they are so massive, in fact, astronaut scott kelly tweeted a photo of him from space. so far three firefighters have died. the -- >> the center of our lives. 3,500 people ordered to evacuate. president obama declared the scene a disaster area. up next on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- is dog killed by police. a family says something doesn't add up. perfect start to the weekend. how long will it last? steve rudin has the best time to be outside. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports the nats have a strange injury. and the latest on robert griffin iii and the timeline for him return as "abc7 news at 6:00 leon: the car's driver was seriously hurt but will survive. no one inside the store was injured. a battle taking place in beltsville after police shot and killed a dog in a raid. police say the dog was attacking them and the family says no way. jennifer donelan has both sides. jennifer: frankie was 2-year-old rottweiler. jessica loved her 10-year-old son. >> frankie rides him around on the skateboard. jennifer: saturday, the dog was shot and killed by a prince george's

this is a photo that scott kelly tweeted of west orange, new jersey, from outer space. he said, quote, after 300 days in space and 15 years i finally got a picture of my hometown. he is one of two astronauts on a year in space mission at the international space station studying the medically and psychological space effect on humans. his identity twin brother is being monitored on earth. >>> we know philadelphia's plan, at least most of it for the pope's visit but how will the pope impact drivers across the river? monique braxton is working on that story for 6:00 a.m. >> reporter: in about four hours the delaware port authority and new jersey transportation officials will lay out their plan. we will have a preview for you after the break. >>> would you like a picture with the pope? or something that looked a lot we will tell you where these live-like cutouts are popping up ahead of the pope's visit to the city. dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish that's never bitter. put down the dark roast you've been

scott kelly tweeted this picture from the international space station. heavy winds and rain already damaging homes knocking down trees and leaving thousands without power. it's expected to hit taiwan on friday and china over the weekend. winds have been clocked at 180 miles per hour. >>> a rare violin has been returned to its owner's family 35 years after it was stolen. this stradivarius belonged to a musician who died in 2012. last month a woman brought to an appraiser and saw it was stolen. the woman says her late ex-husband gave it to her years ago. >> never really contemplated getting the instrument back. there was some thought that maybe when my father died the thief would try to sell it. it turned out my father who died at the age of 101 and outlived phillip johnson the man who he'd always suspected had taken the violin. >> what a story right? johnson was an aspiring violinist seen near the instrument before it went missing. his ex-wife gave it back to the family and says he purchased it for $15,000. it is now worth literally millions. >> that is a

scott kelly tweeted it was one small bite for man. one giant leap for nasa veggie and our journey to mars. kelly on the right with rest of the crew. red romaine lettuce they are calling. the international space station is thought the lettuce will repel radiation and lift a person's mood. the astronauts will eat half the harvest and froze and package the rest to bring back home to earth for scientific analysis. the experiment is part of a wider mission to create sustainable conditions for nasa's ongoing journey to mars mission. very cool. crews were still busy cleaning up. crews will take several days to take down the seating and staging areas. the vast majority of citations handed out by police who were trespassing and traffic violations. >> just a great time. >>> well, who doesn't like to watch someone giggle? the sound of lat laughter is enjoyable. >> how do you laugh online? >>> i'm ama daetz. new at 6:00, bernie sanders gets a key endorsement during a bay area visit. tonight the significance of this early campaign coup. also an up

scott kelly tweeting out a lettuce selfie this morning. planted the seeds last month, they grew and are ready to eat. sometime in the next hour the residents on board the space station will have a red romaine lettuce space party and eat food grown entirely in space. this is about future long range space travel. >> this is how we intend to get to mars and moons in longer d duration to survive. >> reporter: we shot the first mini lettuce farm last year before it flew up on a dragon cargoship. nasa just wanted to see what happened -- would happen tothe lettuce and they tested it after 30 days. nasa says it is safe to eat it. >> what else is being grown? >> reporter: there is more. they want to try to grow fruits and other vegetables. they have a mini greenhouse. they are growing red leaf lettuce and flowers, which the astronauts say makes life in space lovely. they want to see how the flowers pollenate in space and then figure out how we can grow fruits and other things. maybe the non-space walking residents will save some of the lettuce for

international space station commander scott kelly tweeted this image today of purple and red aurorasncing. they're a natural electrical phenomenon caused by a solar storm. gorgeous. what better way to send it to drew and check of the forecast on this hot, hot, saturday. turning into a hot, hot, hotter sunday. what's going on. not a whole lot. the high pressure. keeping us warm over the weekend. also keeping the weather quiet over much of the united states. some showers and storms popping up in the -- # 6. 90 in miami. the theme is hot temperatures. 114 in phoenix. salt lake city. banking on the high of 292 degrees tomorrow afternoon. we'll zoom in to california tomorrow. lots of sunshine from north to south. 107, fresno. 92 in l.a. 77 in monterey. 102 in chico. the heat advisory in effect until tomorrow evening. triple digit inland. 80s. low 90s around the bay. yes, the coast will be mild. little haze in the air. 83. and the seven-day forecast. core of the heat. hot inland monday. heat wave, eases tuesday. all cool on wednesday, thursday, and even into friday's temperatures. >> looki

