kristen holmes has details on the president's latest tweet mr.r investigation by the fbi? president trump ignoring questions on the fbi russia probeafter a morning tweetstorm on reports he is now himself under investigation saying:i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director! witch hunta source who spoke to the president within the last 24 hours-- saying trump was likely refering to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein --- who wrote the memo recommending the firing of former fbi director james comeyat the same time-- trump transition officials-- receiving a memo directing them to save all records that could be relevant in the russia investigation vice president pence hiring a lawyer to represent him in all matters related to the probe vice president mike pence: it's very routine. (reporter: it's very routine?) pence: very routine. while the administration continues to play whack a mole with questions on russia--- president trump is taking a swing at his predecesor's legacy once again--presi

delegate eleanor holmes norton. spectrum we have the godfather of go-go, chuck brown. he is up there. as well as roberta flack, prince, wale and d.c. radio icons russ parr and donnie simpson. muhammad ali, dave chappelle, dick gregory, taraji p. henson, harriet tubman and jim vance are also all up there. coming up tonight at 6:00, we get reaction to the choices. a good line-up there. i don't know how you could pick fault with any of those. what do you think? funny it's going with that many. it's a stainle in the city you become used -- staple in the city you become used to. donnie simpson, barack obama up there. nancy: i need to check it out. michelle: it pleases everyone. larry: chuck brown. a lot there. i can't wait until it's finished. michelle: we can go get chili. larry: get some chili. yeah, too. thanks. michelle: sure. larry: good to see them there. when you think of workout gurus, jillian michels or richard simmons come to mind. how about ruth bader ginsberg? how she stays strong and how you can too is going

alison: okay, horace holmes. thank you very much.on your side" consumer alert now regarding the micro chips in your credit card. almost all cards have them now but not all stores accept them. scott taylor with the reason why. scott: right now in america, there are 766 million chip cards being used at just under 2 million merchant locations, which is only 39% of all stores across the country. no wonder at a lot of businesses they continue to tell you to swipe and not use your chip card. "7 on your side" wants to know what is the holdup? randy handerhook, the director of the u.s. payment forum explains. changing the box on the counter that the consumer interfaces with but also the cash register or point of sale system and back end software that runs that system in that store. scott: the national retail federation tells us, 99% of their members will have chip card readers up and running by the end of the year. but a third party hired by card companies need to certify machines at 5 million stores. >> the merchants have done their part. t

kristen holmes has the story at 2:02 this morning -- the exact time the first shots were fired here atulse nightclub in orlando -- survivors and families of the victims gathered for a private ceremony, a reading of the 49 names of the victims that were killed that day. it's the first of many events here in orlando on what's being called orlando-united day here and across the country. officials asking americans to join together in acts of love and kindness today.patience carter / pulse nightclub shooting victim: people ask me all the time. like how do you feel since this happened. i don't know how i feel. every day is honestly different. patience carter continues to heal. it's been one year since the nyu student and two of her friends went to pulse nightclub for a fun night out while on vacation in orlando. patience carter / pulse nightclub shooting victim: it literally was the time of our lives. we were so excited. then boom the gunshots start.carter shot in both legs, a bullet shattering her femur. her friend akyra murray, one of the forty-nine people who lost their lives when 29-year

holmes says the regulatory taking violates the constitution unless is compensated. when it goes too far. >> correct. >> what they want others to do is to put pretty clear lines in the term, too far. the problem is i cannot think what the lines should be. perhaps there are different circumstances and factors. for example, in your case, i imagined that what the state was concerned about is that he want to preserve a lake. at the same time, they want to own some property around that lake and they used to be able to own properties. here is what they say. you can build one. it does not matter if you have parcels lumped together. one. that is what you can build because this constitution is concerned about protecting people. not rocks. and so we look at the people and say, how does this affect them? , you haves case factors against you in the federal circuit and other opinions of ours have avoided drawing clear lines you see where i am going and i just want you are general response. this case does not address the merits of whether there is a taking. it has to deal with the

