live in northwest d.c., q mccray, abc 7 news. kimberly: q, before you go, do we know if the cruiser cam was rolling or body cameras? q: i asked that question, kim, and that is part of the internal investigation going on now. they will see if there is any video, body cameras, any information they can get to get to the bottom of this. kimberly: q mccray reporting for us, thank you. new information about the bicyclist who was hit in southeast d.c. he was on 29th street and failed to stop at a stop sign before turning left onto erie. a car that had the right-of-way then hit the bicycle and took off. the man on the bike is in critical condition. the police said the car that hit him is a four-door white or silver sedan with paper tags that start with the letters call the police if you can help track down the driver. developing now, gunshots that lasted for 10 seconds, in the end more than two dozen people hit by bullets, others injured in the stampede to escape the gunfire at an arkansas nightclub. the police are desperate to find the

that's the latest live from northwest d.c. back to you. >> molette, thank you. >>> developing this morning, back to the drawing board for senate republicans. >> the plan to repeal and replace obamacare is dead. this comes overnight. that brings the total number much republicans opposing the billow physicianly to four. >> now the table is being set for a straight repeal of the health care law. nbc's chris pollone will have a look at what this means coming up. our other top story this morning, fairfax reports to identify a man whose body was found floating in a lake on trinity parkway in centreville last night. a fisherman found the man last night around 7:30 p.m. they're examining a backpack found along the shore also. >>> prince george's county police are looking for the people who dumped a man's body in a riverdale neighborhood. that body was found on 60th avenue off riverdale road. >>> tonight parents can attend a town hall meeting about spotting sexual abuse. this is in response to the recent arrest of carlos bell in charle

. >> reporter: in northwest d.c., stephanie, wusa 9. >> today's rally was the final stretch of that 2-day event t began yesterday with a 18.6 mile walk. it began at the nra headquarters in fairfax county and then ended at the department of justice in northwest d.c. you remember that weather yesterday, people walking for hours in the extreme heat and in the rain. >>> this is caht train slams into a suv, dragging it along the tracks. this happened in la marque, texas, where a police officer's body cam captures this all. the officer was trying to comfort the injured man and woman inside the suv when that train just took off. he ran alongside the suv while trying to get someone to stop the train and eventually a fire truck was able to alert the train conductor. the couple were flown by helicopter to a nearby hospital. >>> check out this rescue in northern california. this is a rock climber who fell about 25 feet and suffered injuries to his lower body. emergency workers on the ground were able to reach him and what you're seeing right there is a helicopter that lowered a bag and then they

to northwest d.c., brookland to college park. if you have travel plans to baltimore or bay bridge to get to the beach, this is the line to

autria: breaking a northwest d.c., a fire at a two-story rowhouse.the fire is under control but not before it ripped through the fi the house was undergoing renovations. crews are on the scenes trying to determine a cause. the two people are expected to be ok. larry: breaking news in montgomery county. a double shooting and police think it was an attempted murder. a man and woman shot near new hampshire avenue. the woman's condition is unknown. montgomery county police are looking for two suspects. autria: right now, police in d.c. are working on a disturbing climb -- disturbing crime. a 13-month-old hit in the crossfire. sam sweeney is following this story. sam: this was an all-out gunbattle. shots fired.ozen the first shots were fired from this alley. marks onee the track the ground. at least three shots went through the car here. through the back window and out the passenger side window. this is where playing. the toys are on the ground. the 13-month-old toddler was shot. all of these marks represent bullets. you can see how many there are. the po

here's a time lapse from our tower cam in northwest d.c., looking forward virginia, look at that. >> looks like a movie, doesn't it? >> it does, but the good news, it's less humid outside right now. doug will talk about it more in a few minutes. first, we are live with the bad news for people who have to spend tomorrow cleaning up, shomari? >> reporter: you have to feel bad for the homeowners ear on 32nd street northwest in d.c., look behind me, you can see the clean-up has started, this tree expert company is removing branches, storm debris, you can see the gutter hanging right there. the front window is shattered, that tree came crashing down, we with talked to the homeowner, let's hear what he had to say as the storm moved in. as heavy rain falls on parts of d.c., maryland and >> i'm annoyed. you know. i mean, i did not need this. >> reporter: john martd inis irritated on 32nd street in the district. the thunderstorm toppled this tree and crushing a car and crashing on his roof. john and his wife were inside at the time, they got out okay. >> we heard a crash and didn't even sound

