by the way, at johns hopkins i had to tell you, i think johns hopkins has had a terrific record supporting me. i'm very pleased -- [laughing] -- with the academic freedom that's been shown to me and a willingness to go forward. so before i say anything more, the first thing i want to say is there may be trouble in lots of places, but johns hopkins is doing pretty good. i'm very pleased with it. >> have you said things that are controversial? [laughing] >> by the way, i do think in doing things, every now and then you have to punch them back. >> not physically. >> know when is abdicating -- >> we are the side that is against violent. >> even at johns hopkins the occasion will say something that the will be a wave of something, and you have to give them a punch back. the most important thing in the university is respect. that the first, that is the cornerstone of the university was respect. i was able to write that. i thought it was truth, after all hopkins says the truth will set you free that they have been very good to me. what in the getting ready to? i'm getting around to development of

adrianna hopkins is standing by with the latest. adrianna: harvey made its last landfall about one hour and 45 minutes ago. coming ashore in louisiana, hitting land for the first numbers this morning, the storm dumping a record 52 inches of rain. conflicting reports as they try to measure the cost of human life. "the washington post" says that 22 people are dead, reporting that the number is as high as 30. we are following harvey's every move and we will let you know as soon as we hear more on the situation. cross, autria: the red doing all they can to help the victims of hurricane harvey. suzanne? these are the vehicles headed down there on the side of this disaster relief, this is exactly what they will be doing , the fouras of texas people going this morning are .oing to baton rouge, louisiana the tropical storm has made a third landfall there within the last few there is significant risk of a lot of rain falling in baton rouge. that is why these vehicles and this man power being deployed down there. four to eight inches of rain

rasmussen reports political analyst amy holmes and michael hopkins.elcome, it's your first time here. let's talk about the leak. when the attorney general says we are going after the leakers, what is it going to take to find them? >> this one of the things democrats and republicans can be bipartisan about. we'll have to look at who is in the room when things are going on. judge jeanine: you take a lie detector, that can't be used in a criminal case. but it's an investigative tool. >> these leaks aren't just disgraceful, they are dangerous, and a betrayal of these services to protect our fellow americans. the transcript between the president and the heads of state puts us in danger. it means we won't be able to have diplomatic conversations between the commander-in-chief and others when we need them. they want them to be discreet. if any of these leaks were done on a government computer or a government-issued phone, that's government property. we were told anything you send on the dot gov email can be read by anyone. judge jeanine: what do you think wh

adrianna hopkins, a dangerous situation is playing out. adrianna: there have been two explosions at the are came a chemical plant -- are kemah -- .re kemah -- chemical plant officials say the explosions happened around 2:30 central time and they are warning people the explosion was imminent. been flooded since harvey made landfall and the chemicals inside would and the situation was volatile and unsafe. actuated within a mile and a half of that plant and said there was no way they could enter the plant to stable this it -- stabilize the situation. the chemical that is exploding is stored in several areas in the plant so this morning they are waiting for more explosions and they say it is best to let the fires burn themselves out. autria: one catastrophe after another. seven is on your side with a push to help harvey victims at home. county schools -- prince george's county schools is donating 1000 backpacks to schools in houston. staffers will fill the backpacks with school supplies and send them to the houston independent school district.

posted by johns hopkins school of advanced international studies, this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> hello, everybody. if you could please turn your cell phone off, it would be really appreciated. good evening. i hope you enjoyed the food. i would like to thank all of you for coming here to attend tonight event only half of the trance of god like to express my sincere and deepest gratitude to our special guest, the director of use korean institute, the assistant director and i'm sorry the ambassador could not join us tonight. my name is andrew injoo park, the president of the sejong society of washington d.c. founded in 2006, it operates at a nonpartisan and all volunteer organization dedicated in informing, developing and connecting young professionals are interested and engaged in korean affairs. our ultimate goal is to inspire the next generation regards of the political and career affiliations of korea and northeast asia special. under the guidance of our senior advisor and with generous support and partnership with the use korean institute, the sejong society has been hosting nu

