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have team coverage tonight, beginning with chief political correspondent scott thuman live at the rncthe confetti is still falling at this moment. scott: it has been falling for quite some time. a handful of people here in our booth, not necessarily fans of donald trump, but they all said this was easily the they have heard him give the entire election cycle. with that said, he gave a bunch of the big generics he has in the past, not necessarily followed up by a lot of specific details on how he would implement the grand plans. he definitely stuck with the formula they got him the nomination. police andcks on our the terrorism of our cities threaten our very way of life. any politician who does not grasp this danger is not fit to lead our country. this is the legacy of hillary , destruction,th terrorism, and weakness. to be so afford politically correct anymore. we are going to build a great immigration. to stop the gangs and violence, and to stop drugs from pouring into our communities. you heard him mention hillary clinton, and he brought her name up just about every opportunity whe

in the newsroom, scott thuman, abc7 news. maureen: still ahead at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- how metro is helping pay tribute to the american university students killed on a red line train a leon: also ahead why victims of a church massacre in south carolina are now suing the f.b.i. maureen: next, the question on many minds after attorney general loretta lynch met privately with former president bill clinton. >> what on earth were you thinking? maureen: how she answered that question and what it means for the investigation into democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton. leon: we are on storm watch where the storms are right now. and the chances that we'll be facing more storms woman: i have a masurprise for you.are you? man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and when they're away, they miss out on a lot. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their

leon: and scott thuman is there in cleveland to take it in for us. you have been there for a few hours. what is going on? scott: oh, nothing to report look, there are so many people saying there is not an issue with the unity. this should be an easy four days. we saw a bit of chaos. semi-rebellion erupting on the floor here. as the stop trump movement. led in part by those making headlines in virginia. they were trying to make sure they could push a roll call vote to prevent trump's name being put on as they move forward. ultimately it would have been defeated ultimately but they were denied the roll call vote. there was a lot of shouting back and forth. some people angered that they threw down the credentials and walked out. now we are seeing kind of this back and forth with the wonder how long it may or will they try to whip up more support overnight for any other protest they can hold on the floor. leon: tell us who is not there. scott: what is interesting, traditionally you see the republican elders here. the past nominees for example. like romney

abc7's chief correspondent scott thuman continues with that part of the story. scott: "make america safe again." not great again, but safe again. that is the theme of the republican national convention and it's as timely as it could be from the recent ambushes on the police officers, terror attacks overseas. few topics drive the election as much as this. between the miles of barricades thousands of men and women in blue there is no dismissing the mountain of worry. what is your level of security about the convention? >> it's high. >> they were not peacefully protesting. scott: the antipolice sentiment seems to be growing and the police union leader. >> the president shouldn't walking a fine line. he should denounce black lives matter and the false narrative out there. it validates the false narrative out there and causes the incint president obama: we don't need scareless accusations thrown around to score political points. scott: that fear factor could drive voters to donald trump's camp. >> i am the law and order candidate. scott: from the latest attack in east

our chief political correspondent scott thuman joins us from the capitol hill bureau. give us a breakdown on this. scott: this is as you pointed out a lot of speculation and chatter. the "indianapolis star" was the first to report it. governor mike pence is from indiana. they would seem to possibly have an inside track on this reporting and they are going with it at this hour. as well as networks. the rest are making for donald trump to make it offial anything until it happens or comes from his mouth. he will make the announcement tomorrow at 11:00. if it is mike pence there are a few factors involved here. one, his experience. pence was member of the house on the republican side for six terms. that is 12 years representing indiana. in that time, he built up a base of allies and friends. especially among the real conservatives. that is the other factor. a true conservative a lot of people call him to give him religious, social conservative. may be able to bring a lot of people from the base who are concerned that maybe trump isn't their man, he doesn't reflect all of th

in cleveland, i'm scott thuman.mp was arriving in cleveland, in hollywood this is what an artist was doing. protesting trump's ideas. the artist known as plastic jesus. he built this concrete wall complete with barbed wire. right around trump's star on the walk of fame. it's a reference to trump's pump for a wall along the u.s. border with mexico. leon: the stomach virus that sickened a been contained. no new patients shown any sign of norovirus. 11 member of the california delegation got sick at the beginning of the convention. the source is a mystery. we are your home for the republican national convention coverage. join us at 7:00 for an hour-long look rat what is happen something far. we will look at what happens next in cleveland. that is coming your way at 7:00 on newschannel8 and wjla.com. alison: the 7-eleven employee who single handedly disarmed a would-be robber is getting a promotion. the frederick news post got the video here to show the gunman who points the shotgun in joseph layman's face. he just grab

