back to you, kellye. kellye: thank you, amy. the tragedy in dallas, police departments were told to prepare for the type of ambush attack that occurred thursday night. joce: in the nation's capital, the response means doubled up on patrols, adding police gun is all department across the country can really do, including washington, where police chief cathy lanier said her officers are forging on. in dallas telling negotiators he specifically wanted to kill police officers. chief lanier: we have to carry on. we cannot let this detract from army should every day. joce: departments across the country are looking to protect and prepare officers for ambush attacks, growing concern. >> assassination on individuals who take an oath to protect our communities. joce: communities responding to this very real threat. cleveland, to d.c., las vegas, and other police shifting to two-person patrol cars. there is little else they can do according to a 2015 report funded by the department of justice. law report found few enforcement agencies cond

kellye: take a look at this. three people had from the potomac after their sailboat began taking on water. d.c. fire and ems pulled to people from the river, a boat help a third person. it is a terrifying scene for any family, bullet holes into the home. there was a bullet into their daughters mattress. now the same home has been struck by gunfire again. roz plater is following those developments. four, fivewo, three, bullets into the side of this house in herndon and another through the window has left neighbors on edge. >> they are frightened. this is the second time, the same house. roz: tuesday night come a shot pierced this window and landed in a nine-year-old girls mattress. some of the shards of glass cut her arm. >> it felt like a shot or something. roz: fired on the house again. while the police were investigating, neighbors say shots rang out again. >> we heard pop, pop, pop. i said get away from the window. roz: that neighbor does not want to be identified. be said the shots seem to coming from the ope

i'm kellye lynn. to the great start fourth of july weekend, but there are changes in store with the weather, and josh knight has the first look at forecast. josh: that's right, by far the nicest of the three days is today. let's take a look, the national harbor, the temperatures across the region are hanging near 80 degrees. a lot of us today had trouble getting out of the 70's. for the beginning of july, that is low this time of year. cool and refreshing through the evening. cloud cover working its way in, starting with d thin clouds. they will thicken up tomorrow. as we zoom out, the rain towards st. louis and south of chicago, that is heading our way, bringing showers tomorrow and a better chance of rain on monday. the thing to there and enjoy this evening. 79 degrees at 7:00, nats first pitch at 7:15. going to dinner, grilling out, tonight is the night to do it. through, wen moves are more likely to see the heaviest of it, and that forecast is coming up. kellye: this just in -- holocaust survivor

kellye: absolutely. robert: i will not go in depth about free agency. kellye: so they are even. fireworks forecast. josh: tonight in alexandria, and i'm sure other communities tonight as well. tonight is great, less muggy, clear, wonderful weather, hanging right around 82 degrees. into tomorrow, we are looking at another great day. the temperatures will be quite operating. the full forecast is hanging in the mid to upper 80's, 83 at 1:00, mostly sunny. the good thing is it's not as human, feeling better. monday, similar forecast. -- the good thing is it's not as humid on sunday. tuesday, the d.c. humidity will be back in the forecast and with that afternoon thunderstorms. that chances with us tuesday through saturday, but no particular day with a watc shout. kellye: . >>> welcome to a special edition of "world news tonight". america in crisis. ambush here in dallas. new images coming in of that deadly assault. and more details about the gunman motivated by hate. an army vet once accused of sexual harassment by a female soldier. inside his home, investigators discovering an arsen

kellye: which is what you would expect in the summertime. josh: it is july. kellye: shoul today.obert: we should have, but it's complicated. stephen strasburg is off the disabled list. and don't call this a come back. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. -reds today, the good guys putting on a hitting clinic today, especially danny espinosa. stephen strasburg was activated off of the d.l., but was still a gametime decision. after warming up, he was good to go. the nats' bats gave strasburg plenty of help. danny espinosa, deep to left, grand slam. number 17 on the season. 5-0 nats. help from the field as well, thanks to plays like that. mad first.osa, gets strasburg was pulled when his pitch count got too high, no runs ,5 k's, nats win. added to theave backcourt, presumably get back up to john wall. this was in exchange for their 2021 second-round pick. he spent the last three seasons in utah. the averages 12.1 points per game. reports say there was a three-year deal with the kings. much more in sports. join us tonight for abc 7 legend of

kellye: have you seen it?ice belongs to the , "the secret life of pets" brought in more than $ $100 million, the largest opening for an original film. it reportedly cost $75 million to produce. "tarzan" barely edged out "finding dory," which finished third. i'm sure my daughter would love to see one of those. i love the animated stuff. josh: sophia loved it. kellye: sophia is the happiest. talking about the work day planner for a lot of folks tomorrow, monday. it is a perfect pool