out of control growing more than 100 square miles in a day visible from space with astronaut scott kelly tweetingthis photo. the demands on firefighters are so extreme state officials are asking volunteers to help. this as three fallen firefighters are honored and mourned killed wednesday when fast moving flames engulfed their vehicles. parents of the youngest, 20-year-o 20-year-old. 25-year-old daniel lion is in a seattle hospital battling critical burns. >> this was his first season as a firefighter. he is the kind of kid that his mother and i are so proud of. >> reporter: the flames forcing evacuations of more residents in and around the towns. >> you just run. >> reporter: today crews on the ground face winds fire officials say are blowing at 40 miles per hour. they said the biggest priority is safety during a year when 13 firefighters have already been killed across the west in one of the driest fire seasons on record. >>> developing news from france. two u.s. marines are being called heroes after they encountered a gunman attacking people on a train. one marine was seriously injured as was

this is the photo here that scott kelly tweeted from outer space. he said after 300 days in space. 15 years, i finally got a picture of my hometown. kelly is one of two astronauts on a year in space mission at the international space station. he's studying the medical and psychological effects of long term space travel on humans. his identical twin brother is being monitored on earth. the meteor shower will be at its peak tonight. experts say will conditions look perfect for nighttime viewing. >> sheena parveen joins us now with more on this. this should be clear for us to see. >> skies are going to be clear tonight. what's so awesome about these meteor showers. it's a large comet, it orbits the sun every 133 years, what's going to happen, we're going to be passing through the debris field from the comet, this happens every august, just so you know. it's the percy immediate yore shower. we expect clear skies tonight. and because we have a new moon. that's going to create great viewing conditions. that's going to be your best viewing across the area.

astronaut scott kelly tweeted today it was one smile bit for for man one giant leap for massive vegieourney tomorrow. kelly here on the right with the rest of the crew. sampling the harvest pwch of red romaine lettuce calling out red. lettuce came from the growth lab on the iss. >> this the that the lettuce will repel radiation and lift a person mood. they eat half the har a invest and transport back to earth for scientific analysis. this experiment is part of a wider noise create sustainable conditions for nasa on going journey to mars mission. >> all right well back here on land. twitter stock jumped 8% today after the company unveiled a deal with the national football league. it will men that you will see more nfl tweet that will include video and photo from games as they are being played. also today company founder jack dorcey revealed he bought 8 75,000 dollars worth of twitter stock. company still lacking for a ceo. larry. >> if i have to tweet more if i want. i have been told. that i have been told that by some. >> i'll get on that. jack made a good deal for himself because of

astronaut scott kelly tweeted the photo of the massive category 4 storm. the screen you can see the moon, that circle right there. the hurricane dwarfs it. hurricane jimena is churning in the eastern pacific with winds at 150 miles per hour. >>> it was one of the more bizarre moment on mtv last night. >> i have decided in 2020 to run for president. >> but kanye's stump speech wasn't the only odd thing. why some people are upset with what miley cyrus did as host. >>> also how doctors are changing the way they look for breast cancer in some patients. >>> today this history in 1939 marvel comics published the first issue. the human torch was the first followed by "spider-man," ironman, and "captain america." patients across the country have spoken. they recently rated their care experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid services. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. learn more at cancercenter.com/eastern. cancer treatment centers

visible from space with astronaut scott kelly tweeting this photo. the demands on firefighters are so extreme, state officials for the first time are asking volunteers to help. this as three fallen firefighters are honored and mourned, killed wednesday when their vehicle. parents of the youngest, 20- their only chile. >> he was the center of our lives. >> 26-year-old andrew say, "jack and 31 -- zayjack and richard wheeler dying on the front lines. and 25-year-old daniel lion is in a seattle hospital battling critical burns. >> this was his first seen as -- season as a firefighter. he's the kind of kid that his mother and i are -- and family are so proud of. >> reporter: the flames forcing evacuations of more residents in and around the towns of twisp and tonasket. >> you just run. you don't even think, it's just go. >> reporter: today crews on the grounds face winds fire officials are blowing at 40 miles per hour. they say the biggest priority is safety. during a year where 13 firefighters have already been killed across the west in what's been one o

