>> does michelle carter send you now another text that you receive later on that night? >> and what does she tell you? >> i think he just killed himself. >> reporter: she testifies about that incriminating text from michelle. >> i was on the phone with him and he got out of the car because it was working and he got scared. and i told him to get back in. >> reporter: isn't that pretty incriminating stuff? >> yeah. >> yes. and she goes on to say, i could have called police. i could have called his family. but she didn't. what she did do with it, three minutes, is start texting the guy she was trying to date and her other friends, sam boardman, and talking to them about, "oh, it's all about me, what am i going to do now?" >> she essentially put him back into a gas chamber, she listened to him gasp for air, take his last breath, and die, and she did nothing. >> reporter: michelle's defense resting nearly entirely on one witness, psychiatrist peter breggin. how could the girl who's most likely to brighten your day encourage her boyfriend to take his life? >> the short explana

i have to keep doing that. >> in alexandria, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. michelle: tomorrow at 4:00 we'll have another story that is leading up to the race for the cure. we have the coverage on the sister station newschannel8 and website wjla.com. check in now with larry smith at the "live desk" and what is new at 5:00. >> we will get a first look at the updated track for hurricane irma. we are working to get help to the south as needed. plus -- >> no, no, no! >> a major update on the deadly shooting involving two police officers. what prosecutors are saying now. and we now know what caused a steam pipe to explode outside camden yards and we have more on hurricane irma when we see you at michelle: irma is talk of the town. a special day for bob irlic. the i.c.c. is named in his honor. jonathan: amazon looking to build a second headquarters in the u.s. to match the sprawling headquarters in washington state. maryland governor larry hogan said his state is making the quite the sales pitch. there is already a million square foot facility there. amazon says it is looki

in northwest washington, brianne carter, abc7 news. michelle: right now the search is on for vandals who dumped blue paint on the iconic charging bull statue on wall street. authorities say a sash was statue that reads "draw the blue line" which police call reference to paris climate accord. the fearless girl faces the bull statue and will stay up until next february. convoying of self-driving trucks may be the future of transportation. we will show you the testing on the roads that is happening now that brings us one step closer coming up. >> she is not expecting me. she thinks i'm on medical hope or something like that. i hope she is not mad. jonathan: the sailor's surprise at seaworld. you don't want to miss the moment he's reunited with his wife. nancy: but first how to start friday right with good morning good morning. >> -- with "good morning washington." >> tomorrow, catch me flying high in the sky at joint base an draws for a sneak peek of the anniversary air show. >> plus, i'm one on win with tracy ellis ross, viola davis before sunday

mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. in the weather center now with josh knight. josh, we are still talking about what is left over of jose, right? josh: yes. it's still a tropical storm. the winds are just barely getting to new england. predominantly over the ocean. there is a system. we will put a track on it. you will notice this is not a cone, more of a circle. it hangs in the same area for the next five days. but it continues to weaken along the way. good news there. right now, though, again, 60 miles per hour gusting up to 70. it could work back to the coast and bring us clouds next week but that is about it. it's not looking for anything significant out of jose. then ultimately just what is left of jose. tonight we are down to 66 degrees. we will see a few more clouds move in. i think they will stick around for tomorrow. highs are still degrees for friday. again on saturday hanging closer to 87. so we are getting hotter toward the weekend. humidity will stay close to where it is now. while temperatures go to 87 and 88 for saturday and sunday it will feel la

and every statewide democrat from jason carter to michelle n nunn, who ran for senate, they lose. they get about 23% of the white vote. so in a state like georgia, having an economic message that's aimed at white voter, without looking at other movement, you know, articulating intersectional, that, we've already kind of hit the ceiling there in a state like georgia, in a place like wisconsin. in a place like michigan. you have to look at the $200 million that were put to -- when progressive movements were decidinging he ining how to spey in december last year, december, october. zero dollars were spent on black voter engagement. in our words, our assumption of who we need to move over. those communities weren't invested in. we did not lift up the right leaders. i want to challenge us to think about who it is that should be articulating and the spokespeople and reaching out and bringing in all of these messages. the economic and the justice. messages so that we can motivate our voters to come back to the polls. even amongst african-american voters. it was a 7% drop between 2012 and

