going to equal votes? it will also be interesting to see if virginia voters in both parties end up supporting the more establishment candidates, north

ed gillespie won.you told me he would beat corey stewart because president trump fired because he was too out there. as a small amount as he did, it is stunning. it tells you and you have to be careful one event is one event. it suggests that trump is not a black swan. that trump being elected in the republican primary is not something that is a one-off. that corey stewart ran as the trump candidate. drain the swamp. against the confederate statues around the state. unapologetic like president trump. for him to almost beat ed gillespie more has been running for the office the last four years is stunning. it suggests the republican base is not unenergized. it is the trump base is energized. the establishment wing of the base is not. if you are a republican facing a primary, establishment republican facing a primary, today is a worrisome day for yu. >> i would add that the notion that trump is some kind of rogue wave is dissipatindissipating. somehow we will go back to a republican, even mainstream repub

. >>> gillespie narrowly defeated corey stewart. stewart made preserving virginia's confederate history a top campaign issue. it came within one percentage point of upsetting gillespie. in virginia's democratic primary ralph no orcnortha mrm won that. >>> a ruling on president trump's travel ban. justice department lawyers got more time to respond to 9th circuit ruling, a ruling that went against the administration. the justices are expected to consider the case behind close doors one week from tomorrow. >>> almost 200 congressional democrats will sue the president over foreign payments. the constitution says the president needs the okay from congress before receiving money from foreign governments. the suit alleges president trump has not sought approval violating the constitution. the president refused to sell his businesses before taking office instead shifting assets to a trust but he can withdraw money at any time. watchdogs worry his business transactions could influence policy. some examples, saudi arabia government renting r

the associated press has declared ed gillespie the wifner over stuart.stuart 43 to h 2 percent. fox5 bo like to extend an invitation to mr. northam and mr. gill less pi to join us on fox5 news morning tomorrow. let's check in with sue now and get the latest on our weather out there it has been a scorcher of a day i would like it to cool down. & think you have a lot of company in that department, sarah and jim. i'll tell you what, tonight the humidity has really come up. it was bad this afternoon, but it's really bad tonight. one of our staffers went outside a little while ago and said a it was hard to breathe as you hit the wall of humidity. we're seeing some places with dewpoints in the mid 730s tonight. that is really tropical humidity. what that means tomorrow as a frontal boundary gets closer we will likely have more widespread storms. we have isolated storms mainly west. any storms we see tomorrow could feature heavy rain and they would be slow moving. the potential for a little bit a flash flooding if we get a marginal risk of some of these being s

on the republican side, ed gillespie, corey stewart and frank wagner fill out the ticket. julie carey joins us from a polling place in fairfax county. what are you noticing there, jules? >> reporter: hey, wendy. here in fairfax county and out in loudoun, we're seeing far more democratic ballots than republican. the other thing we know, turn-out is going to be extremely low when compared to a regular november election. in most places, it's not even going to approach >> reporter: turn-out at times a trickle even at this ashburn polling place that boasted some of the highest numbers on this primary day. but here and in other parts of northern virginia, far more voters casting democratic ballots. one reason, the democratic contest between ralph northam and tom perriello is seen as the closest race. voters we spoke with, going with northam because of his general assembly experience. >> i think both are equally good. but i looked at northam as a little more middle of the road. >> to be honest with you, i'll be happy with either one. but i feel like ralph has the experience. >> i

gillaspespie gillespie. we want you to be efforts. you are very welcome to join this campaign. we cannot afford four years of another liberal governor in virginia. >> served at virginia campaign chairman for a while refused to concede the election last night. when he spoke to his supporters, he had a very clear message, fight, fight, fight. in order to ask for recount, final vote margin would have to be less than 1 percentage point. for a look at all the results in the primaries, open the washington app. >>> seeking relief at the nearest school, but after two deaths in four separate swimming actions across the area people are being reminded to take safety precautions. started yesterday morning when a nearly 2-year-old boy died at a home day care pool. then on the montgomery county line, a man's body was recovered near the reservoir where swimming in not allowed. inve pulled a five-year-old boy from a pool and is now in serious condition. and determines what was found at the bottom of a pool and rushed to the hospital. >> are attractive. the heat wave draws attention to the pool

