their next court appearance is august 31 in salisbury. coming up, the distinguished guest in d.c. this weekend and her incredible story. first, controversy on display, tensions high in virginia as the debate rages over the confederate flag. devon: sunday was the hottest day of the year so far, but the heat will extend. the forecast coming up. horace: protesters gathered outside of the sons of the confederate conference amid the national debate over a symbol sparked after the murders in the charleston, s.c., church. jeff goldberg traveled to richmond, where southern pride and frustration were on display. jeff: each year, they come together from all over the south. in the weeks leading up to this year, things changed dramatically. >> this reunion was unlike any other in the past. jeff: the sons of confederate veterans have been meeting since 1896 sharing history and memorabilia of the confederate cause and proudly displaying the flag. charles is the commander-in-chief of the group and has been defending the fly ball his life, including after last month's deadly shooting rampage in s

it happened wednesday outside a tournament in salisbury maryland. police say 48 year-old michael barbella of ventnor city drove down with the intention of picking a fight after his daughter was allegedly removed from the team because of him. >> it is nothing to be proud of from either side, i don't know 29 gentlemen. i know mike. i don't know the other guy. i have no idea what the beef was about. >> reporter: joe's is barbella's neighbor and he had nothing bad to say about the man but feels sorry for her daughter. >> that was our first thought for the daughter. she's a wonderful person. >> reporter: police say he was uncooperative with officers and told him his facial injuries were from falling on concrete. other dad michael did you have friday pennsylvania mace land ago pol guyed for participating in the fight and reports say he had a text from barbella saying he wanted to fight. veteran umpire jim berk says this goes beyond bad sports man ship. >> for parents to fight with each other never seen it. done thousands of games. >> reporter: we found ou

they told the daily times of salisbury the disease is a serious threat to the state's $1 billion point ravaged poultry farms across the nation. an estimated 48 million birds have been killed. the epidemic has caused egg prices to jump more than 80% from may to june. coming up -- a major milestone for a big project in southeast. how it will benefit the anacostia autria: singer chris brown has finally left the philippines. a legal complaint left him stranded three days. he performed tuesday but was barred from leaving the country after concert promoters said he owed them money. that was after last new year's eve. once that issue was settled, he was allowed to leave. a new study finds a possible link to your smartphone and happiness, or lack there of. researchers tracked the habits of 28 people across the country, ages 19 to 58, and they could predict with an 86% certainty whether they suffer depression because people are more depressed use their mobile phones more. mission complete, a two-year, form i'll journey through the anacostia river tunnel system. we explain why that is such great

they come into salisbury, maryland from new jersey. and this -- let's rewind the video.re the altercation begins. >> is that it? >> [ bleep ]. >> my daughter. >> what about your own daughter? she's off the team because of you, mike. >> she's off the team because i want her off the team. >> that's what this entire argument is all about. cameras started rolling because, as you can hear this is quite the shouting match. >> [ bleep ]. >> come on! i'm going to punch you into the mouth. >> and then it turns into a physical match. >> oh! >> oh [ bleep ]! >> oh [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ]. >> oh [ bleep ]. >> now, this is all outside the civic center. this is apparently a big softball tournament that is going on. now, according to the sheriff's department both of these men were arrested and both have been charged with assault and disorderly conduct, among other charges. >> how [ bleep ]. >> can be charged with unsportsmanlike conduct? >> this is like an mma match. >> look at their mug shots. the guy who got the worse of it is 48-year-old michael barbela. the other guy, michael john

. >> peter salisbury is a journalist and analyst. whatever agreement has been brokered. it's unlikely to include a smaller local group still fighting. >> the problem is that the main belligerence in the conflict is the houthis alongside loyalists of the president ali abdullah saleh, the former president, they are fighting against local groups who a little contact with the government in exile and do not take instructions from them. and the saudis bombing yemenment it's not clear whether the saudis and collision partners are on board. there's no agreement in terms of local groups against the hughedies, at this moment in time there's an announcement of a ceasefire. it's unclear whether everyone is on board, and it's worth bearing in mind houthis fought throughout the pause, the ceasefire, and the saudis bombed the targets. >> in other development, the leader of al qaeda's branch made sa teach since taking over. he is calling for fresh attacks on the united states. in a siddio he wants all al qaeda members to gather scords. he took over killed in a drone strike. in other top