kellye: thank you for joining us. i'm kellye lynn. is a couplef july days away, but one prince george's county community celebrated early. cheryl: they set up to shoot off enough fireworks, sending barges onto the lake. >> they have the best fireworks. cheryl: the city of laura was one of the only fireworks display on this saturday, possibly the best weather day of the weekend. they national mall may be rained out. >> they are expecting a lot of rain, so i wanted to see something. need for cake when fireworks celebrates america's birthday. if only spent most of the year raising about $35,000 to spend on the spectacle in the sky. >> people who come from california. i have a friend from canada who comes every year. cheryl: he has been pulling the switches for 19 years. >> it's exciting setting it off. and at times they have to dodge the ashes. the city of laurel got the best weather, and maybe the biggest crowds. >> the finale was like a lot coming down at the bottom at one time. cheryl: the 65 thousand people gathering in laurel and ke

kellye: a pair are making history. twominor league team signed women, who played their first game last night. they say that their male teammates have been very good to them. >> they are great. i love them all. >> there really like brothers. >> you cannot get undressed where you usually do, but it's been fine. women hadtil now, been relegated to all-female baseball. it's about time. and good to see the guys handling it well. when we wereber younger, when there were girls on the team, they were usually some of the best players. something to be said for that. the rain early tomorrow morning. then we are drying out midday. monday, waves of heavy rain and thunderstorms moving through. then a big heat we've family and friends mourned the loss of an american killed in the horrible restaurant attack in bangladesh. the grief and chilling new details are released about what to lace during the tense ordeal. back.got reporter: heartbroken over the loss of her former student. seen here in a facebook photo, she had just finished her

kellye: sounds good, josh. it's a holiday on high alert.ets know the national mall and memorial bridge will be blocked off for traffic for most of the day. you can expect t no weapons, alcohol, or drones. on thethat prohibited mall. if you see something, make sure you say something. as those showers role in, you don't have to keep your eye to the sky. we have you covered. stay connected with online, facebook, on twitter, all of our various social media components there. all you have to do is download our stormwatch 7 app, available for all apple and android devices. still to come, playing the waiting game. anxiety builds as hillary clinton denies any wrongdoing in connection with her e-mail scandal. woman: i have a masurprise for you.are you? man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and when they're away, they miss out on a lot. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and th

kellye: in kellye lynn. jonathan: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a parking lot turned into a used car lot. "7 on your side" after folks looking for parking raised the red flag on this one. >> the loudoun county sheriff office is reaching out to kids through free slurpie coupons. i'm amy aubert. i have th "ow..." "are you okay?" "yeah, i just got charged for my credit monitoring. that's how i know it"s working." "ah. you know you can go on creditkarma.com and check it out there. it's completely free." "really?" "yeah" "oh, that didn't hurt at all." "yeah, completely painless." "credit karma. give yourself some credit." michelle: right now a group of loudoun county residents is holding a pot luck with police in ashburn calling it loudoun police appreciation. they say they are working to support local law enforcement agencies in the wake of all that has been happening like in louisiana and texas over the last few weeks. we'll take you to that event coming up at 5:00. alison: also in loudoun county s

kellye ♪ kellye: that is the music from the world's largest orchestra.ered and a football stadium in frankfurt, germany, to play a concert. more musicians than the previous record set in a strong appear the group will seek a guinness world record confirmation. good for them. they sound great. josh: the only way to see her conductor is on the jumbotron. another book beautiful day tomorrow pet a lot like today. back up to 87. off to the west. better chance of rain wednesday. kellye: we hope you unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. for example, thyme. it's part of our 100% veggie diet that we feed our chickens and helps support their immune system. and we don't need to add antibiotics to their diet. if you want some sage advice, you should use thyme. okay, rosemary. thyme, just one more way we bring you chicken raised with ever. it's not the easy way. it's the perdue way. ribeiro: here's a sneak peek at tonight's "afv." we know you're gonna love it. woman: take your mark. go! whoa! [ indistinct shouting ] woman: oh! tal

in northwest, kellye lynn, abc7 news. leon: if you would like to see more of her reports log on to wjla.com. click on "spotlight on education" under the features tab there. alison: b.p. today released the final price tag on the gulf of mexico oil spill. the most expensive ever. more than $61.5 billion. this is the first time that b.p. put an estimate on this incident. in 2010, off the coast of louisiana. 11 rig workers were killed. leon: in baton rouge, louisiana, the man gunned down by officers was laid to rest. private service for alton sterling was held this morning. reverend jesse jackson and al sharpton were in attendance. the officers say they shot him because he tried to reach for a gun. his death along with the death of philando castile sparked national out cry. michelle: the ripple effect of that case is felt everywhere, including washington state. a restaurant worker told officers they couldn't eat there anymore because it was making other customers angry. the skagit county sheriff took the message to facebook w