maureen: joining us live from cleveland is chief political correspondent scott thuman. scott, talk about the delegate roll call i understand is about to begin. are we going to hear from anything from the dissident delegates? scott: that is the question everyone is asking tonight. no one seems to be exactly rebillion like the one we saw last night. they will make sure the delegate chair will stand up and say we stand in favor of -- they will say presumably donald trump. however, you don't know after seeing last night's display. there is a chance there will be angry voices or people from the stop trump movement who may try to have their opinion heard. we are all on standby to see what happens there. in the meantime, one of the other conversations you were talking about was the speech melania trump's speech last night that has become so controversial. i talked with quite a few people who had their speeches dissected over the years. former presidential candidates mike huckabee and rick perry today. both of them saying much to do about nothing. they are republicans. they are

scott thuman has the latest. >> the first thing a new president does is take an oath.tt: while hillary clinton hopes to take the oath in january there is a chance she could take a different oath sooner. now that a judge is willing to hear more arguing over the controversial e-mails and if she should be deposed. judicial watch filed civil suit requesting she testify and this week, clinton's lawyers filed papers fighting back. a first for them according to politico. calling it superfluous and unnecessary. >> now is time to get her under oath describing what she knows and why she did made a decision and that this is a witch hunt. >> they answered concerns over security crime but we are in court over an open records question. mrs. clinton absconded with federal records. scott: they originally ordered seven staff members to testify. it could come at a highly delegate time with polls tightening between her and donald trump. >> if elected hillary clinton would become the first president of the united states who wouldn't be able to pass a background check. >> for what happens

in cleveland, scott thuman, abc7 news.eon: as we approach the first debates for the presidential election, the news partner circa is giving us preview of what we can see and hear. watch words spoken at previous debates. >> we are not a country that cowers behind walls. >> we are going to build that wall. don't even think about it. leon: you can watch the entire video at the news partner website circa.com. learn more about the video in the special coverage tonight on newschannel8. the coverage from cleveland begins at 7:00 p.m. on newschannel8 and wjla.com. the location of the first presidential debate changed. the september 26 matchup will now take place at hofstra university in new york instead of at the president of wright sate cited rising costs and security concerns as the reason. hofstra previously hosted town hall debate in 2012. alison: back at home, prince george's county school is holding a meeting in 30 minutes to discuss a scandal that rocked the school system. the meeting follows the arrest of deonte carraway,

chief political corre scott thuman will be live in cleveland next week for the republican conventin. he'll have live reports all week long, here on abc-7 and our sister station newschannel 8. be nice, or pay up. that's the message from a coffee shop in roanoke. the shop is rewarding politeness.. with a drop in prices. take a look at the sign at "cups" coffee and tea. if you just say "one small coffee" - it'll cost you five bucks. but a simple "please" at the end can drop your cost down to three bucks... and saying hello, saves you even more! shop employees say it started as a joke - but now, they're hoping it spreads a larger message. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen it's going to be another hot day, but it won't feel quite as bad as yesterday. in fact, there are no heat advisories in effect today. highs will climb into the low to mid 90s, but humidity levels will be a bit lower than yesterday, so feels like temperatures through the afternoon will be in the mid 90s compared to the lower 100s yesterday. a stray storm is possible between plans will be nice, so get out and enjoy t

and newschannel 8 will have complete coverage from the d-n-c with chief political correspondent scott thuman and maryland bureau chief brad bell. live reports begin monday from philadelphia. breaking news this morning.. a chicago police officer is recovering after being shot near the city's south side. just after 8 last night officers responded to a call about a man acting erratically. officers approached him while he was talking on a cell phone. when they asked him to hang up, the man grabbed a gun from a backpack and opened fire. several officers fired back killing him. the officer who was shot in the leg is expected to be ok. chicago police have been working in pairs for safety this month of five dallas officers. the head of miami's police union, now says the police officer who shot an unarmed black therapist outside a group home monday - missed his target. the officer actually intended to hit the autistic man, who charles kinsey was consoling, because he thought kinsey was in danger. it all happened when police responded to reports of an armed man threatening suicide. florida's departmen

starting today, chief political correspondent scott thuman will be at the r-n-c in cleveland with reports right here on abc 7 and nightly specials on our sister station newschannel 8 at 7 o'clock all this week. two texas police officers helped fuel the dream of a young boy who says he wants to follow in their footsteps. station 6-year-old trae ponce yelled to his mom to go back just so he could take a picture with two officers. when he told the officers he wanted to be just like them, they handed him a badge and said whenever he was ready, they'll be waiting for him to join the force. trae's mom says in light of recent events, her son's desire to be a police officer shows that he doesn't see the desire to be a police officer shows that he doesn't see the negative events going on, but only the positive. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen today marks our 16th day at 90+ in d.c. we'll catch a brief cool-down' wednesday before another, even hotter, airmass moves in next weekend with highs near 100 degrees! highs will soar into the upper 90s this afternoon with feels like temperatures arou

