lisa argen? >> lisa: i think it is.ng warmer tomorrow, fog and low clouds absent all weekend long. focus shifts to warmg temperatures, low relative humidity and increasing fire danger. view from mount tam, it looks still here. we are looking at a little bit of a breeze up to the north. lots of sunshine to enjoy the sun setting at 8:31. live doppler hd on top of mount st. helena is nice and quiet. a sweep going around. we are looking at clear conditions not only today but through tomorrow and the heat is on. in fact in the 60s from fairfield where we have a north wind. 60 in antioch. 56 in oakland. 55 in napa. you dropped down to 42 this morning and with the calm wind and that valley cool air drains in and that is why you were still cool. northerly wind gusts up to 17. but we do have a weak weather systems that will increase the winds later on today. that is going to bring a warmer air mass behind it. that warms all weekend long with fire danger increasing. here is what you can expect around the bay but not too hard to t

let's start with the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> lisa: good morning, here is the view from tam at about thousand feet we're looking at pretty gusty winds. at the surface winds are calm and atmosphere is heating up. but red flag warning above thousand feet for the next couple of hours, with wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour. relative humidity in livermore right now is at 19%. it's at 9:00 so we are looking at these northerly winds to continue to be quite breezy through 11:00. with the relative humidity so low in napa, livermore and mountain view we're looking for single digit relative humidity today. temperatures will be 5-10 degrees warmer this afternoon. 71 in mountain view. i'll have the look at the forecasted highs that include 90s in a few minutes. >> carolyn: new this morning, a fire near petaluma early this morning is under investigation. it destroyed a mobile home. the fire began around 2:00 this morning. investigators are not sure how it started. the mobile home is a total loss. flames spread outside to surrounding vegetation which is a big concern for firefigh

> lisa: good morning. the marine layer started early this morning, central coast 2:00 and traveled all the way to point reyes. from mount tam we have the fog rolling through the golden gate. everyone will feel a cooldown but most dramatically along the coast. low 70s in livermore, but southwest winds allowing for the cooldown into antioch but modest there. low clouds and fog will stay with us along the coast. i will than sunny there but tonight it moves across the bay for dramatic cooling. this morning we're still looking at 60s and 70s and then 80s today by midday inland. mid 90s should do it. but we will remain very comfortable around the bay. >> carolyn: we begin with breaking news from southern california where rodney king has died at age 47. king's personal assistant confirms he was found dead by his fiancee. entertainment website reports that he was found at the bottom of a pool just after 5:00 this morning. a chance to revive him were unsuccessful. the police have opened an investigation. king becam

i'll explain next. >> thank you, lisa.n james and the miami heat returning to the finals after winning game 7 last night against the boston celtics. mike shumann has the highlights coming up in sports. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >> a lot of people like the warm weather but as you pound out we have to worry about the high fire danger. >> and some of the driest locations in livermore where the relative humidity is down to 29%. here's a look from our sutra camera. a nice shot. to the north 67 and relative humidity at 23%. now mountain view not a whole lot better at 36%. but our live doppler 7 hd that is always up and running showing that conditions are clear and really we will be monitorin

stars ae tey goes, lisa? >>wel, heinly wouldn't have been in agreement with the tea party support of big simplest way can put it. i don't know. his message still resonates with us today. we're still facing some of the same problems he was fighting against as a result of workers wages being driven down by the global and multinational corporations and not just in the u.s., but worldwide. he would certainly have a lot to say about the same things that escalated from his period to today. i'm sure he would still be against the negative impact of multinational corporations now globally. >> you have a firtact for us to look at. cell blockok at the size of tho. >> i y're huge. r> why don't wese rem of his prison term to help us finish out the pra with the last six or seven minutes left. how is viewed by the labor movement today? how do they look back on his time and contributions? >> well, i just attended a banquet last week but on by the debs foundation. many trade unions were and dann glover was in attendance. eve

now the latest on the roads with lisa baden. lisa? >> she is deep in thought trying to pull up the latest delays. my now it is 6:11, 56 degrees outside. >> of to a nice start. wait until you hear what a child was served when his mother ordered him and orange juice. >> and a d.c. council member went after a wtop reporter. >> experts say that you may not need an advanced degree to get ahead. well the kids wanted a puppy but they can be really expensive. so to save money i just found them a possum. dad, i think he's dead. probably just playin' possum. sfx: possum hisses there he is. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen nunutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington" with cynne simpson and steve chenevey. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> if you have a college degree or advanced degree, that's great. but it may not be necessary for some people. there are ways you can change careers and even make more money without getting a college degree. >>