kellye lynn has the changes coming in. there are more than a few of those. kellye: absolutely. but before we get to that, we have heard from the national park service. they are tweeting that the fireworks are still scheduled to begin at 9:09 p.m. on the national mall this evening. now, on to the towns in maryland that are changing their plans. the first to postpone is college park. display on campus at the university of maryland has been moved to tomorrow night at 9:00. greenbelt, maryland, doing the same thing. gaithersburg moved their activities inside. but the fireworks will take place on friday night, weather permitting. if you would like a complete list of the fireworks shows that are happening in your neighborhood, head to wjla.com. severable -- search "fireworks." we'll keep track of any other postponements on abc7 news. michelle: stay with abc7 as we track the weather system as well on all platforms. facebook, twitter, wjla stormwatch7 app. jonathan: what is the fourth without the parade? there is more than the parade on constitution. today marks the 50th anniversary of

kellye: good morning to you. i'm kellye lynn. here is ryan miller.temperatures comfortably in the 70's, 79 at reagan woodbridge, our cool spot, if you want to citi open at rock creek park, partly sunny skies, 86 degrees at noon. matches are at 10:00 and 12:00. thatple of storms possible will probably form after the matches are over. a few storms today. dry tomorrow and warming up, 88 degrees on the beaches monday. forecast -- 91, 30% chance of afternoon showers and storms. tomorrow, a dry day, but very hot and humid on monday. kellye, back to you. thank you, ryan. an amber alert has been issued for two adopted children believed to be an extreme danger. they are searching for a nine-month-old girl, riley bacon, and a 12-year-old boy, ian was got so. -- ean busacco. they were likely abducted by julie busacco who is driving a 2000 nine white cadillac cts. happening today, the citi open tournament at rock creek park that ryan was just mentioning is kicking off today. while a fires today and on sunday, the main draw begins on monday. that is it for now. m

kellye: good morning, i'm kellye lynn. first, check of the weather with ryan miller.n the banks of the potomac river, looking at plenty of blue sky and sunshine to warmer temperatures right degreeses in d.c., 81 in woodbridge. nothing tond radar, speak of. you have to travel to the midwest to see the closest rey navarro -- closest rainfall. we may have afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. today looks dry, and we will see heat indices into the triple digits. 102 this afternoon, we are in the 90's today and the next 7 days group. kellye: two people hurt following in officer-involved shooting in the district. it happened saturday night in northwest. we don't know how it started, but investigators say the officer was off duty at the time. witnesses tell us they heard more than 10 rounds, and the people started scrambling, running and ducking for cover. the officer was not injured. right now, the washington monument is closed. an elevator problem. the national park service says the hoist system. it is not accepted a reopen until tuesday. it underwent r

. >> in suitland, kellye lynn, abc7 news.scott: twinkie the kid and the rest of his hostess friends will be back on wall street. hostess plans to go public again. remember, four years ago the company declared bankruptcy. but it has rebounded under new ownership. you may remember at that time, the news of hostes financial troubles created a run on twinkies which were even being sold on ebay. run for twinkies last time they thought it might the sinking ship? michelle: i did not. but i remember as a kid, i loved those things. when you read the label and reallies you can't pronounce so many thing -- realize you can't pronounce so many things on it. scott: ignorance is bliss. don't read the label. doug: they will be around long after we're gone. michelle: yeah. twinkies. doug: unopened. scott: yeah. doug: all right. let's talk hot temperatures. that is the big weather story going forward. the temperatures in the 90's. right now we are checking radar. we have been talking about the possibility of a few isolated showers and a couple

>> i think kellye h-- kelly hit the nail on the head.asked if he spent a lot of time practicing on the teleprompter. we know he hasn't been so smooth, he stumbles from time to time which is unusual for him. he's less energetic on the tell prompter than he is when he's speaking off the cuff and i was told he's practicing but it's donald trump and he basically said like that. he is going to do what he wants and he feeds off the energy in a room. and that's how he's more comfortable. we'll see how much he sticks to the script on that prompter and how much he tries to riff on the energy in the room and whether he does say something to new york and i would imagine he would. remember his son don jr. put him over the edge as the delegates in new york that put him other the edge. does he say something to texas after their boos of ted cruz and being on the side of donald trump? also on the stage i'll add a couple other names. his head of advance, he's been with donald trump before the campaign started. he builds these massive stages. this is has