holmes was there in cleveland, courtside for all of the acts.j. >> reporter: all right, kendis, diane. now what? we now have the golden state warriors up 3-0. in the finals. and there is no team in any round of any nba playoffs. that has ever come back from 3-0 down to win a series. so, i know it is lebron james, and i know -- how, how -- quite frankly, great he its. but this is not the same warriors team that we have seen the past two years. because they added a key ingredient. and that is kevin durant. kevin durant is, is, has been one of the top two, three, four, five players, the past five plus years in the league. in fact it was kevin durant who actually sank a bucket of three pointer, late in the game, that put the warriors on top and they did not look back from that. so here we are. 3-0, guys. and to now think that the possibility of the cavaliers coming back from this, look, we don't think they could do it last year. a lot of people wouldn't think they could do it this year. but i think we have learned at this point to wait and see. to s

the politicking ivy holmes in for larry king this week the supreme court ruled that muslim men detained after the september eleventh attacks cannot sue u.s. law enforcement officials in the george w. bush administration it was afforded to a decision that has many wondering if we have the right balance between security and civil rights let's talk about this and much more with longtime washington d.c. and republican party insider former congressman chris shays of connecticut he served as ranking member of the national security and foreign affairs subcommittees and on the house homeland security committee he joins me from our nation's capitol welcome senator congressman thanks for joining us i appreciate it nice to be with you so let me pose that question to you as a former congress person sitting on those committees do you believe that we are striking the right balance between security and civil rights well i think we have to be conscious of the balance but let's just remember we had three airplanes that had passenger in it and it used as missiles to to attack the united states brought do

of the politicking i mean holmes in for larry king this week saudi arabia's king solomon appointed his son mohamed bin solomon as crown prince replacing his nephew who had been first in line to the throne what does this mean for the middle east and also for us saudi relations let's get an assessment from joel rubin he served as deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs in the obama administration and is president of washington strategy group global government affairs advisory firm joy joel joins me from our nation's capital welcome joel thank you great to be with you amy. so let me ask you about this apparently they can leapfrog over the crown prince and put his son in place in the next in the line of succession is this something that we should consider just sort of a blip internal saudi politics or is this an earthquake that could lead to real tension and conflict in saudi arabia but it is a significant shift and its timing is fascinating because saudi arabia right now is engaged in a variety of conflicts in multiple fronts right now again as we know they're engaged

(jr stone) reporter kristen holmes explores the fault-lines of race in america in the trump- era.told us to go back to saudi arabia.two oregon men stabbed to death while trying to defend black and muslim teenagers from a racist tirade destinee mangum, targeted by hate speech: "they lost their lives because of me and my friend and the way we looked and i just want to say thank you to them and their family." a noose found hanging inside the smithsonian's african american history museum in washington dc. and a racial slur spray painted across the home of an nba superstarlebron james: "being black in america is tough."all in one hate filled week.... but...these are not isolated events...according to the southern poverty law center...there were more than eighteen hundred bias incidents from election day through the end of march. and andra gillespie--the director of the institute for the study of race and difference at emory university says this uptick áisá partially a reflection of the current political climate. andra gillespie: "we have a president of the united states that has made s

. >> jon: josh holmes, former chief of staff tim senator mitch mcconnell and jim chesley.im, obamacare was passed entirely with democrat votes. this go around seems to be all on the shoulders of republicans, but the american people say they want both parties to go to washington and get things done. why are no democrats apparently interested in joining in this bill? >> i don't think mitch mcconnell wanted democrats involved in this bill. he had secret meetings with republicans. this bill is put together behind closed doors with no hearing. republicans made a promise for 8 years. they said they're going to repeal obamacare and they said they had a plan that was going to be better and lower premiums and make more people insured. it was like a ponzi scheme of lies. they didn't have a plan. ryan didn't have a plan, mcconnell didn't have a plan, and trump certainly didn't have a plan. i think after this thing goes down, they can get together in a bipartisan way and do something with obamacare. republicans are playing up their strategy right now, not democrats. >> jon: josh, you