also missing from the northwest d.c. home a personal check that was quickly cashed for more than $1200. the owner of the home had arrangements with the four roommates to leave the house three days so he could book the rental. this instagram post showed the renters planning to extend their stay e games and that was halted to find more than a dozen peopled in the crashed house. he called d.c. police. >> we did not leave with the feeling that this was the -- no one was shot and there's no bluing here. our sfais has been violated instead the roommate sent off to investigate themselves. >> we dug through all the trarsh and found the money pot. empty checks and things september to them and we went through them and then gave hem to the police. >> one of the men tagged a misspelled wind isle on the kitchen wall bidding for the evidence left behind ape laptop seemed to be previously stole. >> found the conversation hey many need money find the card this is how you you do it. >> digital notes to bank accounts in south carolina wit

officer to shoot a man in northwest. d.c. police chief told us last night an officer came across a man with a gun on park road. that's in the city's parkview neighborhood. the suspect was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. the chief said the suspect was under arrest and his officers recovered a gun from the scene. >>> lawmakers, including maryland congressman, are sending thoughts and prayers to house majority whip steve scalise. he was readmitted to the icu. adam tuss has more on this. adam? >> med star washington hospital doctors say they moved him back to icu due to concerns about infection. police and several others were injured in a shooting in alexandria. he was hit in the hip. it shattered blood vessels, bones and organs. s condition. we will get an update. back to you. >>> here is a look at other top stories. governor of new york ordering flags to be flown at half staff in honor of a police officer targeted in a shooting. police say she was killed in an unprovoked attack in the bronx. the officer leaves

not a t northwest d.c., heavy rain. cabin john, give it ten or 15 minutes and your skies will clear out a lot more. head to the south a tiny bit. we are looking at a few showers, heavier rain downtown d.c. all of this moves to the east and behind it is a whole lot better out there. we are going to keep the warm and the humid conditions moving through the evening hours. once again the severe thunderstorm warning does remain in effect until 5:45. it's likely to cancel out maybe expand a little bit off toward the north and the west. chillum around 5:40. takoma park at 5:41. berwyn and berwyn heights at 5:48. we'll keep you q: welcome to "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice. i'm q mccray. we have a special alert from the prince george's county police department. this guy here has a gun and wants cash. he is targeting convenience stores. with his hood, mask and the gloves on entering the store on a summer night, the clerk knew he was trouble from the start. the overhead view shows the clerk tossing money on the cou

just in time for the citi open in northwest d.c. we are talking about the temperatures in the 80's to close to 90. outdoors time of weather. almost august. summer is flying by. larry: it is. where is it going? come back! don't leave! alison: i know. thank you. larry: steve, thanks. still ahead here why a woman went online to ask people to send her pictures of rainbows. alison: plus, the investigation into the deadly fair accident. the two critical warnings about the fire ball ride that the item just uncovered. larry: first, though, thousands of people attacked in a federal program that are supposed to train people for the future. the big problem and what uncle sam is doing to fix it. up next. alison: tonight on abc -- >>> the city officials went around to hold the ribbon cutting ceremonies that celebrated more than 3500 new businesses. -- 3500 businesses in the shaw neighborhood. 26 of them have opened since late november. fantastic. larry: young people that are supposed to work to a better future. we have more. reporter: there are

postal work rz found guilty of moving half a ton of marijuana through a northwest d.c. post office. kendra brantly, devon row and alicia norman were convicted on felony bribery and conspiracy to commit robbery. the three made shower packages containing marijuane were not inexpected by postal inspectors. two third in october. >> as we head to weekend. hot, hot and more hot and maybe eventually a break. >> and hot. >> and hot. >> back to hot. >> feels ike 100 right now. >> it does. isn't that unbelievable tony. >> it's 11:15. >> nice sdmrxt dew points are so high and you factor that in with the temperatures boy, boom, there we go. it's up believable. and i want to tell you that throughout the hours of today we actually had some of our neighborhood that did reach up to 107 in terms of heat indexes today. i was staying cool today. ta a look at my friend. i was in south east near navy yards we had fun out at water feature and sprays and some of the little once i got to hang out with the ben and sister and that's jesse. we had a great time. i thank you young kid and parents and grandpare