that one kid i looks like reese hopkins whose swinging the bat for the phils. sky6 live hd bright sunshine across the region. you can see that on sky6 live hd looking at center city. the humidity is low and temperatures are not that bad if you have a mind to get out there and get a walk or run in this morning you're in great shape. the temperature in philadelphia, 69 degrees dewpoint is down at 60 degrees just where we barely begin to talk about humidity. it feels good out there. winds out of the northwest at 7:00. the ocean temperature 72 degrees. satellite and radar shows you there was a little bit of a shower and thunderstorm out west where we had a watch box briefly. that's all gone and now there's sunshine. at times we'll see pop up cumulus and cirrus cloud cover. 70 degrees by 8:00. 10:00 a.m., 76 not bad. 81 by noon we'll get warm this afternoon, it is august in philadelphia after all, high of 88 degrees humidity on the low side. 6:00 p.m. 84 degrees. high temperatures across the region mid 80s in trenton, allentown, reading lancaster wilmington millvill

adrianna hopkins following more.drianna: the president is not backing down from those remarks and sources are telling cnn he has no regrets after this. take a listen. pres. trump: i think there is blame on both sides. you look at both sides, i think there is blame on both sides. adrianna: those comments are costing the president support from the business humidity, who he heavily courted thing's campaign. advisory council of top ceos from powerhouse companies even voted to disband. off to phoenix where there is a rally planned for next tuesday, the city's mayor is pleading with the president to delay the rally after the violence in charlottesville. ignored thep has request and in a tweet, invited everyone to come next week. there is a lot to follow. we will keep monitoring the situation to see if the planned rally does take place. autria: back to this weekend's protest, is centered around a robert e lee statue in emancipation park. across the country, similar protest about other confederate monuments. larry: governor

maikel franco and jorge score, three rbis, in the 9ths, release hopkins showing off his power for the fifth homeruns only three players have had more than that span in the last 105 seasons, they get 5-2 is the final, we'll have more on the alshon jeffrey situation and also to derrick barn net start in the season home opener in washington? just a few minutes. >> thank you so much. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" as the country trains its eyes to the skies, it will be about the smell of things next weekend. >> generates heat. and it releases an aroma that can charitably be called horrible >> a closer look at the corpse flower, how it got its name and why it's such a rare experience to be around when it's blooming. . >>> welcome back. there's a stench of rotting flesh in the washington, dc area right now, but no worries, it's coming from a plant. the first of three corpse flowers as a matter of fact. started to open last night at the u.s. botanical gardens. odor lasts between six and eight hours with the bloom lasting between one and two days. >> i don't know of any other occurrence

adrianna hopkins in for autria godfrey. larry: i am larry smith. we're glad you're here. adrianna: i did not think the goats would be up that early. alone.leave me eileen whelan is here, taking a look at our forecast. whatever your friday night plans are, you want to state whether being aware. dry until 3:00. let's go to sunday, trending drier. that will be the nicest of the including friday, why not? temperatures are milder than they were this time yesterday. humidity is more comfortable them this time yesterday, but it will be dry heading into work this morning. going through the afternoon, ine clouds than sun, highs the low 80's. and temperatures for your friday night plans will be in the low to mid 70's. again, we could have some hefty thunderstorms. i will show you futurecast a timeout t-storms for your saturday coming up in a good. at least it is drive for the morning drive, julie. julie: guess something goodness for that. we have a crash 395. theleft lane blocked, too, hov lanes. the rest area heading into myersville, south mountain, eastbound lanes are closed over

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currently distinguished university professor at the university of maryland, college park, at the johns hopkins university school of public health. and we are very proud that she is becoming senior fellow at the potomac institute. we do have the bios of the speakers, very distinguished, we have distributed them so you can really look through, because if we have to deal with the contributions of each one, we need not only two hours, but full semester. so let me move on to our next speaker, doctor sandler is currently professor at department of pathology and medicine, georgetown university. and he's the medical director transfusion service at georgetown university. and i recall some years ago that we met in jerusalem when he directed the blood bank at the medical school and hospital. so welcome again to our panel. and then doctor, or professor rashid who is currently professor university of nebraska, the medical center there. also senior fellow at the potomac institute. and last but not least is doctor -- currently consultant on counter bio and formally as many of you know is director of the inte

