jonathan elias, what have you learned about this? jonathan: you remember last night at midnight they took a vote in the senate for the repeal or the mini repeal of obamacare. that didn't go through. some people speculated it was a giant failure on the part of the republicans and failure for president trump. reaction swift. just today, reince priebus is now out as the white house chief of staff. we don't know if the two are connected but the coincidence is not overlooked. he has appointing general kelly who is now the white house chief of staff. another military general in close quarters of president trump. the one. this is what he sad to say. president trump: john kelly will do a fantastic job. he is a star. done an incredible job thus far rex spected by everybody. a great american. priebus, a good man. thank you very much. jonathan: this is the latest shakeup. a week ago today white house announced anthony scaramucci as the communications director and that is when sean spicer resigned from the role as press secretary. sarah huckabee

back to the hot mall and jonathan elias. jonathan: thanks very much. we are talking to the tourists passing us by. a lot of tourists throughout the day enjoying d.c. we heard from folks from ireland and canada and other parts of the country. they didn't complain at all about the weather. they are just happy to be in d.c. the folks who live in d.c. are complaining the most about the weather. they are coping with it. a lot of folks are getting off work. they are walking by. you can see the sweat on them. stephen tschida is picking up on the team coverage. how are they coping over there? stephen: it's hot here but it has not stifled life. we have a band playing and milling around and enjoying themselves. just up the street. there are some kids who really found a good way to cool off on a day >> that is a way to keep cool. children frolic in the water and much to the envy of the adults watching over them. >> this feels shady and good. >> tourists in the blistering son outside the museums. they suffered. the workers in the protective gear felt the heat even

that is the latest from stevensville, i'm jonathan elias. back to you. michelle: thank you. the image of the tree behind you tells the story so well. thank you, john. we will check in with you soon. abc7 is getting a first look at the construction underway along beach drive in rock creek park. construction began last september. won't be finished until the fall of 2019. transportation reporter brianne carter shows us what is new. brianne: after a year of detours, smoother commute along beach drive will be an option for drivers. >> first thing i notice is the road is open. >> the busy thur -- thoroughfare is slated to reopen to traffic in late august with many new improvements. along the road, 51 tons of new asphalt laid. new cushes and the new storm water management put in. the adjacent bike and the two feet wider. safety guardrails have been installed. >> we also extended up to five feet. the walkway through the zoo tunnel. we are still very much encouraging the bicyclists to walk their bikes but we could have two-way walking traffic. michelle: the park service is helping wi

jonathan elias joins us from the "live desk" with more on this. jonathan?n: we are learning more as we peel back layers on this guy. in the last couple of hours we learned not also did carlos bell work at public schools in la plata in 2014 but he worked for other organizations in charles county. 2008, bell worked with the charles county department of community services. he also worked for an aftercare program through alpha best that provided services for j.p. ryan b. wade elementary school in the spring of 2016. he volunteered for assistant coach for track club known as "the comets" made up of kids from 15 to 18. detectives are working to find out if he assisted with other sports throughout the area. that where they need your help. police started investigating bell in december of 2016 when they got a tip from a parent. he was led go from charles county schools. right now bell is accused of sexually abusing ten children. charles county sheriff office is again asking anyone out there who may have had contact with him or if your child tells you they had contac

we have team coverage of the summer swelter led by jonathan elias on the national mall. jonathan? jonathan: how are you doing? it was oppressive day. now the clouds moved in front of the sun and it feels like we are standing under a shade tree. it's wonderful. when the clouds move away and the sun moves out it's oppressive. triple digits is what it feels like. we have a cooler filled with water. we are handing folks water if they don't have one. don't underestimate this heat. this is a game they are playing in the blue shirts. it's kickball. they have a league out here. on t