scott thuman live in cleveland. thank you. scott: thank you. alison: well, an emergency hearing today that could have a really big impact on the virginia vote come november. virginia's supreme court heard arguments about a challenge to governor terry mcauliffe's plan to retore felons' voting rights. we will have much more on that coming up shortly at 4:30. jonathan: thanks. your voice, your future takes a closer look at the second day of the r.n.c. you can watch it at 7:00 on our sister station on newschannel8. we will be streaming it live at wjla.com so you won't miss a thing. that is coming up this evening at 7:00. michelle: we want to check on the weather. the sticky feeling is starting to let up a bit outside. chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at how long the break will last. doug: not very long. we will see a brief dr the humidity levels later tonight and tomorrow. but then the high heat and the humidity return. check this out. for the past few hours the action is south of washington today. this is the sky a couple of hours

the we republicans, we'll have complete coverage of the dnc with chief political correspondent scott thumanand maryland bureau chief brad bell, starting live monday. some rep others are calling it the death of our party. one such group gathered as trump gave his acceptance speech at the rnc, holding a traditional irish wake. tim barber takes us inside. pictures of the republican party's biggest stars lined the gop casket. according to andrew, the time of death was the moment donald trump clinched the nomination. >> i believe that donald trump is not just unqualified to be president but is a danger to the country. some trump supporters say these republicans are sore losers. he won the primary fair and square with roughly 14 million votes. >> will win so big. week, she has not been able to watch the convention. >> i think we have lost our way. we are not focused on the core issues. tim: thursday's wake further proof the republican party is fractured, but there is a debate how big the problem is. >> i think the wounds are potentially fatal. tim: that means that this year he is going to cast a

correspondent scott thuman is following this tonight. scott: you are right.h had opportunities to take a bit of a breather and back off the attacks. instead they both doubled down. this all began when in an interview a few days ago justice ginsberg expressed concern over the potential of a trump presidency, saying trump is unqualified and joking she would move to new zealand if he won. trump never one to shy away from a fight suggesting that she should resign, that she is embarrassing the court and her mind is shot. resign. regardless of one's politics this is unusual for a justice to comment on a presidential candidate. she is taking heat over injecting the court into the nasty campaign season. >> i think justice ginsberg remarks were inappropriate. >> i wish she hadn't said them. >> the supreme court is inoperable as a result of their failing to take action, doing their job to get a hearing and vote for merrick garland. scott: some finding surprising that media entities that have not been laudatory of donald trump are taking his side in this matter. the "wa

in cleveland, i'm scott thuman. leon: now the democrats have their chance at the national stage next week. and chief score spon doesn't scott thuman and maryland bureau chief brad bell are both in philadelphia for the democrat convention. live reports will start monday with special coverage on newschannel8 and each night at 7:00 through the close of the convention. new development in this campaign season to report now. former k.k.k. leader david duke has the senate race in louisiana. he made the announcement on his website. he is a registered republican seeking an open seat vacatedded by fellow party man vitter. he is a convicted felon having pleading guilty to cheating on his taxes and stealing from the supporters in 2002. he spent a year in prison federal for that. michelle: coming up at 5:00, we are continuing to monitor the developing situation in munich. several dead in a mall shooting rampage. we will bring you updates as we get them. leon: smart watches not sticking. the advance tech not as popular as others

alison: scott thuman tweeted his luggage and that included body armor. he joins us now to talk about security and the focus tonight. national security. scott: you are right. inside all smiles. festive atmosphere. no real worries about security inside. frankly getting inside is a difficult effort. once you are here there is a pretty significant sense of calm. outside, yes. a different scenario. you talk about the picture we tweeted out. it wasn't to alarm anyone but the matter of showing the difference between this convention and those past. there is a palpable sense of concern and worry. that is why security has been stepped up so much in light of what we saw that you have been talking about in baton rouge and dallas. one organization, global security journalists was recommending that the journalists bring military grade body this is perhaps overstepping but you can never be too careful. this is, however, not traditional in many sense convention. we say that because not only is donald trump going to be the one on the main stage thursday night receiving th

scott thuman has the growing reaction in washington to do whatever possible to calm the country. scott: a scare at the u.s. capitol. worries of someone inside congressional offices with a gun. it turned out to be a false alarm but spoke to the rampant unease after what happened in dallas. congressman womack among those locked out. >> i think leaders everywhere constituencies to be calm. to let processes work. scott: from the president down, similar pleas and denouncing more angry desires to attack police. >> the nation has a cancer. the problem is racism. scott: at 86 years old, charles rangel has seen race relations evolve and deteriorate. >> unless we acknowledge we have it, we cannot cure it. scott: congressman rangel told me they are discussing a byte committee to examine the heart of the problem and what if anything washington can do about it. >> if we went to the centers and improved the schools, improved the job opportunity, believe me, it would reduce the tension between the races. >> when you wake up and you see these things you are like my god, what is scott: this congre