. >>> we are tracking breaking news out of northwest d.c. at 6:13. that's where at least four homes have fire damage after flames broke out early this morning. d.c. fire says the fire started inside one row house on morgan street. >> fire alarms woke up eight people who were able to escape safely. two firefighters are being treated for minor burns and heat exhaustion. molette green will have a live update coming up. >>> melissa has breaking news in traffic. what's going on? >> we have a four-mile backup. this is northbound side. this is right before surratts. it is a big delay for that area. kind of a rare situation for the morning. wanted to mention that. inner loop at annapolis, looking better than it was. good morning, sheena. >> good morning, meliss morning. just a little bit sticky out there. humid. warm. that's going to be the case through the rest of the morning. through the afternoon, it's going to be a lot like yesterday. low 90s. isolated storm chance. but it's not really today where we're talking about the extreme heat. that's going to be t

he is 27-year-old robert sues berry of northwest d.c..nvestigators are trying to track him down at this hour and shooting happened on july in 4600 block of silver hill road. officers arrived to find courtney sims and anthony douglass shot to death. jared armstrong of northwest is in custody and both men are charged with fivrtd and second degree murder and police are trying to identify a third suspect in this case. >> developing in text text driver of eliminate sweltering tractor-trailer used in human trafficking ring is charged. ten people died and 20 others sent to the hospital. fox's casey steeingle with more from dallas. >> tragic occurrence that happened in our city. >> prayer rall held throughout the san antonio area after ten people died from being transported in the back of a boiling hot tractor-trailer victims of human smuggling. police immediately arrested dryer of that truck. 60-year-old james mathy bradley jr.. he made first court appearance monday after formally charged with illegally transporting immigrants for financial gain

. : not a dry eye in the house in northwest d.c. athlete and ambassador chester edwards knows that he's going to los angeles wednesday for the sb awards, the 25th annual sb awards. he knows he's going to be on stage when 27 athletes and teams from around the country are recognized, and former first lady michelle obama will posthumously honor the founder of the special olympics. what he didn't know, when he woke up this morning, he found out he will be flying to l.a. with some special hardware. take a look. here at the special olympics headquarters, the 43-year-old was surprised by chairman tim shriver with his own real espy and awarding him for his success and innovation in bringing open water swimming, and endurance sport, to the special olympics. >> looking at the folks who have received one of these in the previous years, and to see special olympics athletes and myself receiving one, it's an honor to be a part of that. john: he not only participated in aquatics, but also football, volleyball, and floor hockey, a gold, silver, and

to northwest d.c., brookland to college park. if you have travel plans to baltimore or bay bridge to get to the beach, this is the line to hold off leaving for another hour or so. the traffic will be backed up. eastern edge of the beltway will slow down dramatically. but looks better in gaithersburg, georgetown, rockville and bethesda. heading down south to fredericksburg you will look for the showers, thunderstorms and the heavier downpours moving through the next hour somewhere so. slow-go for the evening rush hour commute. the heaviest of the weather is now beginning to exit the district. moving on off toward the east. friendly. you are looking at the moderate rain at this time. manassas is looking at heavier rain. but not under the warned area. brad, show the warnings again. to keep everyone updated now that we are at if top of the 5:00 hour. we had two warnings, one for district until 5:15. fairfax, live of montgomery county -- a legislativeer of montgomery of -- a sliver of montgomery the severe thunderstorm warning origina

northwest d.c., the underpass is open again. the circle was closed all through the weekend for high water. traffic can get through their much easier on the 16th street corridor. quantico, not too bad looking northbound. a lot of volume southbound. we will see that in stafford toward theing screen. down toward fredericksburg, things even out a little bit. we do have occasional volume spots down and in toward fredericksburg. prince williams parkway a little heavy in spots. for the volume northbound ride as well. both ways feeling extra volume. we will be back fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement

go to fiosgigabit.com y2d1iy y16fy >>> members of the community in northwest d.c. came together this week to help victims of a devastating apartment fire. more than 200 people lost their homes when the rolling terrace apartments caught fire in june. one man died, several others were injured. students at san miguel middle school along with the borger management company teamed up to give fire victims household items, clothing and other supplies. >> we're part of the community and we feel when the community needs help, as a school that's our mission, to h losing a home is not easy and so i think that if we can bring some happiness to them, that's something that we want to do. >> we reached out to investigators who tell us the cause of the blaze still under investigation. >>> this week we learned about some fascinating new evidence about the disappearance of the first female pilot to fly solo across the atlantic ocean. amelia earhart and her plane vanished in 1937 on her attempt to fly around the world. she is thought to have crashed and died in the pacific ocean, but

she was the woman seriously hurt after a dumptruck hit her on south dakota avenue in northwest d.c. the crash happened on tuesday. sources tell us two years ago that very same driver ismail alvarez hit and killed a woman gallaudet university student, hit and killed her crossing the street. as you can imagine, the woman's family is angry. >> he shouldn't have been driving, this would never have happened to bianca. i don't fault the driver, i fault the contractor. >>> after this week's crash alvarez was arrested in that 2015 crash, we should mention. for this week's crash, he's not been charged in the most recent accident. his employer fort meyer construction says safety is their top priority and is working with police now. >> i know both of us saw those storms rolling through yesterday. many of you waking up to clean up after that heavy rain. the wind gust causing that you see there across parts of d.c., maryland, and virginia. >> take a look at this. the storm caused a tree to fall onto a car and into a house in d.c. right there. people, by the way, inside that house at the time thi

house minority leader nancy pelosi addressed hundreds of people at freedom plaza in northwest d.c.onight. she emphasized everybody's role in protecting health care, saying their protests and social media posts have made a significant impact. >> let's appreciate those who voted right. when i say right, not only correctly, but did the right thing for the american people. let's appreciate them. let's thank them, but let's keep the heat on for the others. >> actor justin long was there to show his support. tonight's rally is part of the nationwide our lives on the line day of action. president trump isn't giving up on the health care fight, and he's playing hardball. in a series of tweets the president accused gop senators of being quitters for their health care failure. he then threatened to end companies that could lead to skyrocketing insurance costs for millions of americans. the president also warned he would cut congressional health benefits. >>> a man faces negligent driving charges for allegedly hitting two emergency vehicles. a maryland state trooper was in one of those cars.

matt ackland is here with new de fails about 14 year olds attacked in northwest d.c. i also understand this was record ed and shared on social media. >>reporter: we are not showing the faces of those involve to protect the young victim's identity. he is 12 years old and his mom says he was leaving the library in southwest when he was attacked by a group of boys and someone had a camera. i couldn't come to my son's aid at all. the mother who didn't want us to use her son's name says hours after her son's learned it was shared on facebook and viewed \million\mills ever times. this is the worst nightmare, for one for your child to be assaulted, but for it to just be on video for the world to see is just -- itself it's not a good feeling. the mother tells us police are investigating and told her they're using the video as one method to track down those responsible. she wanted to speak out and n hopes of finding them while letting others know the impact of this type of violence shared on social media heartless, no one cares, you know. no one cares until it hits home until

live tonight in northwest, d.c., marina maracco, fox5 local news now to a developing story in fairfax county. one person is in custody after a police chase lead to this crash. sky fox over the scene right off of tyson's boulevard at route 123. the chase started just before nine tonight. no one else was injured. police haven't release any information yet on why they were chasing the suspect. i wangt you to take a good look at thissic p your. d.c. police want you to call them if you recognize this man. they believe he was involved in an armed kidnapping. he approached the parks lot on 13th street northwest, started a conversation and then pulled out a nief and forced this em to drive to an atm and withdraw money. he took the crash cash and took off. just advertise for a woman killed in gaithersburg. today her killer was disieted of first degree murder. he was a ebb in of the hit squad gang based in montgomery county. lindsay watts is live at the courthouse with more on this verdict. >>reporter: prosecutors did not try this as a hate crime though they did possibility initially. this was