carter-conneen, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. michelle: the equi fax breach is supposed to monitor your credit but what can you trust after a breach like this? the simple sol lutions to protect yourself from a hack next. -- sol lution to protect yourself from a hack next. >> we take you inside the fema center as they are gett >> tim barber is out on breaking news for us. we'll get back to him. michelle: move to a "7 on your side" consumer alert. more than one out of three americans got the information hacked. jonathan: this is incredible. credit monitor company eq and driver's license numbers in the hands of hackers. "7 on your side" nathan baca showing us how to protect ourself. we have had a couple of major hacks in last couple of years from the companies that you expect to protect us. >> that is right. once again millions of americans might need to sign up for credit monitoring. the first step for help going online to equifax security. people can find out if the information was likely hack and sign up for free credit monitoring service

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carter, newsom. jonathan: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the sure sign of fall when you go for the morning brew tomorrow. michelle: plus this -- >> look at that. >> oh my gosh. michelle: mayhem on the beach. how fast things change and the type of storm believe told have sent kayaks, umbrellas, you make it all beach chairs flying. >> family in ashburn raised hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years in fund raising efforts for susan g. komen. i'm amy aubert. i will tell you why this is so important to them coming up. nancy: still ahead at 4:30, marching from charlesville to d.c. the message one group wants to bring to the white house and how far they've jonathan: this is a major accomplishment. a family in ashburn hit the $250,000 mark raising money for susan g. komen. nancy: this year, 16-year-old alison titus is leading the efforts. michelle: for a family hit so closely by breast cancer, it's a labor of love. amy: three sisters with a strong bond. >> i remember when she shaved her head. i remember that vividly. amy: bits and pieces the girls say of memories of their mother who they lost to breast cancer in

carter-conneen, abc7 news. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news awe letter. michelleeaking now a three-car crash with the walter reed drive in arlington shut down. that overturned car ripped down power lines shutting down the road between south quincy street and the four-mile run. two people inside the car are now hospitalized. it could have been worse if an army master sergeant hadn't be there to pull them to safety. >> went around to the driver's side. gentleman helped me open the door. we pulled him out of the car and saved a life. thank god. i was praying. don't let the car explode. michelle: it's not clear how long walter reed drive will be shut down. the drivers need to avoid the area. jonathan: at 6:00, look at something. weapons cache that the secret service found inside a man's car. this was just outside the white house. michelle: looks like you are ready for battle. late this afternoon a judge ordered the man held without bond. q mccray court. you confirmed that the man arrested is a retired cop. q: that is right. i made phone calls to tennessee. i find out

michelle: giving pandas a bad rap. people who pandas and other animals at the national zoo know parking can be a hassle. now there is a plan to add a parking deck. mike carter-conneen is live at the zoo with the plan and the response that it is getting so far. mike: some cannot wait for parking. with 888 spaces across all the zoo surface lock they could use more parking according to some. 100 days out of year the lots reach capacity by midday. this means many search for parking in surrounding neighborhood, frustrating the nearby residents. the zoo added plans for more than 1,000 spaces. that would replace lot "c," the biggest lot. but the critics point out woodly park station is a short distance from the main entrance on connecticut avenue and they question why encouraging more driving when the visitors can metro, walk or bike here. >> i don't think you can choose parking over nature. i don't think a garage is the answer. >> i have to drive down to find a parking space. >> so many people. of course they don't have spaces. >> the zoo says this is a green garage with an electric charging station and bike parking and it would allow for the expansion of some an

levels michelle, it remains to be seen whether traders are still lovin' that mcd stock back over to you >> let's find out, dom, thanks very much. mcdonald's posted its workweek of the year. carterthe charts are pointing to trouble for the golden arches. break it down for us >> just what you started with, bad action this week looks to me like it's the beginning of more bad action three lines. you got mcdonald's, a three-year chart, pretty straightforward. the big winner it's important to say this is the russell 3,000 restaurant it's got things from popeye's to mcdonald's and starbucks, red robin, garden burger, cheesecake restaurants have been a real dud. three years and nothing to show for it in the middle, of course, here is the s&p 500 and what's starting to happen, though, there's a little bit of life in some of these laggards as we heard from dom mcdonald's is giving way a little bit i'm going to remove the s&p. let's go one more. and take a look and see what we've got. now, this is over the past year. this is important. what we're starting to see here is, again, that mcdonald's is starting to go down ever so slightly, while the restaurants are starting to hook up. i'm goin