i guess what's surprising to me is how close gillespie and stewart were in northern virginia and to met was evidence that said huh. that means whatever republicans were here, they weren't as moderate as we know they normally are. >> the republican party in virginia just like nationally has moved further and further to the right. and virginia is especially now a moderate state. you called it blue, i call it purple with a blue tinge. look, the republican base now is owned in part, probably large part, by the trumpians, supported trump. he carried the primary in virginia and the rest of the republicans, if they're moderates, they either don't participate in party primaries or are voting democratic in the fall. >> larry, i remember a bit of debate whether the republicans should pick the nominee via primary or convention. convention didn't work so hot the last time, i think there was a push for primary. had there been a convention, would we be talking about republican nominee corey stewart? >> it is very possible because as conservative as the primary electorate was on the republican side,

republican nominee "ed gillespie" will be campaigning in alexandria. he'll make two stops in old town later this afternoon. gillespie is facing democrat "ralph northam". feels a bit like october this week at nats park.. tonight the best pitchers in the national league the past two years go toe to toe.. max scherzer vs. jake arrieta of the cubs.. the defending world series champs in town for a 4-game series.. the nats down 5-0 going into the bottom of the 9th.. but they'd rally.. "mister walk-off" ryan zimmerman up with a chance to do what he's famous for. instead, zimm strikes out to end it. cubs win 5-4. game two begins at 7:05 tonight.. longtime virginia attorney patrick killebrew was an avid nationasl fan - and he apparently had a great sense of humor too. the 68 year old died last week. his obituary in the richmond times dispatch read, quote pat "passed away peacefully at home, after watching the washington nationals relief pitchers blow yet another lead". killebrew died a day after watching the nats blow a six run lead against the marlins. his fam

the associated press is calling it for ed gillespie.ewart not conceding, saying it is too close to call. we will keep you posted on wjla.com and "good morning washington." alison: one last look at the weather? wave, a break in the heat a cold front and thunderstorm and a few showers tomorrow. alison: jimmy kimmel's next. nancy: have a good night. z2e2gz z1a2z y2e2gy y1a2y giant has unbelievable pro tip produce prices. : so you'll never have to choose between your favorites. i thought i was your favorite. that's right honey. take a fresh look at giant's produce prices. ♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ z2e2hz z1a2z y2e2hy y1a2y >>> tonight's "jimmy kimmel live" is brought to you by pokemon go. remember that? that was stupid. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, johnny knoxville. jessica st. clair and lennon parham. from "mr. robot", rami malek. and music from band of ho

news 4 caught up with cory stewart who lost to gillespie. he acknowledges gillespie as the gop nominee. >>> there could be more trouble for president trump in the washington investigation. >> robert mueller is now looking into whether the president tried to obstruct justice. news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. what actions of the president are the special counsel looking into and who do they want to interview? >> reporter: they want to talk to members of the senior national security team, according to the washington post, about whether the president tried to lean on them to somehow get involved in or get the fbi to back off this russia investigation. specifically, according to the post, mueller wants to talk to the director of national intelligence, dan coats, admiral mike rodger nsa and richard leggett who according to "the new york times" may have detailed a conversation between his boss and the president. coats and rodgers when they testified here recently wouldn't say what they talked to the president about. leggett may be abl