it happened in northwest d.c. witnesses tell investigators that two men were playing the game. they were surrounded by kids and neighbors. police arrested derrick watson on tuesday. police are searching for this man. there is a reward for his arrest. the one-year-old little boy who was hit is recovering. >>> already raging for several days, a northern -- excuse me. a northern california fire doubles in size. 48,000 acres burned. just 7% containment here. so far, more than 2 dozen homes destroyed and 1500 structures as a result, you've got thousands of people that have been forced to leave their homes. this is close to yosemite national park. so close that there is this smoky haze over the park. a spokesperson for the fire department says that it looks like the park is not at risk. the flames appear to be spreading in the opposite direction. it is something that they're monitoring very closely in northern california. back over to you guys. >> erika, thank you. ambulance response times in montgomery county are getting worse. montgomery county police say response times in 2015 wer

today in the district, two of the men charged in massive brawl outside the turkish embassy in northwest d.court facing felony aggravated assault. at least 20 people were arrested in connection with that many altercation in may. protesters clashed with turkish officials when turkish president arrived at the embassy. >> the show may not go on. in montgomery county, the days of circuses featuring animal acts could be numbered if a new bill before the county council gets approved. the bill would put an end to animals performing in circuses or other businesses that benefit from showing performing animals. now supporters of the bill say forcing animals to perform is not humane. >> we do have circuses in montgomery county. now circuses can be popular and successful utilizing humans. humans have informed consent. they know what they're do. an animal cannot consent. >> the bill two not affect any agricultural displays of animals such as the montgomery county fair which is scheduled to take place next month. >> that's an interesting concept. >> even at agricultural displays but they also have animals

. >>> an investigation is underway into a police-involved shooting in northwest d.c.. police say this all happened when the officer encountered man with a gun. and it was 10:30 last night on the newton place just off georgia avenue. the suspect is expected to survive. his weapon was recovered at the scene. police chief peter newsham says the suspect shall be placed under arrest. >>> man is now under arrest for the death of the brother of baltimore police spokesperson tj smith. terrell gibson is being held for the murder of dionay smith. he was shot and killed in his home sunday night. the police commissioner said some kind of dispute led to the shooting and gibson has a long criminal record. there had been 180 murders in baltimore this year. that compares to 143 at the same time last year. >>> congressman steve scalise is back in the icu at the washington hospital center. the number three republican in the house was readmitted after contracting an infection. scalise was shot in the hip last month while practicing for the congressional baseball game. the gunman james ho

causing some damage in northwest d.c. we have live team coverage of the rough weather. was one of the genuine people on television. lost the battle, but won the war. ow friends and family are removing the life and legacy of d.c. news legend, jim vance. announcer: now abc 7 news at 6:00 on your side. >> did you notice the rain quite a break from the a line of storms toppled advisory is still in effect right now, but the larger threat is the next round of storms. watch with live team coverage starting with meteorologist josh knight. i see it's another deluge here. of wind with it, but nothing severe. here is a good picture of what is happening outside, usually camera, we could easily see to the woodrow wilson bridge. barely see the capitol wheel. temperatures dropping down not rain totals getting up to n inch, close to.8 in rockville, bowie, 2/3. let me show you the rain right now. dealing with severe weather. the rain comes down very helly and some lightning with it as well. gusting 40 to 50 miles an hour, so just below severe criteria. you can see here, the colors for o

you're looking at video in northwest d.c. near georgetown today, lot of people out there enjoying the water and just enjoying life. so will it stay like this over the start of your workweek? i know who knows. meteorologist melissa nord. >> it is going to stay like this in terms of the low humidity, but we are going to see temperatures creeping back up a little bit. can you believe we had clear blue skies today? great sunset this evening as well. lloyd ferguson sent in this photo from paris, virginia, pretty shot there with the farm and the sun going down this evening at 8:20. we've got really dry air which is the reason why it was so comfortable outside today. what you're looking at right now, this is something called water vapor imagery that looks at how humid or how dry the air is. this big red orange area that's right over our area is dry air which sank in today and it's going to stick around for the start to the workweek. so it will be warm tomorrow, but we'll keep the low humidity in the forecast a couple days longer. 74