this happened saturday night in salisbury massachusetts. police say the driver was going 80 90 miles an hour at the time. that driver faces several charges now including driving while drunk and destruction of property. >>> students are relieved they'll no longer be required to take midterm exams. and many said it uses less of their class time spent on test prep. other teachers worry students will miss out on learning. teachers can still choose to get comprehensive tests. the tests will be one of many measures contributing to the grade. >>> 4:42 right now. let's take a look at the forecast, tom. >> final list, the lower humidity has arrived. we're getting a nice break. it's already with us this morning. walking to work will be a pleasant experience waiting for the metro and bus. dry walkways. temperatures hovering around 70 degrees. lots of sunshine walking home it is going to be rather hot in the upper 80s to 90s. but it won't feel that hot with the low humidity and just a few clouds around for the afternoon. temperature changes over the la

jim salisbury reporting that cole is the first pitcher in baseball history to be traded right after throwing a no hitter, he leaves the phillies third all time in strikeouts behind steve carlton and robin roberts. cole helped deliver this cities only championship over the last 30 years, an incredible performance as world series mvp in 2008. they nicknamed him hollywood, he's from california but he rose to stardom in philly. we're going to tell you about all the prospects the phillies will be getting for cole. it's the end of an era. >> fans knew this was coming we checked in with some just a short time ago in south philadelphia. >> i wasn't surprised. i was planning to go down to the park tomorrow night to see his last start they switched that. >> this is ridiculous. i mean, cole hamels is like a part of philly it's crazy. >> get him going, he doesn't put butts in the seat he's not worth the money, he got a no hitter so what. >> so what about the world series? >> it's over. >> he's going to be going down as one of the best pitchers in phillies history, they're rebuilding, there's no point in

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that unfolded wednesday night just outside the opening ceremony for youth softball tournament in salisbury maryland. it was captured by an eyewitness and posted to social media. this video has gone viral garnering close to 150,000 views. >> i just saw two caucasian males going at it so i went over and recorded it. i didn't think it would go far. >> reporter: brawl ended in blood, one man badly beaten and both in cuffs. the sheriff's office has identified the men as michael barbella of ventnor and michael john duffy of new jersey. barbella sent messages challenging duffy to a fight. argument they say stemmed from a previous dispute. and investigators say barbella traveled to maryland to confront duffy and other parent from the softball team when this fight broke out. karen washington was there to capture it but he had no intention of stepping in. >> it is none of my business, it is not my beef. i just went to see the fight. >> reporter: police say that can be a problem eyewitnesses they say should always call for help first. >> something need to be taken in consideration is somebody getting

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right now storm team 4 radar showing one thundershower getting going south of sal us salisbury, but nothing elsewhere. maybe later in the afternoon. >> and developing right now, we're working to find out for you what caused a water main break that left commuters scrambling and homeowners without water this morning. it happened in bethesda. zachary is there and can you tell us if things are clearing up zach? >> reporter: i can tell you the culprit is old pipes. there's been a little bit of progress since last night when they started but the emphasis is on little. i just got word that there is everything you can imagine in that hose. there's now pepco folking out here looking at transmission lines. this has been one big headache for them. under all that water is a broken 16-inch pipe and it's making things pretty tough around here. i caught this woman has she came out to get the mail. >> it is a mess. i tried to get home last night from a game and my friend was driving and we came down bradley and we couldn't get to my draw. >> 25 homes have been without water since last night. fortunately fo

roosevelt boulevard and gladwyne in the normal spot, and downs wires from the accidents this morning in salisbury township closing off 202 at the lower mountain road and stick with lower mountain and 263 upper york rod to get around that. if falls township watch for a vehicle that ran into a pole and a crash at duttons mill road cleared out and the disabled voke is off to the side and speeds in the teens from the state line. >> and coming down 95 to highway 1, a crash on the ramp and plenty of traffic to the delaware memorial bridge the ongoing construction is taking out a lane there in each direction. >> thanks matt. >>> there is more to come on "action news" at 5:00, some say exercise should be the focus when it comes to being health and others say it's about your diet. and it's sports anchor versus sports anchor find out why ducis rogers and jaime apody went head to head in a special challenge at sesame place today. those stories and much more when "action news" at 5:00 comes right back. >>> health check tonight, a common question if are you trying to lose weight what is more important diet or