reporter kristen holmes ...shington with the latest details on the administration' s new policies... and new troubles. mr. president, are you under investigation by the fbi? president trump ignoring questions on the fbi russia probeafter a morning tweetstorm on reports he is now himself under investigation saying:i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director! witch hunta source who spoke to the president within the last 24 hours-- saying trump was likely refering to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein --- who wrote the memo recommending the firing of former fbi director james comeyat the same time-- trump transition officials-- receiving a memo directing them to save all records that could be relevant in the russia investigation vice president pence hiring a lawyer to represent him in all matters related to the probe vice president mike pence: it's very routine. (reporter: it's very routine?) pence: very routine. while the administration continues to play

in new orleans, i'm kristen holmes.eve) another big story tonight: the stabbing of a police officer at a michigan airport is being investigated.. as an act of terrorism. tonight a canadian man is in custody... accused of stabbing the officer in the neck. witnesses reported hearing him yell "allahu akbar" and reference killings in syria, iraq and afghanistan.<(david gelios/detroit special agent in charge) "i will tell you that we are investigating this incident today that happened at about 9:45 this morning as an act of terrorism. we have just filed a complaint charging an individual by the name of amor ftouhi. he's a 50- year-old resident of canada who legally entered the united states in lake champlain, new york on june 16, and made his way to flint."> the officer has undergone surgery and was in critical condition but is said to be improving. the f-b-i says the suspect arrived in the united states last week.... but at this point it does not appear to be part of wider conspiracy. pam, steve, back to you. coming up(wher

. >> jon: let's bring in joe trippi, josh holmes. thanks to both of you for being here. joe, are you convinced that there is going to be solid evidence that this is some kind of obstruction of justice by the white house? >> i don't know if it will be solid evidence, but i think comey's testimony, if it is that he was asked, could you let it go, that testimony that we are hearing is potentially what he's going to say. if he says that, it says to me that you're going to see this investigation and the consequences hangover this white house probably for years. it's not going to go away if that's his testimony. >> jon: fh buckley has written a piece for foxnews.com that i saw this morning and i wanted to redo part of it. he says the best evidence that trump wasn't pressuring comey is that he didn't resign. however else we might be divided, we can all agree that trump should not have fired comey on may 9th, he should have done so on january 20th. this was, after all, what the democrats had wanted. the piece goes on from there. josh, what do you think about that? >> all of that

resumes and report political analyst amy holmes thank you for joining us. at the start, we are hearing this rhetoric from both sides. it has been coming down since the election started months and months ago. >> political language can get hot and passionate. when it comes to political discourse but it is crossing the line. another clip you could have added to that montage is our former vice presidential candidate senator tim kane from virginia saying only days after the president's inauguration democrats need to fight in the streets. he was talking physical, violence against the president and -- heather: he wasn't talking about people physically going out -- >> he had a list of things, we need to fight this way, that way, fight in the streets. heather: that is what people are talking about, this dangerous rhetoric, one of the congressman called it rhetorical terrorism. how people need to think about the words they use like fight or die or because there are some people in a different state of mind to take that seriously. >> some people like yesterday's shoote

in washington, i'm kristen holmes.steve) a live look at san francisco tonight..get ready for some hot temperatures this weekend and beyond.(pam) chief meteorologist brittney shipp is tracking the heat wave. warmer temperatures are expected for the weekend into next week as an upper level ridge strengthens over the southwest. a heat advisory is in effect for most inland locations for this weekend into early next week as temperatures warm to as much as 20 degrees above seasonal averages and begin to pose potential heat related illnesses. dry weather conditions and mostly clear skies will also prevail through the forecast period. still ahead - new at ten: an alternative punishment. a teen caught stealing avoided jail -- but you won't believe what he had to do instead. (pam) and next: amazon buys whole foods.... how the move could soon change the way you grocery shop. amazon is buying whole foods for nearly 14-billion dollars in cash. amazon says, whole foods will continue to ope