. >>> republican ed gillespie raised 4.9 million dollars more than four times of his opponents. >> sof, thanks for talking with us here. we're really interested in the gubernatorial primaries. how much of this do you believe is really the trump effect, that really has people jumping into this race? >> i think on the democratic side there's no question, for one thing, he may not have run without trump victory, he said that was a catalyst for his campaign and considering his late entry in the race in january. i sort of take him at his word on that. looks like turn-out could be high and an uncompetitive in jersey which is state roughly the same size as virginia had about a half million voters. and it wasn't competitive >> i'm glad you mention new jersey because eight years ago when chris christie was first elected he john core sign who was the incumbent democrat and that was early on in the obama administration and the like instantly a reputation of president obama early on based on that one state-wide race, will there be that similar retention paid to virginia considering how blue it's

we did hear from ed gillespie. >> president trump wants to tighten the rules on immigrants. >> we'lllain in when we come back on 5 at 6:30. >> ♪ stronger is rebuilding a newborn's heart... and restoring a father's faith. it's standing tall after one surgery... not six. stronger is being a typical kid... despite a rare disorder. ome sooner. stronger is seeking answers... and not giving up, until you find them. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. and we'll be putting in legislation to that effect very shortly. >> according to the white house studies found 51 percent of households headed by an immigrant used public assistance at a rate than nonimmigrant households. it doesn't take in the difference between immigrants and nonimmigrants families. >> a lot of people are facing the delineation between illegal immigrants legal immigrants and i believe the president was speaking legally in that context. >

display a fair hit on ed gillespie?ly, almost lost the republican nomination, because he wasn't close -- perceived as close enough to president trump. >> well, you know, his tax plan is a disaster. it just gives tax cuts to the rich on the backs of the working class in virginia. he supports mr. trump's now new medical plan that puts 23 million americans at risk, especially those with pre-existing conditions. he agrees with mr. trump that he should have separated from the paris agreement, putting a lot of detriment and just bad things for environment in virginia. so you know, he's just cut from the same cloth as mr. trump, and again, that's not what we stand for in our democratic party in virginia and we're going to do everything we can to keep that influence from coming to virginia. >> you have been very tough on president trump the individual. is there anything in his agenda that as a governor of virginia, you would want to work with him on, not against him? >> well, obviously, he wants to build our military up. and we

cnn projects that ed gillespie will win this race in virginia. we've been watching this race all night. it is a squeaker. and you're seeing about a 4,000-vote spread there. he'll face the democrat who won and this will sort of assess the trump effect this coming november. this is a much closer race than expected because the trump candidate, if you will, corey stewart, had a lot more support than anticipated. he now has the mission of healing the divide in the republican party before trying to take on ralph norton. >> so, corey stewart was the trump person, sort of ran in trump's image gillespie did not? >> ed gillespie was distancing himself a bit from trump, not doing the full trump embrace, taking more of the establishment lane and it gave him a bit of a scare tonight perhaps. he does emerge with the victory and it's about trying to piece together the factions of the republican party to have a unified party going into the general election. >> we will follow. thank you so much. let's talk about the attorney general jeff sessions today now. infur

>> hinojosa: he's performed with mario bauza, dizzy gillespie, and tito puente, and is one of the most celebrated percussionists in latin jazz today-- musician, conductor, and composer bobby sanabria. i'm maria hinijosa. this is one on one. bobby sanabria, i just want to read the first line from your official bio. it says you are a percussionist, drummer, composer, arranger, bandleader, recording artist, producer, filmmaker, conductor, educator, multicultural warrior, and of course, multiple grammy nominee. and all of that produced in the south bronx. >> that's right. as we would say in the south bronx, all that and a bag of chips. >> hinojosa: so a lot of people, when they think of the south bronx, 1960s, '70s, when you were growing up... >> right, right, right. >> hinojosa: ...their image is of a place that was entirely desolate, that was, you know, in destruction. >> right, right. >> hinojosa: but for you, it was a totally different reality. >> well, there was that element to it. but i always say that i was very fortunate to have grown up in that time period, because the culture, as