>> i agree with lisa. i think one of the things that made debs so powerful was his ability to cast socialism as an american movement. his argument wasn't, this is a revolutionary country in the first place, fought a revolution for democracy. in his lifetime, he experienced the civil war as a revolution. some of his greatest idols were the abolitionists. his argument was that the country had fought a battle to overthrow wage labor. >> a question for you. who were his workers? did he include women in his view of it? did he include people other than whites? did he include immigrants? what was his definition, lisa? >> well, as one of the first industrial union leaders, he was mounting a movement on behalf of the working class, which he believed everyone who was a worker, who earned wages, which was two-thirds of americans by 1890, was a part of, whether they be an immigrant, black, whether they be women. he certainly saw them as all members of a working class that needed to be uplifted in some way, shape, or f

as far as the tea party goes, lisa? >> well, he certainly wouldn't have been in agreement with the tea party support of big business. that's the simplest way i can put it. and i don't know -- you know, his message still resonates, i think, with us today. and we're still facing some of the same problems that he was fighting against as a result of workers' wages being driven down by the policies of now global and multinational corporations and not just in the u.s. but worldwide. so we certainly would have a lot to say about the same types of things that have escalated from his period to today. and i'm sure he would still be against the negative impact of multinational corporations now globally. >> you have a final artifact for us to look at, his cell block keys. >> yes. look at the size of those. >> i know, they're huge. why don't i use the reminder of his prison term to help us kind of finish out our program here with our last six or seven minutes left. how is he viewed by the labor movement today? how do they look back

as far as the tea party, lisa? >> he certainly wouldn't have been in agreement wednesday the tea party support of big business, that's the simple way i can put it. his message resonates with us today. he certainly faces the problems he was fighting against as work workers' about the sames being driven down, not only in the u.s. but worldwide. he'd have a lot to say about the same types of things that have escalated from his period to today. i'm sure he would still be against the negative immakt of multi national corporations now globally. >> you have a final artifact for to us look at, his cell block keys. look at the size of those. >> i know, they're huge. >> and why don't i use those reminders of those prison term to have you help us finish out our program here, six or seven minutes left. how is he viewed by the labor movement today? how do they look back on his time and his contributions? >> well, i just attended a banquet last week put on by the debs foundation where many labor union, trade unionists, danny glo

carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. tragedy strikes a san mateo family after their three-year-old daughter drowns in a lagoon near the family apartment. a candlelight vigil was held last night outside the complex on day street in san mateo where the child died yesterday. her child initially called 911 reporting her daughter missing. she wandered away from their home around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. the police quickly began searching. she was discovered in the lagoon by neighbors a short time later. >> the child was pulled from the water. they had tried to revive the child, but weren't able to. >> it's really sad. yeah. i hope i don't know the child. it will be worse. >> the little girl's identity has not been released. the san mateo corner's office has taken over the investigation but by all accounts this appears to be an accidental death. >>> oakland police are looking for the hit and run driver connected to a deadly collision in east oakland last night. at least one person died in the crash near 61st avenue and east l

thanks, lisa.er] >> in theatres this weekend the musical rock of ages, it's based on the stage show that features music of the 80s. here's abc7 arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez on the isle. ♪. >> oh, that hair and those clothes and the music. flashback to the 80s. ♪. >> she arrives to become a singer and is attracted to this. eats a light weight between production members. what about tom cruz? he plays rock god's casey jack like a reincarnation of brett michaels in the old days. half naked, loser, surrounded by women and in a haze. ♪. >> alec bald win in the long haired wig and russell brand for some laughs. and a slime my manager. mary jane blue jay got a hand when she showed up. and it includes music by journey. jones with the perfect american academy sent as the wife of the l.a. mayor trying to shut down the club. rock and roll, she said. it's like a campaign for the 50s. ♪ if you love music from the '80s, you have to see the fill. i guess the big surprise is tom cruz. yes, he can bel

let us get things started with lisa baden. >> there was a crash between 8109 p. we have the growing volume on 95 northbound. here is the picture. no worries to report right now beyond on 395. if you take metrorail or the virginia real way, things are running in your favor. always in your favor, adam caskey. >> the weather is in our favor. a bright sunshine. crisp, comfortable morning temperatures. at least relative to early june standards. 50's. a beautiful picture early this morning in fairfax. currently in the 50's everywhere. 51 in leesburg. 53 in clarksburg. 58 in frederick. 50 degrees in west virginia. frostburg, upper 40's. 49. near 80 this afternoon. if you degrees below average for this time of year. low humidity. just a few thundershowers any time between 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. just a quick downpour. a 30% chance. a little warmer tomorrow. i will talk about that coming up. >> thank you. top story this morning is a big shake-up in d.c. government. kwame brown is out of a job. brianne carter tells us what caused the sudden resignation. >> good morning. wh