an update in officer involved shooting in northwest d.c. late last night. the man with a gun on newton place northwest eventually opened fire. still unclear exactly why the officer shot that man. that man was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. >>> ♪ >>> also, developing overnight we have learned of a set back as representative steve scalise continues to recover. >> he's been readmitted to the intensive care unit and we're told his condition has been downgraded sadly. fox5 fosses bob barnard joins us live from northwest with the bob? >> reporter: allison and steve, yes, downgraded from fair to serious condition because we understand he is suffering from an infection, and that's why representative scalise has been sent back to the intensive care unit here at washington's med star's washington hospital center. we're told we'll get a further update later today but house the house majority whip number three republican in the house of representatives was shot and wounded three weeks ago. that was while practicing for the congressional baseba

. >> the incident happened at 7:45 last thursday evening in the alley here in northwest d.c.olice said in a statement that the boy ran off the roadway and struck the wall of an alley, and what jay vaughn and his mom say, it didn't happen that way. >> i almost hit the wall and stopped and then the police car hit me in the back of my wheel. >> they are concerned the officer drove off. he said the officer wanted to know what was in his pocket and he showed him, and it was fireworks and the officer returned them and drove away. >> you your son on his bike. >> yes, i do. >> do you feel it was an accident or what do you think happened. >> i don't think it was an accident. >> a police statement says while we are glad the juvenile was not seriously injured in this incident, we are taking the investigation seriously. his mom says it made her son fear the police. in northwest, darcy spencer, news4. >>> president donald trump up early this morning and late last night one of his last tweets was one honoring veterans. all of this coming before the fourth of july holiday. the president pra

>>> firefighters rush to the scene of a beautiful home in northwest d.c., with smoke pouring out of it. more on the early morning call for help and what we learned about injuries in the last hour. >>> hard work for a good cause. the army of volunteers after arlington national cemetery this morning and their gold. >>> and we're heating up quickly to start offer the week. we're already in the mid 80 u.s. through much of the area. feels even hotter with the humidity, and even more heat later this week. >> announcer: news 4 midday starts now. >>> hi, everybody. goff. >> and i'm chris lawrence. sheena sort of alluded to it. it's only going to heat up from here. >> and sheena parveen talking about the chance for storms. 85 is the current temperature. with the humidity thanks to that south wind, it actually feels like 93 outside. at this hour it already feels about ten degrees warmer. look at the rest of the area. so by 4:00 william is where we should be bosh we'll still be warm at 7:00, but we'll be getting hotter as we go through this week. that's not even going to come with rain relief. a

68, manassas 64, 68 in baltimore this morning but that 78, it feels every degree of it here in northwest d.cnd i promise you'll notice the humidity. we've got a little pocket there. quantico, annapolis, d.c. down towards fredericksburg, dewpoint temperatures are currently above 70 so very uncomfortable air here in place. a little better out to the west. dulles is 65. 61 in martinsburg and winchester. little bit drier air as you get north and west. all of us back in the 90's today. we think we'll be in the mid 90's in the city and it will be plain old hot for everybody with mostly sunny skies expected. a few clouds out early making for a later this afternoon -- yesterday you know what we fired up one lone shower that moved across loudoun county montgomery county and out towards annapolis east of the bay. we could do that again today with one or two lonesome showers but it should be very isolated later today. nothing really driving any systems. we have a cold front off to the north and west and as that drops in a little bit closer to our region tomorrow, out ahead of it is possible we could se

this happened on l street in northwest d.c. no one else was hurt and we are told that the agent will be larry: guilty is a conclusion from a jury in a murder trial that centered around a love triangle. and we have new information on what the jury saw. sam? sam: the jury heard jeffrey neal say he killed a roommate but did it in self-defense after he learned that the roommate killed the other one and is trying to kill him. the jury did not believe it. finding him guilty of double murder. >> after taking someone's life you don't come back from it. after watching the police interrogation over three weeks and the deliberations over three days the jury found 24-year-old jeffrey neal guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his two roommates. >> they sat with the difficult decision. >> i was shaking when i saw him naked with the knife. >> they had been friends since middle school. after high school sharing this house. but they argued that neal killed delano wingfield and buried him in the backyard and then ten days later, leon yo