. >>> tuesday's primary the new polls show the national committee chair, gillespi gillespie favored and on the democratic side is >> republican senator vogel for voting for the first openly gay judge. he filed a lawsuit accusing the ve vogel campaign. >>> he's served times for corruption charges. jack johnson already served several years in a federal prison in cumberland. at the end of last year, he was transferred todd a half way house in baltimore. court record shows a judge denied his request. johnson claims the evidence shows misconduct. >>> donald trump breaking his silence creating a sense of he silence. >> reporter: president trump punching back saying he lied and he's willing to swear to it under oath. >> 100%. >> the president prepares to talk to special counsel and calling james comey's testimony is not true. >> no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leak and frankly james comey confirmed a lot of what i said and some of the things he said were not true. >> like now that infamous loyalty pledge. >> he asked specifically of loyalty in the context of asking me to stay. >> i hard l

primary that's taking place in virginia as well saying the likely winner appears -- seems to be ed gillespieformer george w. bush administration official who narrowly lost democratic senator mark warner. he has a lead in the polls against two republican opponents including cory stewart who was the trump campaign virginia chairman. that happening right now today across the river in virginia. michael is in laurel park new york, line for democrats. caller: i was hoping to catch the guy before you he was throwing out a lot of false information about germany paying their fair share and other countries paying fair share. we're the ones who start the wars. their gdp, obama asked them to chip in more. bush did too. trump administration, they got their people all over the tv this morning cnbc, fox and cnn. i would imagine they're going opass up a bill health bill. i wanted to tell you about a story about trump. i've known trump since 70 something. host: how did you know him? caller: my first exposure to him was him hiring to get old lead kicked out a rent stabilized apartment in new york city. he thr

according to the latest quinnipiac poll - ed gillespie is the republican frontrunner. he's up against corey stewart -- and state senator frank wagner. on the democratic side, polls show a tight race... between lieut northam -- and tom perri-ello. for results tonight- tune into abc-7 news at 11 - and wjla.com. turning to baseball-- nationals fans may have expected a "pitcher's duel" with stephen strasburg on the mound. but last night's game against the braves-- was nothing like that. strasburg gave up 2 homers in the first inning-- to kick off a scoring bonanza. but the nats battle back-- scoring 9 runs, heading into the ninth inning. pitcher matt albers can't protect the lead. tyler flowers hits a 3-run home run. the braves beat the nats .. 11-10. that's washington's 4th straight loss. president trump named in a lawsuit involving lavish spending at his d-c hotel. what the white house is doing.. coming up. plus-- she may be one of music's biggest names. but when it comes to her income-- queen b comes in second place. who is number one? we'll break it down.. coming up. -

on the repulican side-- it appears edward gillespie has scored a narrow victory over challenger corey stewart. but don't tell that to stewart. his campaign says this race is still too close to call. according to his campaign spokesperson, not only is he not ready to conceed, he is also not ruling out a call for a recount. the republican race is still up in the air, the republican race is still up in the air, but on the democratic side, it was much more one sided. northam -- winning the democratic nomination for governor - beating out his competitor tom perriello with 56 percent of the vote. he spoke to supporters last night. it wasn't all smiles and good times for northam. his event was interrupted by demonstrators protesting natural gas pipeline projects. northham has not endorsed or condemned the project, only saying that pipelines should get strict environmental reviews. meanwhile-- northam's democratic rival, tom perriello, tweeted this out last night. he congratulated the lt. governor on his win, and called on the party to unify ahead of the general election. to see full results