now to heather holmes. she joins us with more on the testimony including questions from california senators. >> reporter: dianne feinstein focus on sessions role on the firing of james comey. comey testified last week he felt his firing was a result of his refusal to end the fbi russia investigation. >> did you ever discuss director comey's fbi handling of the russia investigations with the president or anyone else? >> senator feinstein, that will call for a communication between the attorney general and the president and i'm not able to comment on that. >> you were not able to answer the question here whether you ever discuss that with him?>> that is correct>> you had no verbal conversation with him? about the firing of mr. comey? >> i am not able to discuss with you or confirm or deny the nature of a private conversation that i may of had with the president on this subject or others. >> kamala harris person to describe the policies supported his refusal to answer since the president did not invoke executi

alison: troubleshooter horace holmes says there are important lessons she learned from the mistakes sheade. horace: roberta by trade restores precious artwork. >> everything was painted over the face. horace: when we met her last summer she had a restoration project e did not know how to fix. >> if you wonder around in the dark you might fall in. >> this was supposed to be a fish pond. >> frogs and water lilies. horace: beautiful. >> i would love to have it. horace: what she got was a hole in the backyard. $9,500 bill. more than a year of aggravation. this is jay mccoy. gregor says once he got the money she promised to pay and subsequently more mccoy stopped working. according to gregor, he hasn't given a refund. when he first contacted "7 on your side" we got ahold of mccoy who told us bad weather caused to stop work on the project. he promised that the pond would be finished in august. august came and went. so did the fall and the winter. >> called me on new year's day and apologize. he said he would make it up to me. i thought to myself i need to see or find someone else. >> we conta

i'm horace holmes, abc7 news. nancy: now at 6:00, president trump's twitter fingers back at it again. who he is taking aim at and the reaction from the white house. jonathan: the 13-year-old killed from the v.r.e. train identified and how the family is remembering her tonight. nancy: plus, do not mess with a pregnant woman. a story behind this wild scene. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. jonathan: right now president trump's tweet setting social media on fire. nancy: the president taking aim at "morning joe" and the appearance of one of the anchors. trump slammed anchors joe scarborough and mika brzezinski calling "morning joe" poorly rated. he went on to say she insisted on joining him at mar-a-largo around new year's and she was bleeding from a facelift. the tweets rubbed quite a few the wrong way. the abc7 instapoll tonight how would you describe the president's tweets? self-defense or online bullying? go to wjla.com/votenow to weigh in. take a listen to how some in our area are reacting to thi

nancy: horace holmes has the details. horace: free of charge.e have been very, very busy this afternoon. this great panel assembled by the folks at a.a.a. here is a question people are calling to ask. what is difference between comprehensive and collision coverage. can you answer that? >> yes. collision is if you are at fault. you have a deductible for that. the next deductible is comprehensive, fire, theft, vandalism and glass. horace: you would like both? >> yes. alison: multiple brands of chew treats are being recalled after some dogs have fallen ill. lisa fletcher is on your side with the alert. what is causing the dogs to get sick? >> it looks like the tech group manufacturing facilities were using a chemical for cleaning the food processing equipment. that is part of the manufacturing. they have reported a bad odor and illnesses. it's healthy side brand good and fit and good and fun. american beef hide. gy jestese -- digestes. for more information go to wjla.com. they pop up at many places including the big box stores so check and see if y