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and now back inside. >> lisa, thank you. former d.c.ouncilman harry thomas will start serving his prison sentence this week at a federal prison in montgomery, alabama. it starts on wednesday. thomas pleaded guilty of embezzling city funds. he spoke to about 200 supporters at a church in northeast d.c. saying he's been humbled by his prosecution and he thanked supporters for their forgiveness. >> it turns out even the mayor can't get out of jurisdiction. according to vincent gray, he's scheduled for jurisdiction at d.c. superior encouragement he still has other events on his calendar for today but most of those taking place later tonight. >> 60 degrees outside on this monday morning. >> and coming up, we are learning more about a deadly stage collapse before a radio head concert. the latest on the investigation and the person who was killed. >> and a disturbing story from texas where a mother is demanding action after she said a teacher told fellow students [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and mike bryan do a lot of sendidin

in a last word exclusive, eve ensler and her new star, representative lisa brown, will join me.you don't like vaginas, this is not your tv show. >>> would you just repeal it -- >> we'll look at that setting as we reach that. >> the batting practice mitt romney's been getting at fox news did not prepare him for bob schieffer's major league pitching yesterday. and it wasn't as if bob schieffer was throwing curveballs. >> you haven't been bashful about telling us where you want to cut taxes. when are you going to tell us where you're going to get the revenue? which of the deductions are you going to be willing to eliminate? which of the tax credits are you going to be -- when are you going to be able to tell us that ? >> well, we'll go through that process with congress as to which of the different deductions -- >> but do you have any ideas now, like the home interest mortgage deduction, various ones? >> well, simpson/bowles went through a process of being able to say where they would be able to reach a setting where they had actually under their proposal, even more revenue for the

. >> i want to direct this next question to you, lisa. every company in the valley, no matter how it is defined in terms of geography, has been a start up at some point. where did the idea for great products and services come from? >> thank you very much for allowing me to be here to address you today. that is a great question. i want to start by thanking the city of san francisco for being a part of an incubator that we are a part of, the kiwi3 innovation center. it is located in san francisco next to the ucsf mission building. there are lots of biotechnology laboratories available. about 29 startup companies in that space developing innovative technologies. i am in biotechnology primarily. our technology creates oil using a biological process that takes waste carbon as an input. ideas such as ours often come from universities and it is a real benefit for us to be by ucsf to be part of the innovation center. not only is ucsf a part of that, but uc-berkeley and uc santa cruz. so we are part of this network. in addition, we have technology

let's check in with lisa baden. >> cranking up is the rush hour. so far, so good as far as interstate travel. all clear to the airport. south into richmond and north into baltimore giving you the ok on 95. 395 but the pentagon, looks good at 27. more to come with newschopper 7 in a little while. now to news. >> prince george's county police need your help finding a missing teenager. >> the 17-year-old williams was last seen yesterday evening leaving her home in 8100 block of murray hill drive in fort washington. her caseworker spoke with her around 9:00 last night and describes the teenager as having the mental capacity of a 12- year-old. she is concerned about her well- being. please call police if you have seen her. now to the latest in the race for the white house, mitt romney continues his campaign in virginia with a stop installing this evening. virginia is considered a crucial battleground state in the presidential election. john gonzalez is live in the newsroom with more. good morning. >> mitt romney is holding back- to-back events in virgin

here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi there carolyn. a beautiful shot right now with the clear sky. winds are gusty. we have a red flag warning from the national weather service until 11:00 this morning for the higher elevations of the north bay and the east bay hills. wind gusts sustained to 20, 30 miles an hour and some gusts up to 40 miles an hour. you see the highlighted red areas right here. we're quite warm this morning and the winds right any out of the north busting to 32 at fairfield, gusting to 18 at napa. elsewhere not much of a problem. it's 71 degrees right now in napa. 64 in the city, 60 mountain view, 70 livermore. we are on our way to a scorcher a critical fire weather up through the next couple days a fuel look at the weather in a few minutes. >> thank you lisa. the gusty winds and dry conditions this weekend means firefighters will be challenged again today trying to keep small grass fire from growing into big ones. a crew of 50 jumped on a nine acre brush fire along highway 57 in san jose yesterday. several freeway ra