michelle: "7 on your side" in health matters. a perplexing new study on flu shots in pregnancy raises the risk of mistake but mike carter-conneen reports that doctors and the study's author caution more research is needed. mike: the study found women who had miscarriages between the year 2010 and 2012 were more likely to have had back-to-back annual flu shots that included protection vaccine efforts say it's possible they did not result in the vaccination but the older age and other risk factors. >> we want to monitor safety of the vaccines but it need more research before significant changes and clinical practice should be recommended. >> past studies found flu vaccines safe in pregnancy but there is little research on impact in the first trimester. the center for disease control notified the american congress of the obstetricians and gynecologists. anticipating questions, confusion and worry. >> the risk of serious illness and death from flu. fortunately is not very common. but it does occur and it's avoidable with the zax -- vaccine. >> the women here wanted to learn more but they'd still get vaccinated. >> i'd go ahead and do it. i

nelson >> michelle and nelson >> peter allen nelson >> oscar francis nesbitt >> gerard terence nevins >> renÉe >> christopher newton carterher newton carter >> nancy yuen ngo >> and my grandfather. god bless you, the families or parents miss you, your loving sister misses you, your daughter's, your nieces and pat and the rest of the family and your close good buddies that are meeting later on they'll miss you. god bless first responders and florida for what they are going to go through and god bless america. >> and my father edward frank. my mom got a job taking care of me and my brothers and got involved in the navy and then also, my dad i will always miss my dad. i remember him like it was yesterday he was the best dad ever. we had so many great times together. she taught me how to be a man and i'm just happy that he was my dad and i will always miss him. he should have never died but that's how it is. thank you. [applause] >> jody nichilo >> martin stewart >> alphonse joseph niedermayer >> frank john niestadt >> gloria nieves >> troy edward nelson >> paul nimbley >> john ballantine niven >> catherine noack >> curtis te

michele ann nelson peter allen nelson oscar francis nesbitt gerard terence nevins rene newal christopher c. newton. christopher newton carteraw firefighter james gray ladder 20. god bless you. the family thinks about you every day. loves you and misses you. your parents, patrick and dorene, miss you. your loving sister sue misses you. your daughters colleen elise. aunt pat, joey and eric and the rest of the family and your close good buddies meeting later on, they all miss you. god bless the first responders. god bless texas and florida for what they're going to go through, and god bless america. >> and my father, edward frank polis. first and foremost, i want to wish my mom a happy birthday. you've done a great job taking care of me and my brother and my sist sister. my brother is in the navy. i want to thank him also. then my dad, i'll always miss my dad. i remember him like it was yesterday. he was the best dad ever. we had so many great times together. we taught me how to be a man and i'm just happy he was my dad. i'll always miss him. he should have never died but that's how it is. thank you. that's it. jody nichilo ka

michelle? >> yeah. >> other women who got in the photo shoot, include serena williams. kelly rowland. blue ivy carter a show due to respiratory infection. he tweeted, i couldn't devastated that i can't perform. and she ceadded, i'm sending fr pizza to the monsters outside of my hotel. they are loyal. and look who shows up. that's the scene outside of the hotel. she went down and signed autographs. tempt her promise with the pizza. the singer receiving a lot of praise. we hope she's feeling better soon. >>> and "vanity fair," we showed you the cover of the october issue, with meghan markle. you know who is also in that issue? >> who? >> jenna bush hager and her sister. you can read that when that hits newsstands. >> that's coming out in october. >> and "daly click" is haley who wanted to take her drone out for a little spin. but it was a bit of a distraction. she was vacationing in got some nice footage. you see sweeping shots of the castle. and she focused in on one friend who was playing to the camera. and -- there she goes. a surprise plunge into the fountain, xlocompletely clothed. she was eventua