. >>> from the republicans, republican national committee chairman ed gillespie got a win over corey stewart. he also says he does want to work unite the parties. stewart has refused. >> we've been backing down too long in the culture of our heritage and our country. and we for the last several months have been fighting. that fight will continue. >> and another big story of the night, the number of female winners, 14 of the 20 democratic house primary winners are women. >>> also ahead in our next half hour, we are going to give you a closer look at the testimony of attorney general jeff sessions. making headlines for the questions he refused to answer. >>> 6:06. this morning a reminder about being safe at the pool. >> it comes after two drownings and two near drownings just yesterday. joins us this morning and near where an almost two-year-old boy lost his life in a backyard pool. so tragic, megan. >> reporter: yes, tragic indeed, as you mentioned police are telling us that little boy was getting ready to celebrate second birth in a couple of weeks. tuesday morning around 11:30 when

on the republican side, ed gillespie, corey stewart and frank wagner are all on the ticket. julie carey has been talking about voters and seeing a few trends emerge. >> reporter: no matter the outcome in today's virginia primary, there is going to be a little bit of history made. this is the first time both the republicans and democrats have had a gubernatorial primary on the same day. but at the two polling places we visited this afternoon, one in ashburn, one in county -- far more democrats were costing ballots. on the republican side, ed gillespie has long been seen as the clear front-runner over corey stewart and frank wagner. turn-out is expected to be low in the summertime primary, but democrats say, with all the anger over the trump presidency, they are expecting their numbers to be higher than normal. in loudoun county, i'm julie carey, news4. >> you have until 7:00 p.m. to get in line at the polls, but first brush up on where the major candidates stand on key issues. we posted their responses on the nbc washington app, search virginia governor. >>> first at 4:00, a

larry: gillespie has a huge cash advantage. stewart had $18 ,000. wagner $59,000. you can learn more at wjla.com. alison: a political matriarch is celebrating. it's barbara bush's birthday. she is >> it eat -- i'm steve rudin and at a new venue. what makes it unique next. >> why a board m stronger is rebuilding a newborn's heart... and restoring a father's faith. it's standing tall after one surgery... not six. stronger is being a typical kid... despite a rare disorder. stronger is finding it earlier... and coming home sooner. stronger is seeking answers... and not giving up, until you find them. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. >>> back live in college park. a lot going on. the students are gone for the summer. the university of maryland in college park is still hopping. we are at a brand new venue that opened last month. we have marty here, the executive director of the

. >> ed gillespie defeated cam pain manager cory stewart. travrping wagner finished third. >> democrat justin fairfax beat flat and rossy and he'll challenge jill vogel in november. >>> all right. five minutes past the hoyer now. it's heavy outside, mike. >> again this morning that kind of -- it's like a july feel outside right now. it's mid summer heat and humidity in mid june. up stayed of mid jewel. >> and here's what we had outside today. temperatures warm. humidity is high. 79 degrees is your current number in d.c.. check out annapolis happening ton 0s from late last night. 76 over dulles and 75 westminster and 72 leonardtown and fredericksburg 1 for you. satellite and radar showing clouds south. mostly clear to start. sunshine to start the day and once again temperatures offer to a quick started and then later on this afternoon we'll get more clouds around the region and have betterchance of thunderstorms than we did yesterday. daytime high, 91. very, very humid today. wind out of west 5 to 10. scattered thunderstorms ru rumbling throu

republican side, there are three candidates, state senator frank wagner, former rnc chairman ed gillespieunty corey stewart. >> i used to say, i was trump before trump was trump. >> stewart trails in recent policy to eddie gillespie. this campaign is far from a trump tribute? when the administration putting forth policies good for virginia i'll work get them enacted in washington, dc, but for policies that don't or hurt us, i'll oppose them >> virginia elects the governor the year after the country elects president. >> from 1969 to 2013, all of those governors' races, half of them predicted what would happen in the next year's mid term elections, so history is as good as a coin flip. >> it looks like this governor's race will be a good test of the old add taj all politicses is local because lawmakers from the other state and the president seem to get at much attention like improving schools and raising the minimum wage. in article, peter due si, fox news >>> a fairfax county district court judge is in trouble. he was stopped at a dui checkpoint on april 28 building. a spokesperson said th