here is lisa argen. >> lisa: good morning, we're looking at partly cloudy skies from high definition emeryville camera. we will see the clouds clear for the most part. south wind is blowing. temperatures are still quite mild outside the delta. enjoy today, numbers coming up again into the 80s. we've got a nice summertime temperature spread despite the cooldown since yesterday at this time. the numbers will be trimmed back a few degrees but that is nothing compared to a 15-degree drop tomorrow. we'll have the fog clear the coast. more sunshine, warmth inland and then it looks like a return maybe to see showers. >> carolyn: queen elizabeth is braving rainy weather with majestic colorful flotilla of 1,000 vessels celebrating her 60 years on the british throne. they are waving the union jack and waving hello as the royal family sailed past including william, kue9 and harry. lama hasan reports from london. >> the queen, william and kate have arrived to be part of this massive armada. tugs, yachts, canoes they are here in honor of the queen. on the river bank, a union well wishes, armed wi

now to lisa >> . there's an accident just reported out of waldorf to get into a clinton, northbound 5 on the ramp to the outer loop. traffic is backing up big time out of clinton near southern maryland hospital. the beltway looks good at andrews air force base. northeast d.c. looks pretty good. an early morning accident at rhode island avenue and south dakota avenue is gone. travel times are good out of cheverly to get into northeast on 50 and across the wilson bridge for maryland and virginia commuters. the foggy bottom entrance escalators are out of service for metro rail. wait a minute. my producer says that has just been restored. foggy bottom entrance escalators have been restored. back to you guys. >> that will save a lot of steps. 6:11 right now, 67 degrees. >> microsoft wants to make sure windows stay is relevant with mobile devices. its foray into the tabloid world. >> alcoholism could be a side effect of gastric bypass surgery. we have details. >> how much? >> $155. red tails recordings betw

time for a check with traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> lisa baden let us start off lisa. -- letart off with lisa baden. >> you are looking live that newschopper 7 at a collision on the outer loop before 50. the john hanson highway. only the two right lanes are getting by. they will have to take measurements and pictures of this crash. the veto and the tractor-trailer were involved. interlude will be sympathetic the layout of greenbelt to head south. --by the way there was an overnight fatal crash this morning on i-70 west bound and maryland route 32. we are getting word from mdot that that is gone. they hauled away the last vehicle and they have reopened i-70. back to the news desk. >> are right. goodness. quite the morning out on the roads. nice and calm in the weather department. >> nothing to worry about any time soon. normally this time of year, we would be in the 80's. that is not unheard of. just the opposite. we are up for 70's today all the way through the weekend you're feeling good. i will have the beach forecast in a minute. here is over arlington. nothing but sunshin

now poliand to lisa baden. flexed we will start with a picture it of 270 outbound delays after 109 before 121 clarksburg. 270 southbound at 118, the accident is completely gone. our final camera is for virginia commuters. 395 is not bad across the 14th street bridge, beautiful ride. back to you. >> thank you. it will soon be easier and cheaper to get tested for hiv. walgreen's is offering free testing and dozens of stores across the u.s. this week. that includes connecticut avenue near the van ness metro station in northwest d.c.. this will be 3:00 through 7:00 p.m. tomorrow through friday. tomorrow is national hiv testing day. congressman jim moran will host his annual jobs would camp today. it is free and open to virginia's 8th district residents. the event will be held at williams high school in alexandria from 8:30 a.m. until noon. if people are asked to register online. we have a link on our web site wjla.com. >> a new exhibit on the millionaire heart opens this week at the national gallery. she was trying

lisa?eve and scynne. >> the 7-year-old actor who plays darth vader is out of the hospital after successful open- heart surgery. >> matt had the surgery last week in los angeles. he had a heart valve replaced. he was born with a congenital heart defect. he will be fully recovered after 10 months. getting ready to party like it's 1989, because arsenio hall is returning to late-night tv. >> is developing a new late- night venture with cbs television. the show has been sold. you will be able to watch it in the scene as well. more cities are expected to be on the way. slated for a fall 2013 premiere. he still has about a year of development. >> i hear adam caskey barking from the weather center right now. >> singer rihanna about to reveal all to open and frerah nothing. will be off limits. that means she will be questioned about her current relationship with her exports friend chris brown after they split in 2009. she is relieved -- believed to be the subject of recent brawl between chris brown