in the meantime, get back to the national mall and jonathan elias. cool as a cucumber on jonathan: i'm not sure if "cool of the cucumber" works. it's warm. we put a warning out. you let everybody know it would be hot out and oppressive. it is. it has not stopped the flow of tourists, not even a little bit. the museums were packed. we have seen people walking by and the segway tours going on and people at the rental bike going by. this water here, show you. kind of funny. talk about branding and a promotion. it's the abc7 6:00 news promoting it. but we keep the cool air. people going by and they need water. if you don't have a bottle of water today and you are heading out, please just grab the water. you want to hydrate. when you start to get heat stroke it comes on quickly. we have a team of reporters out and about. we reporters to show us people are coping with the heat. stephen tschida in silver spring. how are people doing out there? stephen: all across the metro area, a lot of people are struggling. check this out. this is a way to bea weather. >>

i'm jonathan elias. back to you. michelle: thank you. other top stories. more questions than answers. that is how a democrat on the senate intelligence committee described today's close door testimony from white house adviser kushner. the president's son-in-law. kushner spoke briefly after >> let me be very clear. i did not collude with russia. nor do i know of anyone in the campaign who did so. i had no improper contact. >> prior to his testimony, he released 11-age statement describing four encounters with the russian representatives in the campaign and the tran division. kushner returns to capitol hill tomorrow for another closed door hearing before the house intelligence committee. next up, what the driver of the truck smuggling people said about the deadly route. coming up, the flag mistake that went unnoticed at the kennedy center for 15 years. havertys furniture helps your heven when life isn't. thanks to janice here, our lovely home is now a smart home. what does janice do? she's connected to all the lights and appliances. and, can ev

as jonathan elias shows us the marine was deployed with a kit so now he trains dogs to -- k9 so now hetrains dogs to help those in need. jonathan: from the quiet home in woodbridge, lifers are being saved. >> wait. jonathan: but retired marine christopher beattie and the organization semper k9. >> the uniqueness is to train any dog we accept to their potential. >> good job! jonathan: dogs he rescues from kill shelters that have sat waiting and never getting a home. >> we train the dogs to be a cool for the veterans to provide confidence and independence for them to get the things they miss and what they love and do things to enhance the quality of life. >> he knows dogs. as a marine his partner was a k9. deployed together. worked together. he knows how they can be game changers. that is why he started doing this. to show other what is a dog can do. >> help me out more than i can tell you. >> the marine jonathan alexandria talking about his service dog. >> she means everything. jonathan: he injured his leg and back and semper kit gave her to him. >> besides my family one of the valuable

jonathan: i'm jonathan elias live in stephen stevensville, maryland. a tornado came through ovni steve: want to give you update on the thunderstorm warning. it's shaved down in size and scope so a smaller area that no longer includes old town alexandria. but it includes mclean and tysons corner. that i experimenting the strongest winds now. around the potomac we have the winds around 30 miles per hour. this is eventually making its way to cherrydale and rosslyn and georgetown and then downtown d.c. all of this should be out of here over the next half hour or so. it will begin to weaken a bit but you may find small hail and gustier winds. but the good news is it won't last terribly long. ed adyson heights looking toward the g.w. parkway. right over here. this is moving east. if you are in rosslyn or georgetown the skies are getting darker but the good newts is it won't last much longer. severe thunderstorm warning until 5:45. we will keep you updated. you can always download the stormwatch7 weather app and head to wjla.com. [thunder] jonathan: that got

in the newsroom, jonathan elias, abc7 news. back to you. alison: developing now at 5:00, sabre-rattling after a north korean missile test. larry: emergency meeting of the united nations security council wrapping up where military action was not taken off the table. overseas the u.s. and south korean troops conducted jointed exercises that included after the pentagon says north korea tested intercontinental ballistic missile. the u.s. analysts had not seen before. alison: it's believed that missile is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and could possibly reach part of the far western u.s. this provocative act by north korea shot it back to the top of the president's agenda. larry: it has world leaders searching for ans answer. scott thuman is in the satellite center with what is being done. what can be done? scott: it's being analyzed as breakneck pace. they are trying to determine how to response. you have harsh reaction from the u.s. at an emergency meeting of the united nations. ambassador nikki haley saying time is short and action is