. >> joining he live from new york is peter salisbury, a journalist and analyst. thank you for speaking to us. are enough of the key players on board for the truce to work. >> that is the really big question. in it the statement that we saw earlier, we saw an agreement between the government in exile in riyadh and the houthis had been broken. the problem is that the billagerens in the conflict is the houthis, alongside loyalists of yemen's former president, and they are fighting against local groups who have very little contact with the government in exile, with the president hardyourhard hardarehard hard -- president abd-rabbu mansour hadi it's not clear if the saudis or coalition partners are on board. from what i heard from people on the ground there's no agreement in terms of local groups fighting the hewitties, at this moment in time there's an announcement of a ceasefire, it's unclear whether everyone is on board. it's worth bearing in mind whether under a similar paurks the houthis fought throughout the ceasefire, and the saudis bombed the targets throughou

the next court appearance is set for august 31 in salisbury. kellye: that is going to do it for us abc 7 news on abc 7 news at 5:00. new at 6:00, care were in tennessee. >> we are conducting this as an act of domestic terrorism. this is, as i said, a nightmare for the city of chattanooga. kellye: four marines killed and the gunman killed in tennessee. abc 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> this is a breaking news alert. maureen: four american marines are dead, police officer injured and others also after two attack that appeared to target the military. leon: we've been tracking the story for you all afternoon. at a navy reserve center in chattanooga, new details are emerging eddie suspected gunman was also dead. suzanne kennedy is live with what is new at this hour. reporter: we have gotten photos of the suspect. the shooter is being identified as mohammed yusuf abdulaziz. is a 24-year-old man born in kuwait. it is unclear if he was a u.s. or kuwaiti citizen. here is what we know. a heavily armed abdulaziz allegedly opened fire at two military locat

this is the opening ceremony of the event in salisbury. sheriff's deputies say one of the men sent a text message to the other either challenging him to a fight or taunting him. it's down from a previous dispute. mike carter working a getting brand-new information on who these two fathers are. we will have more on abc 7 news at 5:00. disturbing information released in the disappearance of the lion sisters more than four decades ago. investigators say that lloyd welch junior, the man charged, and the sisters were taken to they could be sexually exploited. brad bell isn't that for county virginia with what else investigator's are reviewing. reporter: authorities talked openly about what we learn from document yesterday. they believe in 1975 he drove to this property near bedford, virginia on top of the mountain with two big duffel bags that a family member helped throw onto a fire that burned four days. witnesses quoted say those bags's public decomposition. the fire smelled like cremation. the inference is very clear. they believe that the

this happened saturday night in salisbury, massachusetts. police say the driver was going 80 90 miles an hour at the time. that driver faces several charges now. including driving while drunk and destruction of property. i guess the key thing to note here that car hit several other cars and a lot of damage on the property there. but no one was hurt. >> yeah, and investigating who was it that survived. >>> and teachers in loudoun county are reacting to the news that that he will no longer be required to hold midterms and final exams. it will increase more creativity and project-based learning. and many say it limits less the on-test prep. and other teachers worry that students will miss out on dealing with high-pressure scenarios. teachers can still to give comprehensive tests but this test will be one of many factors contributing to the overall grades. >>> 5:40 is our time now on this wednesday morning. middle of the week. >> my friday. whoo-hoo. >> two words this morning -- lower humidity. >> oh yeah we can hear it all day long. it's alread