kristen holmes has the story.sten holmes/spanish fort, alabama: "tropical storm cindy has already made landfall in southwestern louisiana and continues to head north. the national weather service warning there could be life-threatening flash floods." tropical storm cindy ... looming over the u-s gulf coast ...bringing with it heavy rain and the threat of flash flooding.up to a foot of rain could fall in some spots over the next 24 hours.cindy has already sent high winds and strong surf to coastlines from alabama to texas.mos: "it was pretty rough, we had quite a bit of lightning and thunder close by, bigger waves than this."state officials have taken steps to prepare for the worst -- louisiana and alabama declared states of emergency wednesday.and the storm system has claimed at least one victim -- a ten-year-old boy who was fatally struck by a log in the water.some 17-million gulf coast residents are under a tropical storm warning...but that didn't stop people from heading to the beach to look at the pounding wav

larry: that was horace holmes reporting. developing now, although he has yet to concede the republican primary for governor of virginia, corey stewart is already looking toward the future. stewart telling the "associated press" he is considering a run for senate next year. democratic senator tim kaine is up for re-election in 2018. stewart nearly election. alison: a former journalist could be the first transgender member of the house of delegates. democrat rome will face republican delegate marshall in november's election. marshall has represented the 13th district that includes part of prince william county for 25 years. last year he introduced a bill limiting what bathrooms transgender people could use. larry: okay. well, middle of the week looking ahead to the weekend now. pretty consistent fairly for the weather. >> yes. still hot out there. what is the latest, doug? doug: for the fourth consecutive day over 90 degrees. a cold front came through and now it cools down for a couple of days. showers and storms fredericksbur

reporter kristen holmes is tracking developments. attorney general jeff sessions in the hot seat tuesday...jeff sessions/attorney general: i am not stonewallingtestifying in an emotional and often combative hearing before the senate intelligence committee jeff sessions/attorney general: these false attacks, the innuendo, and the leaks, you can be sure, will not intimidate meafter, according to sources, former fbi director james comey told senators in a private hearing the attorney general may have had another undisclosed meeting with a russian official during the campaign. jeff sessions/attorney general: i have never met with or had any conversation with any russians or any foreign officails concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election in the united statessessions defending his role in the campaign and the investigation...jeff sessions/attorney general: i recused myself from any investigation into the campaigns for president, but i did not recuse myself from defending my honor against scurrilous and false allegat

delegate eleanor holmes nor norton. she never received an invitation and she was actually put on a wait list but that she would also have to pay at least 600 bucks in fees to be on that list so she made the decision not to go. the capital pride organization said they do representative representative holmes norton very much and that they are now looking into what happened. >>> go back to molette green at the live desk now. >> she is tracking details about a lawsuit against president trump. what's going on. >> reporter: it's an unprecedented move. attorneys general in maryland and the district possibly filing the suit today going after trump over foreign payments to his anticorruption clauses in the constitution. the washington post first reported this saying if a federal judge allows this president trump would be asked to hand over copies of his tax returns. now trump already faces a similar suit from a non-profit, but the justice department has argued that that suit has no legal standing. back to you, megan. >> molette,

i'm horace holmes. week,ently as this brandon morman advocated killing the police, according to witnesses. he was charged with aggravated assault. the ddot worker and one police released fromeen the hospital. one officer is still in the hospital, showing improvement. there is a gofundme page to assist with the recovery. nearly $9,000 has been donated so far. two montgomery county teenagers were murdered the night before their graduation. a 17 euro was buried earlier this week. family and friends are choosing to remember them. reporter: family and friends him, shot and killed just days before his 19th birthday and the night before his high school graduation full stop friends say he was a bright and a copley student who strive to do his best. he was supposed to start school at the university of maryland in the fall. those dreams were cut short monday night when he and a friend were shot and killed sitting in a car in montgomery village. his stepfather says the hurt feelings are not his legacy. that is n a