gillespie says people may feel emboldened to express politically incorrect views === in the same waydent trump has. experts say social media also plays a part -- where overt racist acts are exposed because more people have the technology to record them (vicki) an indianapolis family is nervously waiting to find out if a tick bite is to blame for the death of their toddler. kenley ratliff loved spending time outside... but last week she came down with a 104 degree fever. she was taken to the emergency room twice for strep throat and then released. when her fever wouldn't break... she was admitted to the hospital. kenley was given an anti-biotic and placed on a breathing tube while doctors tried to diagnosis her. she had a brain infection, swollen hands, and rashes all over her body. (nichol kirby/family friend): "just the condition of this poor baby laying there the way she was it's a mother's nightmare a father's nightmare. she would be devastated to see this to happen to anyone else."(vicki) according to the centers for disease control-- a tick borne disease which causes a bacterial

the latest quinnipiac poll shows the state's incumbent ralph northam and republican ed gillespie. ralph northam joins us. welcome. what about president obama? is anything scheduled yet? because we haven't seen him taking an overtly political role. >> congratulations on your lifetime achievement award. i called president obama and we had a great discussion and we are very thankful and excited that he's going to help us out in 2017, so we look forward to the details of that. >> so you haven't scheduled anything yet? >> no, we haven't scheduled anything yet. >> when you run against gillespie, the president's popularity is still below water in virginia, but it's famously a state that's part southern, part not, you got federal workers, and military installations in the tide water. is it a referendum on donald trump? >> well, i think andrea when we listen to virginians we have worked very hard here. we have had great success, we have had close to 200,000 jobs in the commonwealth of virginia. unemployment is the lowest it's been in nine years, so people want a job in west virginia. every

one called for unity, gillespie barely survived. stewart led by fewer than 5,000 votes. monday utilities a pillar of the campaign. voter turnout stunned many fellow republicans. stewart didn't concede and said he wouldn't back gillespie as nominee. >> there's one word you will never hear from me, that's unity because look, folks, we've been backing down too long. we've been backing down too long in defense of our culture, our heritage and our country. >> all right. >>> let's check the weather with bill karins. storms in the midwest, we get a reprieve from the heat. >> three or four days in the 90s, mentioned yesterday that crazy temperature at laguardia of 101. temperatures have come down. relief has been found. buffalo, windows open, 59. northern new england in the 50s. 60s many areas. cooler air settling to the south. you'll feel it today. the morning will be humid, this afternoon nicer from philadelphia to new york, boston, hartford, providence. the heat is on. upper 70s to start the morning. 80 in st. louis when you walk out the door. that's where the heat and humidi

. >> so cory stewart was the trump person, sort of ran in trump's image gillespie did not?ed gillespie was distancing himself a bit from trump, not doing the full trump embrace, taking more of the establishment lane and it gave him a bit of a scare tonight perhaps. he does emerge with the victory and it's about trying to piece together the factions of the republican party to have a unified party going into the genroom election. >> we will follow. thank you so much. let's talk about the attorney general jeff sessions today now. infuriating democrats by leaving many of their questions unanswered. john barrett, former white water independent counsel robert ray and cnn legal analyst who is a former watergate special prosecut prosecutor i am really exstatic. so i'm going to start with you. you were all uniquely involved. you're the former watergate special prosecutor. do you see similarities in what happened back then and play out in washington d.c.? >> everything is compressed in time now . this is such an early stage in the investigation and yet there's such chaos with one inv

well, i had a chance to catch up with ed gillespie today.an nominee for governor of virginia. this was after an event in manassas and i pointed to a tweet that he's got pinned to the top of his twitter profile. in it he says that his democratic opponent is the most extreme left wing candidate ever to run for governor in virginia. is a tweet like this part of the problem? take a listen to what he had to say. >> i think pointing out someone's policy differences is not part of the problem and the fact is governor northam >> to note someone has become a liberal and embraced left wing policies i don't question his motives in that regard. i just think he's wrong. when you're focused on issues and highlighting the policy differences, you know, that's -- that's civil discourse and i'm going to continue to focus on policies but those differences are significant. >> reporter: now, i reached out to the democratic nominee, ralph northam. he called the president a narcissistic maniac. look at this tweet he called gillespie the biggest gator in trump's sw