around salisbury, maryland, millions bureau, delaware, thinks where the heavier rain is well to the southf philadelphia, but, for folks who are, trying to enjoy their week at the shore or the at the beach, it is not fun. now, almost a week and a half -- almost a inch and a half of rain by the end of the afternoon, if we get one of those heavy downpours. 72 degrees right now in philadelphia. seventy-three a allentown. as we go over to trenton it is close to 70, every place, very, very muggy. seventy-two wildwood. it is because our wind are coming out of the south in our area. we have an easterly breeze at the shore, and that is what is keeping it very cloudy there. as we look back over the weekend we did make it to 90 on saturday but wasn't as humid on saturday as it was on sunday when we were close to 90 degrees. when is our next heat wave. we think it will happen tomorrow at 92 degrees. ninety-five on wednesday. ninety-four on thursday. another pop up thunderstorms in the afternoon on thursday. so then we will be back down in the 80's. the first week end of august back in the 90's and pl

salisbury, chicopee teague.ncoteague. >>> we know the name of the woman killed on the suitland parkway, she was changing a tire when she was hit. darcy spencer is live in southeast washington with the latest. darcy? >> reporter: chris, we now know some new information, i'm standing live along the suitland parkway on stanton road where this tragedy happened last night. what family members are now telling us is she was with her boyfriend last night out here on the parkway standing and watching her boyfriend change the tire on that car. and that's when police say a hit and run driver came through the area and struck her. the victim has been identified as 33-year-old tomicaer. police say the driver of that pickup truck striking her kept going, struck another car and then hit a light pole. that driver is now facing some very serious charges. a little bit earlier today, we were able to speak to some close family friends and shed some light on how exactly this happened and share their personal stories of the victim. we are going to have that coming up on news4 at 5:00. i'm darcy spencer live

now they're headed to salisbury and exiting the northern neck. walking to the metro and for the bus stop drying walkways. in the 70s. headed back home, some passing showers and thunderstorms. temperatures in the upper 80s. see how long the next heat wave may last, next weathe traffic on the 1s at 6:51. we have had problems on the beltway. what's going on now melissa? >> problems all over the place. brand-new water main break this is westbound king street closed at park center drive this morning. also traffic lights out colesville road and east west highway in silver spring. that popped up. 395 at seminary road a crash is slowing things down as well. as far as travel times go, 95 north not bad. 66 inbound looking pretty good. 270 south a couple of minutes behind. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. >>> new developments involving that troubled silver spring transit center. the step in the day ahead that moves the facility closer to opening for commuters. >>> but first a developing situation out of clevelan

beaches and later today, the new hour by hour timing showing the thundershowers dissipating around salisbury. then around 2:00 this afternoon, some thundershowers central shenandoah valley. getting closer to the metro area by 4:00. 4:00 to 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., the thundershowers are coming on through. they may cause problems for the afternoon commute. and then later this evening we will have things improving but right now, melissa, getting the brief heavy downpours in prince george's. >> we have some brand-new problems as well in montgomery county. look at this. brand-new crash, eastbound montrose parkway. have the eastbound lanes shut down at this point this morning. outer loop at old georgetown, another new crash this morning. eastbound university boulevard at arcola avenue right now also have that crash, with the clean-up you can see the wet roads in silver spring as well. westbound severn river bridge, the left lane is getting by. you can see the crash response is slowing things down there as well. we'll have travel tilemes coming. >>> the new poll shows that donald trump continues to defy

forty-eight year-old michael barbella drove to salisbury maryland to pick a fight with another father from his daughter's former softball team. according to police reports the girl is no longer part of the team because of her dad. >> i have never seen mike at a game aim's not sure how he acts. >> reporter: he and his family lived across the street in ventnor for three years. >> nothing to be proud of from either side, i heard about something about his daughter, and mike's daughter is a wonderful young lady. she's very active in a lot of sports and excellent academics. >> reporter: police say barbella wouldn't cooperate and said his yours came from falling on concrete. they said second father michael duffy told officers he was sorry forgetting involved and showed a text showing that he wanted to fight. we went to both houses and neither family was home. >> it is a bad influence. >> reporter: jim berk is a veteran umpire from atlantic and cape may county. >> younger the children playing the more the parents become involve in the game. >> reporter: he says yelling and screaming at umpire