astronaut scott kelly tweeting this photo. >> you just run. you don't even think.s just go. >> reporter: officials now rushing to evacuate up to a thousand more residents from harm's way. >> it's disrupting people's lives. >> reporter: conditions are so unpredictable over the next 4 hours officials have pulled fire crews back from the front lines and are only fighting the flames from the air. in twisp, the fire already proving deadly. late thursday a silent procession of emergency vehicles passing through the town to honor the three firefighters killed wednesday as quick-moving flames enguffed their vehicle. the firefighters ranging in age, 20 to 31, part of a special advance team sent in ahead of other crews to size up wildfires. four of their colleagues in the same vehicle injured, one critically. the parents of that firefighter daniel lyon speaking out overnight. >> he can't speak. he's on a ventilator so he knew we were there. he could communicate a little bit. >> reporter: and this morning, fire crews on the ground fearing today's predicted 45-mile-an-hour win

. >> as senate scott kelly humorously tweeted, one small bite for man and one giant leap to getting usrs. who knew a simple salad could make space history. but that happened 250 miles above us as first-ever astronauts ate for first time, homegrown in space vegetables, specifically red romaine lettuce as they pulled it out of the rack where it has been growing. it tasted raw and added oil and vinegar. they became the first astronauts to consume the first food grown entirely in space. >> yahoo! >> cheers. >> cheers. that's awesome. >> tastes good? >> yeah. >> who are like arugula. >> it is fresh. >> reporter: this lettuce experiment really proves that you can grow vegetables in space. the astronauts are also growing flowers to see if they can help get fruits to grow up there. >> wow, very cool. phil keating. you never hear people describe lettuce as awesome. there you go. deirdre bolton in for next hour of fox business with "risk & reward." deirdre: thank thank you, melis. google announcing plans for a new operating structure called alphabet. you just heard that. ceo larry page will be t

take a look at this photo tweeted by scott kelly. hurricane was already weak but by this weekend it's expected to get even weaker. right now it's headed east of the winward islands. the winds have dropped to about 80 miles an hour. right now it's not posing any threat to land. >>> the curiosity mars rover it snapped a new selfie from mars. the vehicle snapped several low angle shots with the camera at end of its robotic arm. now it happened at a site that is called maria's pass. curiosity was at that pass for several weeks studying a geological contact zone. that is where two different rock types come together. the rover spotted some high levels of hydrogen that is suggesting lots of water molecules underneath the rocks in that area. >>> a police lieutenant in phoenix, arizona is getting a lot of attention this morning for showing off his dance moves at a block party. he's dancing like sal. that is lieutenant tom vandoran stopped at the block party at the end of his shift. came by this community zumba class. the people dancing to upt

as it passed by, scott kelly, getting a bit of a surprise. this tweet from president obama, asking, do you ever look out the window and just freak out? he replied, i don't freak out about much, except getting a twitter question of you. >>> and agnes fenton, of nlk new jersey, enjoying her 110th birthday. she said, one of her secrets, beer and a little whisky every day. >>> still ahead, how one pilot stepped in to help a little boy on a rough journey. that story, up next. jublia is a prescription medicine proven to treat toenail fungus. use jublia as instructed by your doctor. look at the footwork! most common side effects include ingrown toenail, application site redness, itching, swelling, burning or stinging, blisters, and pain. smash it! make the call and ask your doctor if jublia is right for you. new larger size now available. heart health's important... ...so you may... take an omega-3 supplement... ...but it's the ingredients inside that really matter for heart health. new bayer pro ultra omega-3 has two times the concentration of epa and dha as

as it passed by, crew member scott kelly got a surprise. he got a tweet from the president of the united states saying, "hey, do you ever look out the window and just freak out?" kelly's response is a gem. "i don't freak out about anything, mr. president, except getting a twitter question from you." >> well said, mr. kelly, well said. >> pretty good. pretty good. >> that's a good tweet. >>> well here on earth, it was a great weekend in san diego to enjoy the beach, hit some waves, and dozens of dogs did just that. >> 50 dogs participated in the tenth annual dog surfing competition. the big event was sponsored by who else, petco. >> uh-huh. the dogs competed against others that were about the same size. maybe the best part about it is that it all went for charity. all the proceeds went to the san diego humane society. >> how do you get them to do that? how does it work? >> you know the little leash that's attached to the surfboard. i think it's called the dog leash? >> are you telling me that, are you asking me that? >> it's both a tell and an ask. i belie

nasa astronaut scott kelly took the photo from the international space station. kelly tweetedto with the caption, hurricane danny, keeping an eye on you from the space station. looks like you're first in the atlantic. stay safe. the national hurricane center says danny is a couple thousand miles away from the caribbean islands. >> wow. amazing to look at that photo, how well-defined the hurricane looks and the eye in the center too. turn things over to jeff ranieri. that was a cool photograph, wasn't it? >> i could stare at that for a long time. very beautiful. the thing about danny right now, it's so far from land, even though we have the projections, three to five days out, it's still anyone's guess where that could go. florida, to cuba, maybe curve up and towards the gulf of mexico. we're not sure yet. of course, the next couple of days we'll begin to figure that out. as we look outside right now, the sky camera network, it was so comfortable outside. right now we're averaging 73 degrees in the south bay. a little bit of cloud cover. you have sun mixed in. fog is moving int