andra gillespie: "we have a president of the united states that has made statements that many peoplend to be racist. they have to acknowledge that may have drawn some voters to their coalition-- as a result they have a particular responsibility to once correct the divisive rhetoric that they used during the campaign and to call their supporters to task when they engage in this behavior."the white house friday denying any correlation: question: what is the president saying about this? especially as people are saying over the past 130 plus days people are saying there has been a divide that has perpetuated from this white house?sean spicer, white house press secretary: "i would respectfully disagree with the premise on that. we need to denounce hate in any form in any act and the president made it clear from election night through his inauguration that he wants to unite this country moving forward."but politics might not be the only explanation. gillespie also citing social media and advancements technology for the increase in overtly racist acts.andra gillespie: "that allows people to

stewart acknowledging gillespie of the primary.here's a lot more to go in the studio. >> thank you. >>> a lot more to come. coming right back. creating jobs foreaner, reliour veterans... helping those in need save money on their energy bills. it takes 16,000 dominion energy employees doing the job. and now, dominion energy is investing $15 billion to build and upgrade our electric and natural gas infrastructure... creating jobs now and for the future. across virginia, we're building an economy that works for everyone and dominion energy is helping power the companies that power our economy. >>> take a look at the high temperatures we saw across the area today. 91 degrees. that was the hot so yes we continue that heat wave four days now. 90 degrees or higher. current temperature up to 88 degrees now. actually now down to 86. winds out of the east at 10 miles per hour. that easterly flow will keep us cooler to showers to the west of the blue ridge and we've got some showers and thunderstorms down around the fredericksburg area. right

new poll shows cory stewart surged past ed gillespie nominee four years ago going into the lead in therepublican primary. it's still close, 42-41 stewart's rise is seen among those that support trump and agenda. >> the tighter between the con tend ebbs there. let's bring in ronica cleary with more on the races happening in virginia tomorrow. ronica? >> reporter: hey, jim, shawn, you know i love a good primary race and this is a fascinating one to watch on both sides. i had the chance to sit down with two candidates. first i'll tell you about cory stewart. he's republican candidate you referred to that poll that seems to be surge ago head and pointed to that during the interview and three important issues that he wants to he can us on cutting taxes, what he calls a crackdown on illegal immigration and investing in infrastructure and finally cory stewart as taken on unexpected and controversial issue if you will. he talks often about pro protecting and depending civil war monuments. listen to this from our interview. >> most republicans will not touch that controversial. i believe in tac

michelle: so to recap here, it will be gillespie versus northam when it comes to who will be the next governor of virginia. we want to move on now. continuing coverage of the ballpark ambush is next with jonathan. jonathan: i'm jonathan elias in the del ray area of alexandria. we'll have continuing coverage of the ballpark ambush shooting that targeted members of the republican congressional group out here practicing baseball. we have more on the dispatch calls and we'll also have the "7 on your side" team digging deep in the background of the shooter killed after the shootout. nancy: i'm nancy chen live on capitol hill. a lot of lawmakers taking to social media to react to today's shooting. we will have that part of our coverage still ahead. make sure you stay connected with us. abc7, on all platforms when we come back. i feel it every day. but at night, it's the last thing on my mind. for 10 years my tempur-pedic has adapted to my weight and shape, relieving pressure points from head to toe. so i sleep deeply but feel light. and wake up ready to perform. even with the weight of hist