you were a nurse there in salisbury, north carolina. >> that's right. >> relatively close to ft.h the 82nd. but what do you see now with the va? with those employees they represent, what's this crisis? looks like they're 41,000 jobs that remain open. >> clearly they are open. patrick, there is a real funding crisis in the va right now with the things that happened, the choice act that chairman miller introduced and it was passed into law. $10 billion was allocated for veterans to go out for private care. currently secretary bob mcdonnell is saying he has a shortfall of $3 billion in the va and without being able to transfer that money to care for veterans in the va, we're going to see a real crisis and a cutback on va services. this is not an additional appropriation. this is shifting money that congress has allocated. >> there was about 41,000 job opportunities that aren't being filled right now. correct? >> that's right. this $3 billion would help fill those jobs and care for veterans with this money for the choice program, only 37 veterans -- 37,000 veterans have had appointme

salisbury is popular too. >> around the world. >> i think so, sal. >> let's not get carried away.know what, it has been a descent day today especially compared to monday through thursday. we're going to start off with a look at the commute at the toll plaza. it is not bad. it looks like we have our spiders back. 880 traffic is looking good. boris is out there working. got up there early today. there's no problems by the way, if you're driving on interstate 880. we can look at that on the maps. you can see traffic is moving ago heading down to san jose. northbound 280 traffic is fine getting in the valley. the valley commute has been good. let's go to steve in the weather center. >> i just -- we should say hello to everyone at the oakland airport. did you see? >> i saw that . >> pretty good. >> hopefully you have an eventful flight. there's not much fog. there was more yesterday. a cool pattern. you know, usually you don't see cool like this until the end of august, but we have it in the end of july. there's still some low clouds around, but it's going to burn off sooner. i think t

the protests happened in salisbury, eastern shore of -- a lot of votes there. hagerstown. landover hills here in prince george's county. i think the union is trying to make a point to say, listen, we have support. they are not large scale. i don't think they're garnering a whole lot of attention right now to dave's point. i think they'd have to pick up, probably have to show up in annapolis for this to take on some speed. >> you know one of the issues that connects all of these regions and i'll get to d.c. in a moment, but that -- dave, i want to talk about the metro. it is still constantly in the news and now we had a congressional hearing. you cover washington, capitol hill. >> sure. >> what happened? it was -- was this a congressman john -- >> the chairman of the subcommittee. >> was he talking about privatizing metro? >> well i don't think we're there yet. i don't know -- and people tell me it's not going to happen, but he has -- he has led crusades before to privatize parts of government. he wants to change amtrak's ratio of public to private financing. he would like

now to north carolina in salisbury. what do you have there? >> just under $250,000. two story, colonial style with a magnificent outdoor swimming pool area. lots of landscaping, formal grounds. got a great dining room kitchen. beautiful entertainer's home. beautiful pool house. all of this cost you around $1200 a month including mortgage insurance, taxes. >> one more in mesa, arizona. >> another great house. this is about $250,000, four bedrooms. big living room go outside, gorgeous entertaining area. fireplace, beautiful property. really wonderful deal. all under $250,000. >> great finds. makes everybody want to go swimming now. michael, thanks. >> you got it. >> see you later. >>> now he plays a well respected police chief on television but what tom sellic just did could land him in hot water with the law. >>> a wedding get cold feet. this time it's the flower girl. watch this. >> you see this adorable dad save the wedding day, next hour. ♪ ♪ you drop 40 grand on a new set of wheels, then... wham! a minivan t-bones you. guess what: your insurance company will only

i had salisbury's in every room and sunlamps and beach boys music in the background but i got over itrs the statute of limitation was gone and i could go back. but rich people can change the timing. 401(k) all those sorts of things. they can change the composition of their income. they can go from unrealized capital gains they can change the volume. people who are high income have a far more elastic and forgive me for i don't know how many economists a far more elastic supply of taxable income to the system than lower income people. the reason you cut tax rates in the highest group is not because you love rich people although there's nothing wrong with rich people as long as they help me along. if the heritage foundation is not the place for that stephen don't know what is but if you look because you get more bang for the buck. number one the cost-benefit ratio is lower than the highest bracket because the higher tax rates are per dollar static revenue loss. in the highest bracket to find a higher brackets you find a lot more people on the margin than he do in the lowest bracket and t