i'm horace holmes. d.c. firefighters are still on the scene, dousing the blaze. they rescued several residents, some of whom jump from the windows to escape the flames. ryan hughes joins us from the scene. ryan: a very scary morning. 15 hours later, firefighters are still here putting out hotspots. the building is still smoldering. nearires started somewhere the third and fourth floors and took off. it happened at possibly the worst possible time, so many people sound asleep. amazingly, everyone made it out alive. moments as firefighters used ladders and scramble to rescue dozens of small children and residents trapped inside of the apartments. >> i was screaming help, help. ryan: she woke up just before 3 a.m. to thick smoke. outside, a wall of flames quickly spreading and engulfing the building on peabody street in northwest. >> when i opened that door, i've never in my life seen smoke like that and had that smell. ryan: tina gardner ran out the basement with her five-year-old daughter, but she could hear desperate cries for help. >> they were saying, we need h

i'm joined by kristen holmes, what are the reactions of the attack is across the country. >> reporterned concerns of security. here at home the department of homeland security quickly issuing a statement last night, saying there was no information of a specific or credible threat of the united states across the country. we have heard u.s. officials and police departments echoing that sentiment. cities like new york, boston, los angeles, are urging residents to remain vigilant as always and not be alarmed if they see an increase in police presence. let's listen to new york mayor bill de blasio. >> new yorkers will see a stronger police presence around the city including our counter-terror forces. >> reporter: and a reaction from florida governor rick scott, tweeting terror from london, it continues to hurt london and it must stop. knowing first hand how something like that can impact a community, it has been almost exactly one year since florida, specifically orlando, the second most deadly attack on u.s. soil since 9/11. >> kristen holmes, thank you very much for that. >> president tr

delegate eleanor holmes norton was missing from this year's capital pride parade.ice said it would cost money to be put on the wait list. >>> attorney general jeff sessions will testify tomorrow before theat committee. it comes a few days after former fbi director james comey's testimony raised questions about the attorney general and russia. meanwhile, president trump is facing a new lawsuit. we'll tell you why the attorney generals of d.c. and maryland are filing it. >>> if you have friends or family in california, you might want to find out if they are now a multi-millionaire. that's because one winning powerball ticket was sold in the golden state. it's worth $447.8 million. >> yikes. >>> well, the number of car smash and grabs in prince george's county is steadily rising. >> our county bureau chief tracee wilkins shows us how police plan to stop it. >> reporter: thefts from auto is the number one crime in the county right now according to police. around this time of morning when folks are getting up and going to work and finding out their vehicles have been br

. >> ktvu heather holmes is here tonight to begin our coverage, heather? >> well julie and ken can, we learned the gunman had worked for ups for 17 years. the official with the teenster unit said he complained of excessive overtime, but no one foresaw what happened this morning. the shooting took place at the ups package distribution center at the hood of the trail hills. it's a building so large it takes up a city street about 8:50 this morning when police got the call. >> you could see several shots of the ups building and under several people who were shot. >> delivery drivers were attending an informal daily briefing. one of the workers pulled out a gun and opened fire. responding officers determined it was an active shooter situation. >> please respond, active shooter at the ups village. >> reporter: the first officers on the scene formed teens and immediately got the wounded victims to safety. one officer encountered the suspect. >> one contact team located the suspect who was still armed and with an assault victim. >> the workers were searched, then

good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne. game two of the nba finals and another golden state blowout. curry off the dribble. >> one of many highlights for steph curry and the warriors. he led the way for the warriors with the triple double. lebron james tied magic johnson with their 8th triple double. most all time. but it wasn't near enough to get past the warriors. >> no, it wasn't. we have live team coverage of their win. watch the game with the fans there in san francisco. but first the sports anchor is here to break down the biggest moments of the night. >> yeah, that is kind of an exciting one. >> it was. >> there is a different feel no question where the warriors have been here before where they cannot assume anything. but again they look like a formula the cleveland cavaliers will have a tough time trying to solve. for the first time since the portland series he was healthy enough to be back on the bench and his appearance was just received this evening at oracle. not as clean of a game for the warriors, but no short