our third and final video -- astronaut scott kelly is spending a year in space and he is tweeting somes favorite views of earth. the latest photo, red and purple auras surrounding the earth. it is not the first time kelly and his fellow asked not have shared striking images while on the international space station. other shotsted two in june. those are some incredible pictures. cory: moore dealnews. vonnie quinn back with what the bankers have been working on all weekend. bonnie: vo --nnie: -- vonnie: we're looking at $6.7 billion of equity to fund the deal. for an investment approximate 55% stake. i want to point out the economic data. index,ire manufacturing the first of the round of factory production surveys we get and there was a huge drop tot came in at -14.92% economists were looking at positive 4.5%. it bounces around a little bit. you can see the reaction of the treasury, buying after that despite the low volume. you saw a negative inventories and a negative new order, so they were the main components that said that down to the lowest level since 2009. olivia: a very weak read

scott kelly. he was fielding questions aboard the international space station from people on earth. now, one caught him by surprise. president obama tweeted, do you ever look out the window and just freak out. she responded i don't freak out about anything except getting a twitter question from you. they're doing a year long experiment. one daughter on earth, one in space. >> you can see the difference how it affects them. 4:57. a virginia couple tied the knot for a second time. >> they're hoping this ceremony leaves a lasting impression. justice and jeremy stamper were married a year ago. terrible car accident caused the bride to lose five weeks of memories. among them a wedding. this weekend the couple made a new lasting memory. they said i do again. >> like i said, the first time, anything that happens, nothing will ever tear us apart. >> friends, loved ones, even strangers helped to pay for the second wedding. they donated a go fund me account. it's a worthy cause. >> coming up on 5:00 a.m. do take us with you. >> keep watching "today in new york" by downloading the news 4 app. our next hour starts right now. >>> today a new push to p

so your brother, you mentioned him, captain scott kelly is spending a year on the international space station right now. he's been tweetinge doing? >> he's doing good. i not only see his tweets, but i can talk to him on the phone rather regularly. you can't call up to the space station but a crew member on board can call down. so i talk to him probably every other day or so. he's doing really well. >> the two of you are being studied as part of this process. how do you feel being part of a study that could have a huge impact on the future of space travel and tell us why you're being studied together. >> we're identical twins. he is spending a lot of time in space right now. i'm on the ground. there's stuff that's unique to twins that really helps with the scientific research, so there's about ten universities around the country and even in some other countries that are looking very closely at us, the effects of the radiation and the zero gravity. i'm kind of the guinea pig on the ground. you know, he's the guinea pig in space. and we're going to learn a lot. and we need to know a lot more about the effects on the human bo

he surprised astronaut scott kelly during the question and answer session. president obama tweeted, do you ever look out the window and just freak out? kelly responded, i don't freak out about anything, mr. president. except getting a twitter question from you. >>> have you ever heard of a space peanut? that's what nasa scientists are calling this astroid. the lobe-shaped asteroids came closer to earth than any asteroid is expected to until 2054. it was 4.5 million miles away from earth. about 19 times the distance from the earth to moon. nasa says it places high priority on tracking asteroids to protect the earth from them. >> not that we can do anything about them. evacuate us. >>> 5:49 now. the end of the road for robot trying to hitchhike across the united states. we told you about hitch bot a few weeks ago in boston. went to a red sox game, found its way to new york city. it fell into trouble in philadelphia where a group of vandals decapitated it. the team behind hitch bot said in a statement, sometimes bad things happen to good robots. >> i didn't expect to happen that there

scott walker. he tweeted earlier today that he agrees with carly fiorina who said to stand with megyn kelly. so walker deciding he's going to come down on that side of this issue. he of course is somebody who potentially draws from both of these types of voters in the gop, alex. >> any conventional wisdom from the the dem circles that might be a potential contender? >> i think democrats ought to be fearing senator marco rubio who did very well in that main event. they should be fearing governor john kasich of ohio. sitting governor of a state republicans need to win who's gone against conventional republican wisdom by expanding medicaid under the -- under obamacare. who also when asked about same-sex marriage gave a respectful answer and said here's my position marriage should be between a man and a woman but if it were my daughter of course i would be there and it's a matter of respect. so in tone and policy john kasich is somebody who could make it more difficult for hillary clinton if she is the democratic nominee to do battle with the independents that they're going to need to win the wh