i'll explain next. >> thank you, lisa.ad, a banned chemical used by dry-cleaners for years that's ending up in too many places it should not be. >> an alameda man's new car finds a second home in an auto repair shop. i'm michael finney coming up. 7 on your side gets the guy a brand new car. graduation, huh ? crazy, right ? well, with this droid razr by motorola on verizon 4g lte, you guys can stay in touch. ( grunts ) cool. you can video call on skype... send photos. yeah, okay. yeah, let's do it. get $100 off any motorola 4g lte smartphone, like the droid 4 now just $99.99. verizon. >> dangerous chemical used in dry cleaning is being phased out here in california but state regulators say we may still have to live with the toxic legacy for years to come n this morning's assignment 7 report dan ashley takes a closer look at the problem leaching into our soil and drinking water across the state. >> at crist cal cleaning center in san mateo, owner lynette use as chemical called perk by nickname to clean the stains. >> it's a

you know lisa. now. we're looking for a nine year old girl named elisa perkoff humor who went missing yesterday while riding a scooter she could not have gotten far but that night she did not come back how. our task is to conduct a survey among people who might have seen the child yesterday or today. by witnesses have told the group that they had seen a child with a man holding her by the hand police immediately initiated a criminal case even when it is impossible to be cynical when it comes to such matters you can't help but take it to heart they're all different we have different occupations but searching for a child is important. volunteers sometimes have to search in places that locals try to avoid. to find the child the team has to investigate the area around the disused railway and industrial zones. while the search group looks for the girls another report has come in. an elderly man is lost in the woods outside moscow. you are right guys i need you to break out into groups everyone is going to go.

here is lisa argen. >> lisa: good morning. our cool air mass has settled in and inversion has mix order out and you are waking up with plenty of sunshine. few clouds drifting by. mainly 50s, 56 in fremont, 58 in mountain view and down by the monterey bay, 54 in watsonville. we're on our way to a good looking afternoon but we still have a low pressure spinning to the north and west of us. that will maintain cool numbers below where they should be here in the city. as much as 8 degrees below average. high of 51 degrees for the pride parade and many other festivities. we'll get to some of them and look ahead coming up. >>> the 42th annual san francisco pride festivities in full swing leading up to the main event, the parade. let's take a quick look. it starts about 90 minutes from right now at market and beale streets. the party continues all day. tens of thousands of people poured into the castro district for a street festival. sergio quintana looks at what has changed and what has stayed the same. >> sandwiched among the thousa

lisa says it will be about 60 degrees out there. and gorgeous shot up there at lake tahoe right now. lisa is chomping at the bit to get the forecast in. she'll be here shortly. >> troops returning from afghanistan and iraq are going to get everything they need. they cut the ribbon on a new mental health center in palo alto. mark matthews talked with a veteran who was a guest of honor at the event. >> christopher sits next to the v.a.'s undersector health as he cut the ribbon on the new mental health center. he took his turn at the podium along with congresswoman. >> most veterans won't accept help even if they know they need it. at least here the veterans won't feel like they are imprisoned or something. >> his blunt assessment and all the other thank you speeches seemed off kilter but he knows what he is talking about. he was a patient in the old v.a. center. >> i was not going outside. i was staying at my home. >> when he came home from two and a half years of combat he says he began to withdraw. his family acquitted him to get he

here is lisa argen. >> lisa: good morning. you can see the haze from mount tam. we have the spare the air day and pollutants right at the service and temperatures today, much warmer than yesterday. fire danger in the highlighted red areas and lake county and sonoma and napa, winds continue to gust to 30 miles an hour. we're still cool at our coast with a little bit of fog but 77 in antioch and 65 in livermore. this is 8:00. we're talking about a quick warmup with plenty of 60s in the next hour. by noontime, we'll be into the 80s in inland valleys, not stopping there. the hottest day of the year possible with 1023. 70s at our beaches. fog is returning quickly. i'll explain later. >> terry: breaking breaking news. firefighters have extinguished a construction site that happened in hunters point. the spectacular fire on west point road and third street is under investigation. particle she'll built structure burned fiercely. it was brought under control around 5:00 this morning. no reports of any injuries. >>> new this morning, dozens of people are burned out of thei