as far as infectious diseases are concerned, there was-- when i was at hopkins we worked at a particular program where we looked at how viruses mutate on a computer and how viruses mutate in the human genome and we found tremendous similarities, the markers and what we were able to do with don burke at hopkins is take influenza and use the computer model to see how it would propagate. and hiv eventually and to see how it would permeatate and change itself. a lot of research needs to be done in that area, again, all of this technology needs to be used as a tool to enhance, help, in my opinion because i come from that particular background. safeguards have to be placed so these technologies do not become harmful for human beings and are useful. >> okay. one more question and then we'll open it up for discussions with the audience. rita and jerry and anyone else. what's your assessment on the professional assessment in terms of the response of strategies of the u.s. government, other governments, international organizations, the united nations, nato and the american-- the american states or

adrianna hopkins with more on how they are preparing.. this morning some homes in lake charles, louisiana have chest deep water already. some people are evacuating now. southwest louisiana could see five to 10 more inches of rain because of harvey. here's one woman who's endured the floods. the president has declared a federal emergency declaration for five parishes in louisiana. declared a federal emergency declaration for five parishes in louisiana. houston's lakewood church is now open to storm evacuees in texas. the mega-church can hold up to 700-people. it is also being utilized as a donation center. so far, there's been a large turn-out of people. the church opened yesterday following heavy criticism online of its pastor, joel osteen. lakewood came under fire for allegedly closing its doors to people in need. church officials posted on social media that it was inaccessible because of flooding - and pointed to other shelters. for the latest information about hurricane harvey- and to find out ways you can help the victims- go to wjla.

and it is not just because hopkins is not involved. a big issue on how you reduce conflict of interest and how do it?properly balance it's related to the deliberative process. so, right now, there is a default type of approach that governments should research should be under a single agency headed by who just like the international health regulations. they have the capacity for all the functions -- we will talk about that in the second. the second is how do you avoid conflicts of interest because that is a big deal in research. arrangementsion is need to have a distributive approach because of the wide sets of leadership and different specialized areas, then we need to balance accountability. we don't really know how to do that but we need to find our way to get around that. again, both of them will have issues around these questions of legitimacy, authority and i can nd accountability. even if you have the it? mandate, the question is you have the capability to manage research functions? this is a set of research functions partly comi

. >> let's move on here and switch goers and talk at johns bz hopkins because they'll be sporting headunder armour gear. they made it the best forunder their annual letic programs. they have training foot wear, apparel for all of johns hopkins athletic teams. >> they are usually competitive in that lacrosse world. >> yeah. >> not many people playing games out now are they gary. >> we've praying warm as rain comes off to the south a potential tropical psych loan down to south of that and going to be wet. prepare for fancy rain boot, umbrellas. you have let's see rain jackets all that stuff to keep you dry. after school will continue with showers and breezy too and chilly. today we'll be in the 6 owes to right around 0 here in town. a lot of suburbs stay in the 60s for highs today with brisk whipped out of northeast, 15, 20 miles an hour. all rain coming up in. pretty sharp cutoff north and west. as it moves around the commute very slow. >> 5:26 slow commute starting with breaking news in elk elkridge. washington boulevard remains shut down. forced to detour troy hill road and maryland 1

doctor is a cancer surgeon, also a physician at johns hopkins. also the author of "unaccountable." there are some scary facts behind the world of medicine, why don't you explain to the viewers the amount of opioids that you were recommended to prescribe to your patients and one that you ignored. >> not only given too many, but too many pills within each prescription. we give 250 million prescriptions out. that is crazy. and when i was a resident, i was taught as a surgical training to get about 60 or 90 tablets to everybody regardless of which operation they had, that way they would not call us, bother us, and honestly, a lot was well intended. we want to people to be comfortable, we did not realize that 1-16 get addicted. >> julie: you are looking at a different strategy to combat the opioid crisis. >> i had my aha moment when i saw my father with gallbladder surgery and was able to feel comfortable with one ibuprofen. i was giving most 60 or 90 tablets depending on the operation. >> julie: that is per patient? >> per patient, a fraction of the 250 million subscriptions that we gi