rnc chair ed gillespie is the frontrunner facing prince county corey stewart and frank wagner.l have to face the dynamics in a state that is slowly turning increasingly blue. hillary clinton defeated donald trump there by more than five points in november. >>> next, we'll dig into the elections coming up and their possible implications. i know a bunch of people who would love that. the internet loves what you're doing... ...so build a better website in under an hour with... ...gocentral from godaddy. type in your idea. select from designs tailored just for you and publish your site with just a few clicks-even from your... ...mobile phone. the internet is waiting start for free today at godaddy. dental professionals recommend using an electric toothbrush. for an exceptionally fresh feeling choose philips sonicare diamondclean. hear the difference versus oral b. in a recently published clinical study, philips sonicare diamondclean outperforms oral-b 7000, removing up to 82% more plaque and improving gum health up to 70% more. its sonic technology cleaning deep between teeth. from

ed gillespie was leading in the recent polls. voting had to be moved outside after this hazmat incident. there was a chemical spill in the building. everyone is okay. whooping cough surfaced at a school in northern virginia. they sent out a letter saying a student was diagnosed. the symptoms start with runny nose, mild cough, low grade fever. then after two weeks a high pitched cough to give it the whooping name. it is contagious but there is a vaccine most people get. >> nationwide search is underway for inmates that killed two guards on a transports bus and hijacked a passing vehicle. >> the car drove up behind the bus. the victim suspected it then two prisoners come out armed with handguns and ordered him out of the car. >> i saw two brutally murdered corrections officers. that is what i saw. i have their blood on my shoes. nancy: the driver of the stolen car was not hurt and none of the other prisoners on the transport bus escaped. but the verdictses are now looking into how the prisoners got in a gate inside the bus. michell

gillespie won a narrow victory over his trump-supporting challenger in the republican primary for the virginia governor's race. his challenger, corey stewart, ran his campaign on his loyalty to president trump. while gillespie was expected to win by a wide margin, he ended up winning by only a few thousand votes. he'll now face democratic lieutenant governor ralph northam in november. and a new analysis of 2016 data shows that five men now possess as much wealth as half of the world's population combined. , a five men, bill gates spanish businessmanan, jeff bez, warren buffett, and a mexican medications.. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. attornrney general jeff sessions appeared before the senate intelligence committee on tuesday for a highly anticipated hearing. during his opening statement, sessions denied colluding with russia ahead of the 2016 election. participated in any collusion, that i was awar

gillespie, former member of rec and the other borrowed president's rhetoric for his campaign. >> when i started this movement, i wanted to do a few things and the first of those things i wanted to do was to support revolution that president donald trump started in 2016. >> we will keep an eye on that governor's race. in the meantime the no. 2 spot, the lieutenant governor and the nominee will be justin fairfax. this was fairfax's second run for statewide office. he ran for attorney general in 2013, but lost in the primary. he will face jill vogel on egg lex day, she is the republican nominee. vogel is currently a state senator representing a big stretch of virginia from culpeper to louden county. >>> some local races, you can see the results scrolling right here at the bottom of your screen and available any time on our website, wusa 9.com and our app. >>> now scary moments outside a daycare. a group of teens assaulted a woman just after she dropped off her children. young women taken into custody. they range in age from 17 to 18 years old. don is on the story for us. >> reporter: it

we break it down now with: andra gillespie-- she's a political science professor at emory universitytlanta. and greg bluestein, a reporter with the "atlanta journal- constitution" and native of georgia's sixth congressional district. thank you both for joining us. i want to start this by looking at the extraordinary numbers involved in this race, the dollar figures. from what we know, as of the reports at the end of may, the democrat jon ossoff brought in $23 million, republican karen handel 4.5 million but outside groups $24 million. how close is this race and why so much spending? >> this race is neck and neck. most polls show ossoff within a 1 to 3 point lead in margin of error. it could be either way tomorrow when we have the final vote. $42 million plus have now been spent on ads alone, many negative. district residents have been pummeled and metro areas have been pummeled with ads about this race which means there is a slim number of undecided voters. >> reporter: what is happening politically? is this extent of spending everywhere or is there somethingn't this race? >> unlike