that's next. >> thank you, lisa. a banned chemical used by dry-cleaners for years is ending up still in too many places it shouldn't be. >> welcome back. it's 6:43. again, we are taking you to the queen of england's diamond jubilee celebration. you see her right there with her husband. they are preparing to join a flotilla of about is thousand boats that are making their way down the tems river. you see there some of the boats from all over the world really coming to celebrate her 60 years on the thrown. she became heir to the thrown at the tender age of 10 and ascended to the thrown when she was -- to the t. throne when she was 25. >> dangerous chemical used in dry cleaning is being phased out here in california, but state regulators say we may still have to live with the toxic legacy for years to come. in this morning's assignment 7 report dan ashley takes a closer look at the problem leaching into our soil and drinking water across the state. >> at crystal cleaning center in san mateo, owner lynette uses a chemica

now to lisa. >> stable is the highway. clearing overnight construction. to report right now getting around the region. interstate travel is working in our favor. not only along 95 but on 66, the greenway, the dulles toll road, and 270. we have lanes open on the wilson bridge out of maryland and out of virginia, looks pretty decent. back to you. >> thank you. 4:53. today marks the conclusion of the four-day diamond jubilee, celebrating queen elizabeth's 60-year reign of. >> the bad weather and news of prince philip's illness did not stop the show. >> on the third day of the jubilee celebration in britain musical royalty was called upon to perform for the queen. sir elton john and sir paul mccartney led a star-studded cast. there was a pop concert in front of the queens residents of buckingham palace. >> ♪ >> the performers were chosen to represent an array of music that britain has put out over the 60 years of the queen's reign. some old standbys from the 1960's and pop stars of the moment. they all came together for this outpouring of love for the queen.

lisa baden in a minute. first, the man of the hour, adam caskey. >> it is going to be as orchard today through the weekend. highs near 100. that is record challenging. six humidity -- thick humidity. thunderstorms on the eastern shore. locally we have a few clouds as well because of the thunderstorms moving across the bay on to the eastern shore. seven the 9 in arlington, 78 in annapolis, 73 in inwood. 79 degrees in frostburg to start your friday morning. heat advisory in effect for the vast majority of our viewing area from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. heat and humidity will combine to make it feel like 105-100 and sent. -- 105-110. a few storms possible late today, some could be strong to severe. that's your forecast. >> i was talking earlier about a collision on the george washington. has been taken care of. you can use the g.w. parkway. everything is open between the beltway and the airport. i want to take you to 395 southbound edsall road. a dump truck hit an overhead sign. you can see the flashing lights. n

live in san jose tonight, lisa amin gulezia >> thank >> thank lisa.he occupy movement have joined the fight to reopen scho elementary school. also pearl jam, jammed. the bay area man accused of billing the -- bilking the band for saand a satellite picta suspiciously familiar image in the craters of mercury. and then on "nightline." >> alan coming up next on "nightline" in the world of high speed car chases. they are dangerous, destructive and police say they are deadlier than ever. and jump out of choppers, shoot and be shot at. campit ise pay to sweat like a real navy seal on "nimembers of the >>> members of thent movement have now joined a group of parents who are trying to keep their children's elementary school from closing. the demonstrators rallied outside lakeview elementary school. the school closed when classes ended a victim of budget cuts. the school board believes administrators can find a way ng down withng sitting down with the parents and restructuring this effort and reorganizing the efforts. >> including reopening the -- >> including

lisa, look forward to your forecast. thanks very much. this morning interstate 580 is open again through the oakland hills after being shut down more than an hour overnight following a disastrous chain of events. pg&e cruz closed the road about 11:00 last night so they could install a new power line over the freeway. and install a new power pole. it took about an hour. all lanes were opened shortly after midnight this morning. all of that was necessary because of a domino events that began with a near fatal car crash. a wind-driven grass fire threatened several homes. here's how it all went down. >> this buick century started a three alarm fire and a power outage at the time. the woman driver smashed into the utility pole on mountain boulevard about 1:30 a.m.. car crashed and broke the pole in three and severed a street light. a portion of it smashed through the windshield, through the steering wheel and stopped inches from her chest. the woman was pulled away from safety and away from the power lines. >> we helped her over to this side o

lisa baden. >> i am thrilled that we don't have an accident. interstate travel looks like it will work in our favor. 95, 66, 81, 11, 70, 270, and it looks great at the chesapeake bay bridge. in virginia, the pace is working in our favor through rosslyn and over to washington boulevard and fort myers. now we turn to adam caskey for the weather. >> looks good on the roads that's good. 5:00 in the belfort furniture weather center. temperatures are in the 70's, low 80s downtown. 83 at reagan national 79 in college park, 73 in winchester. western paige county, there's light rain. also, in western maryland across the potomac and moving from luntz to hancock maryland, light rain. if increasing clouds otherwise. storms likely later on today after lunch time, some of which could be severe. highs in the low 90's. less humid tomorrow and a little cooler. prince george's county police investigating events that led to an officer's shooting a suspect in the 5600 block of -- street in district heights. brianne carter is there. >> police responded around midni