and i'm adrianna hopkins in this morning for autria godfrey. good morning washington. toss to eileen - have the umbrella today; best chance of storms tonight - humid with a few storms saturday - drier sunday today: mostly cloudy. spotty shower through midday. pm thunderstorms. highs: 81-83 winds: s 5-10 mph tonight: cloudy, mild, and muggy. isolated shower. lows: 61-72 winds: ssw 5 mph saturday: mostly cloudy and very humid. a few afternoon thunderstorms. highs: 83-85 winds: sw 5 mph breaking overnight. police chief - injured after crashing his motorcycle into a car. suzanne kennedy is live from outside pg hospital where chief devan martin is recovering right now. right now - dc police working to high profile shootings. one of them - happening in broad daylight thursday on saratoga avenue in northeast. there - a 17-year-old girl was shot in the head while sitting in her car. police saying she was just an innocent bystander. at last check she was listed in critical condition. a man was also shot..he's expected to survive. police are looking for two men last seen traveli

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. >>> reese hopkins continuesed the throttling of the cubs. in the first inning, hoskins does it again. he crushes his 9th homer in 16 games. the phillies power on to run and win it 7-1. the series is continuing later today. >>> cheerleaders surrounding the coveted prize the game is tonight you can see it on 6abc tonight at 7:00 p.m. >> welcome back 5:30 a.m. hurrican harvey is leaving its mark on texas. hundreds of thousand thousands lost power from the storm. the storm will leave someplaces under water. >> good morning 5:30 a.m. the time, christie ileto joins us. chris sowers tracking harvey and our forecast. hurrican harvey is the first major hurricane to hit this part of texas in 47 years. you have to go back to 1970, hurricane cecila i can't -- keel i keel -- which battered the coast. as we've mentioned all morning long the problem with the storm it's not moving drifting off to

well, you've got sir anthony hopkins. >> jimmy: yeah. >> you've got bob oden kirk, matthew reese, liev schreiber. my tv son, sterling k. brown. kevin spacey. and then there's me. >> jimmy: you. yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> i finally made it -- thank you. i finally made it to the bottom of the top list. >> jimmy: well, don't say that. that's a good group to be in. >> thank you. >> jimmy: did you stay up early to watch the nominations? were you nervous about it, thinking about it? >> i wasn't nervous so much as i had a busy day, a busy morning. so i got out of my house, they start the announcements like 8:30 in the morning. i got out of my house at 8:25. i threw some headphones on to cancel out some noise, and as i was on the freeway my phone starts ringing. and i'm like it's probably my friend russ saying it didn't happen, i got kicked in the teeth. >> is russ the one that would break it to you? >> he is. he's one of my closest friends and my producing partner. he's always the one that's like buddy, it didn't happen. i'm sorry, it did

gina laud don't, michael star hopkins, are back with me. how is this going to help you guys?would recommend to any democrat running we don't need to eat our own. we have a place for everyone because the democrats are a big tent party. the message we're going against donald trump, the message of division, a message isn't centered around actually creating new jobs and new opportunities but continuing to divide our country. i think democrats need to be sure that they're allowing all voices to be heard. trish: she is not doing that? >> no, she is not. i think she can be but that message isn't one that promotes it. trish: kind of a populist, right, gina? she thinks this version of her populist utopia sort of sells right now, which is socialism. >> yeah. she is a socialist and she is, if it's a big tent then, elizabeth warren has a big tent with a lost little tribal rooms in it because remember this is the person who lied about being a native-american, so she is definitely not going to depart from the identity politics that has destroyed the democrat party, that lost more than 1000

. >> first major league homerun for reese hopkins. >> the family is excited. so much. get the silent treatment. >> this one is gone. >> second homerun of the night for reese hopkins. >> aren't you rich enough now to say no to fat commercials? >> ♪ >> ♪ >> no one knows who you are without a deal in a car. >> well, he does have a point. that of course is actor samuel l. jackson dropping the mike on james corden on the late late show last night. of course we love james cord on, love samuel jackson, too. >> are we gook to like the weather force cast? i don't know. >> well, today is not awesome. at least not raining at the moment, but this is one of those days where you take the umbrella with you as a safety net. because with time, you do stand a chance at least, pretty decent chance to see something roll through at any given time. storm scan right now, not all that impressive. there is little batch of showers working across the maryland board near chester county right now, this is casino kind of how the radar will look for good portion of the day. scattered variet