we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes starting with lisa baden. the outer loop of the beltway near university, now on the shoulder. a change in the traffic patterns for both directions at university. 3 to the left and one to the right around construction. 70 westbound closed at 32 because of a fatal crash overnight. eastbound, only one lane getting by. now in accident reported on the beltway in landover. will have details on that in less than 10 minutes. now adam caskey. >> i can always tell when lisa baden has new issues on the road. her glasses are on the desk. thanks for keeping us informed. 59 in leesburg and clarksburg, 59 in strasbourg, 59 in bowie. 57 in la plata. pleasant with low humidity, another comfortable day by mid june standards, highs around 80. upper 70's to low 80s today through the weekend with bright sunshine and low humidity. high temperatures in the mid 70's at the beach. >> thanks so much. i want to look at the day ahead. two former metro employees who admitted to stealing half a million dollars from the transit agency will

lisa baden in a moment. first, adam caskey. this is your day, anddam. >> what do you mean? i am a snow lovers. -- lover. if it were not for the heat and humidity, i would not appreciate the snow as much. there is a hazy sun rise over laurel this morning, already 78 degrees at the high school. 77 in august washington. 71 in germantowvienna. 69 degrees in newington. hazy, hot, humid, summertime in washington. it will feel like 102 to 108 with an air temperature near 100. slight chance of an thundershowers west of washington. now to lisa baden. >> i was thinking about you when i was watering the plants on the deck yesterday adam. loving life. 95 in maryland, in virginia, giving you the green light across the wilson bridge, the american legion bridge, no extra travel time needed on the greenway, 66 270, and on 50 in maryland. now to news. >> the official start of summer brought almost record-breaking temperatures. it did for the midwest, but not here. >> the extreme heat will continue again today. brianne carter is outside in the heat right now in dupont circle. always it? >> i

here's lisa argen. >> you can see how clear it is. the cold front scoured out the clouds early this morning around most of the bay but still some clouds hanging around the south bay. numbers are warmer there. 56 in san jose, good morning livermore, 54 for you. upper 40s since early this morning. it is a brighter start to your day. your weekend looking just a little bit warmer. we will call it partly cloudy for the midday hour with 50s to near 60, and once again today temperatures will be below average, in the mid-70s from sonoma to livermore this afternoon, and just 60 with a cool onshore flow at our coast. we will talk about a warmup a little later. >> thanks a lot. former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky will afeel his convictions on 45 downs of child sex abuse. it means the 68-year-old sandusky will spend the rest of his life in prison. take a look at his new booking photo. tj widdick was there as sandusky was handcuffed and taken to jail immediately after the verdicts were read. >> jerry sandusky arrived at the center cou

we will start with lisa baden. >> we go directly to newschopper 7, looking at 66. no worries to report by now just volume in manassas centreville, at 50. but look at the beltway to and from 66, that looks great. adam caskey. >> looks great and it will feel better. the humidity is dropping. on the downswing, but you still feel it this morning. for the next several days and through the weekend temperatures will be little below average. june has been unseasonably cool for the most part, despite last weekend when it was 92 degrees. otherwise, fairly below average. let's look at this picture. this is from my facebook friend dixie. can you make out anything in the clouds, any shapes? maybe a barnyard animal? there you go. it's a rooster. >> i see that. >> exactly. >> that's all we do all day. this has special meaning to me. my grandpa tom named the rooster because i had a little temper when i was little. thank you, dixie. in arlington, high, thin clouds. this is the view from washington-lee high school. you got about a third of an inch of rain yesterday from the showers.