coming up, the removal of confederate monuments, we will talk to lester spence of johns hopkins university professor albert the of the university of alabama law school. documenting the >> in afghanistan and pakistan, america's interests are clear. we must stop the resurgence of safe havens that enable terrorists to threaten america. ♪ president trump outlining his goals for military activity in afghanistan, calling for a goals for conquering groups like al qaeda, isis. not revealing an exact time label -- timetable. he during the speech criticized president obama's approach in afghanistan. in our first hour, we want to hear from you. whether you agree or disagree withim

coming up at 11:00, hear what the ex-trainer of bernard hopkins thinks about the big fight as excitement grows across the country. >>> let's get back to first alert weather. gorgeous conditions we're seeing now will extend into your weekend. this is a live look at cape may. showers are possible. should be a nice all week long. down in texas, hurricane harvey is about to smash on to land as it gains strength tonight. hard to see anything here. let's go live now to meteorologist erika martin. you have your eyes on this massive storm. >> it's increasing in intensity. that's really the important story here. and another big story is an area of high pressure well to the north. that's going to keep everything really where it is positioned. this is why in one moment when i show you hurricane harvey is going to behave, it's going to meander right around the texas shoreline right around the gulf coast. conditions are definitely going to be nasty for the next several days. 10 miles per hour northwesterly. and the central pressure is 941 milliba millibars. you at home might not unthat, but 943 means

the best part is rookie reese hopkins. he hit his sixth home run yesterday. fastest rookie ever to six home runs. he had the most homers in the national league over the last week and a half. his first homer last week his teammates gave him the traditional silent treatment. he laughed about that today. >> i thought it was going to happen when i was running back to the dugout and he kind of sunk hold of me. and there was no e reaction from him. this is probably going to happen. sure enough, guys are paying attention to the game. thought it would be pretty funny to give the air five and hit everyone in the dugout. >> we don't deserve the silent treatment at all. >> thanks, john clark. >>> now for a look at what's coming up tonight at 11:00. >> talking about this walking. it turns dangerous. how it sent a student to the hospital. that's tonight at 11:00. ♪ we buy any car ♪ any make, any model, any age, any price ♪ ♪ from 50 bucks to 100 grand ♪ we buy any car ♪ any, any, any, any at webuyanycar.com, the gimmicks stop with our ads. trading in our selling your car

johns hopkins in baltimore finishes third in this year's ranking.he top hospital in maryland. the mayo clinic and the cleveland clinic ranked first and second nationally. medstar georgetown university hospital is the top hospital in d.c. while u.v.a. medical center in charlottesville is top in virginia. jonathan: coming up for us, what is it about all this buzz? coming up next for us a closeup look at the huge structure. what it is. and how you can actually get inside. michelle: and a pond along the national mall is full of nastiness. have you seen this? the cause and what is done to clean it up next on "abc7 news at 6:00". looking for adventure this summer? holy smokes. oh man, that's pretty intense. look no further than chevrolet. this is a fast car. i feel like i left my soul back there. wow. this has power! what a nice car. go for thrilling drives and deals today at the chevy summer drive. now through august 14th, get 20% below msrp on all chevy malibu lt models. that's over fifty-three hundred do

. >> reporter: at this memorial near johns hopkins, a statue of the supreme court justice, roger tawny now gone as well. monuments regarded as symbols of strength seen by others as something hurtful. >> anybody that thinks these things are innocuous historical symbols, i think you need to ask yourself why is it then that neo-nazis find them so important. >> reporter: many who have been showing up to the site say their hearts go out to those in charlottesville and they did not want happened there to happen here in mopme monuments, they will be stored until it's decided what to do with them. >> this has become one of the most read stories on the nbc washington app this week. if you'd like to read it and other stories we've covered on the topic, just search monument. >>> now, this is a story you'll see only on news4. a survivor of the holocaust reunites with the family who hid him and his sister from the nazis. they hadn't seen each other in more than 70 years. as news4's david culver reports, it's a reunion that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for a high school assignment. >> don't t