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lisa baden in a moment. first, adam caskey. the heatwave was inside the building in miami but for us it is everywhere. >> we need a record at reagan national yesterday by one degree. the nationals had an evening game at least. we have a few and light areas of rain off to the west. for been tester up interstate 81 corridor. in the shenandoah valley. and along 68 near hancock maryland, and in pennsylvania. 83 in washington, 75 at dulles airport and gaithersburg. 82 in annapolis. warm start. not as hot as yesterday, 93. storms likely later this afternoon, and even around lunchtime. some could become severe, especially around the evening commute with gusty wind and flash floods bring the primary threat. >> directly to newschopper 7, because they mated to woodbridge, virginia. northbound 95 has a series of accidents, after the occoquan but before the exit for route 1. only two right lanes getting around the accident. it's blocking the two left lanes. more from newschopper 7 later. now to news. a somber anniversary today as we rememb

what's going on, lisa?n, wolf. june is officially gay pride month. and the pentagon will salute its gay and lesbian troops. they plan to hold a gay pride event later this month for the first time ever. it's been nearly one year since the military scrapped its don't ask, don't tell policy on gay and lesbian service members. >>> and acapulco, mexico, is bracing for a possible brush with hurricane karlt this weekend. the powerful storm is packing 85-mile-an-hour winds as it turns in the eastern pacific. the national hurricane center warns it could bring life threatening flash floods and mud slides. and how much would you pay for a piece of history? one of the very few original apple computers sold for nearly, get this, $375,000 at sothby's today. helped usher in the computer revolution we live in now. and you may have heard of its creators, steve jobs, steve wozniak, sound familiar? i want to give you an update now on a little boy who became a sensation as a mini-darth vader in this ad. the 7-year-old is recov

i'm going to take lisa's -- but i will expand. but first i want to quickly thank rachel and anthony barkow and nyu center on criminal law for inviting me to participate in this conversation. so what i wanted to, in response to david's question, talk about is the ways in which race is discussed. so often when this conversation or when this topic is raised, we tend to focus on issues of character. so are the police rational, or are they racist when they stop african-americans or other non-whites at much higher rates than whites? is george zimmerman a bigot, or is he a concerned citizen? is trayvon martin an innocent victim or a thug in training? these are the ways in which we typically discuss race, and what i want to suggest is that our focus on character and conscious racial bias may actually mask the ways in which we can still achieve racially disproportionate consequences, even in the absence of conscious bias. and so the reason for this, in my view, is based on something that i call suspicion cascades. and these are the systemi

baden.g with lisa >> a nice trip around the beltway. complicated south into or north into baltimore. metro will starting on normal service. marc rail and vre in good shape. 70 has no police out of fredericton to montgomery county. we like the picture of the greenway, the dulles toll road, 7, if all clear between sterling and tysons. looks good across the american and in and out of 295, and across bridge, but the complicated through cheverly. i hope you have good news, adam caskey. >> i do. i know that you like the heat and humidity. it's going to be oppressive on ay. w you will have to take the precautions friday through sunday. currently 65 in bethesda, 63 in leesburg. landover, 72, 70 in round hill, bowie. it's not going to been too you but we will be in the upper tomorrow with humidity. watch tomorrow shaded in red.s the weekend forecast coming up. new this morning, the investigation under way into a in silver spring. it happened in a barbershop the 900 block of bonds of street.if at the ebony barbershop in silver spring they have it

now to lisa. >> i will take it from here.is morning four men are behind bars right now accused of setting up a methylamine in their hotel room if. police say they made the bust last night in the holiday inn express in elk ridge, maryland. jummy olabanji is there this morning with details. what is going on there? >> some of the crews have left the scene this morning since we arrived, but they are still investigating inside a hotel. now you can see behind us, all this unfolding in want was a fourth floor room of the hotel. police in howard county tell us after 10:30 last night someone in the hotel tipped them off saying they smelled something funny if in the hallway of the fourth floor. police were called and they busted a meth lab inside one of the hotel rooms. they have arrested four men police. say there were three men inside the hotel room at the time and a fourth man was on his way to the room when he was busted. but not released the identities of the men who were arrested. dea agents on the way to the hotel and they will

abc7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian joins us to explain the significance of it all. lisa? >> egypt is in a state of flux and the power struggle continues. as reports surface about the man who ruled with an iron fist and the fact that he may be dead. cairo's tau rear square is again a symbol for change. egyptians are demanding more. >> >> look at all of the people here and you will know that the egyptian revolution is it. >> they call it this month's outrageous actions by the military that currently controls egypt. the military dissolved the country's newly elected parliament and now plans to rewrite the constitution and take control of the budget. thomas hen rick son calls it a step backwards. >> it is circumventing all of the egyptian people who wanted democracy and staged the protests in tarir square over a year ago. and consequently they are upset about it. >> and now they both claim victory in the nation's first democratic election. the instability in the middle east's most important country is osama hasani. >> it will get worst before it gets better. >> the venture ca