abc 7 is live from cleveland tonight with our chief political correspondent scott thuman. be sure to tune in for all of that. happening right now, hundreds of flights grounded, delays or canceled altogether. travelers traveling southwest airlines should check their flights today. the airlines experienced a computer glitch. as suzanne kennedy explains, many will not take their flight to their final destination on time. goinge: operations are back to normal for southwest airlines after a rocking 18 hours due to a computer glitch. the hundreds of flights had to be canceled or delayed. if you take a look over here at the departures board, you can see that many flights are on time, so a rapidly improving situation. many air travelers got to reagan national airport very early this morning and were surprised by very long lines. some were trying to re-book flights from yesterday for her to others received warnings and got to the airport early to ensure they did not miss their flight. this northern virginia woman's flight was canceled, which means she will not be able to get out un

scott thuman is joining us. what is the mood among the republicans? scott: you laid out a laundry list of the highs and the lows and that is the tip of the iceberg in cleveland. so much going on. you ask about the mood. i got done talk with the head of the r.n.c., reince priebus in interview tonight at 7:00 on the special. he put on a happy face on thousand things are going but he got honest answers to the questions of the criticism they face. there is drama and rebellions about the rules and whether or not senator cruz you point hus supporters block trump nomination. we have more on that. they are moving forward. whether cruz will stay anything positive about trump, we don't know. he might rah-rah the republican party and not say anything complementary about a man that tore him up in the election process. leon: are you hearing anything about what cruz will stay and what people want him to say? scott: he walked by me in the hallway an hour ago. he wasn't smiling or shaking hands. he took the stage for a rehearsal. walked to the podium and did a traditi

we will be in philadelphia with live reports from chief political correspondent scott thuman and maryland bureau chief brad bell starting monday. abc 7 and news channel 8 are your homes for vote 2016 coverage. not goingt wave anywhere, the temperatures nearing 100 degrees across the area. for a look at what to expect tomorrow, we check in with meteorologist josh knight. you think some of us hit over 100? reading of that today, down at patuxent river. most places in 90's, and we don't need to hit triple digits. it felt like we were there for stop 83 degrees in rockville, maryland, montgomery college, coming down a bit. 88 degrees, 79 manassas and frederick, 77 luray. this does not factor in the humidity or how muggy it feels. keep in mind that it will feel warmer than that. zooming in, rain moved through anne arundel county, severna park, annapolis, and a loan thunderstorm hanging down in spotsylvania county, on the south side of fredericksburg. we will push to the southeast and we hang onto the slim chance of an isolated shower through the overnight. tomorrow morning, more sunshine. very

scott thuman is heading to cleveland for the rnc. his reports begin monday at 4 p.m.some call it sexually suggestive, others said the initials in the logo were like toilet paper. the logo less than 24 hours after its unveiling. the new logo spells out each candidate's last name. the campaign did not say if the reaction on social media led to the change. road fors in in the countries. users reported problems logging on. hackers claimed to have crashed servers. the same hackers are threatening another service attack. nintendo says it is working on a fix. i mean, i guess it is a game for hackers. kimberly: nobody is allowed to have any fun. josh: i'm almost tempted to download it. have not done it yet. kimberly: really? josh: just to see what it is about. kimberly: i did with angry -- what was it? flappy bird. horrid game. the weather is not that great either. josh: tomorrow you will not get rained on if you are trying to capture pikachu or something like that. we did have steamy weather this evening. 74 at reagan national, the dew point at 69 is relatively high. moistur

alison: -- michelle: scott thuman will join us at 5:30. and abc7 news is your home for the republican national convention coverage. tonight at 7:00 there is an hour-long look at what is happening in cleveland. leon: by tomorrow, maybe this time tomorrow we may know if virginia senator tim kaine is hillary clinton's choice to be the vice presidential candidate on the democratic side. jeff goldberg is standing by in arlington with a look at what senator kaine is saying about the attention. what are you seeing and jeff: well, leon, today tim kaine was business as usual holding prescheduled events in arlington and sterling across the river in virginia. the big question now is will he soon be the man hoping to occupy the vice president's home in northwest washington? if you are looking to spoke the v.p. buzz for tim kaine he is not the guy. >> don't believe all the hype. jeff: following closed door round table discussion on immigration in arlington, kaine met with a crush of local and network tv cameras and reporters asking if he expects to be

countdown to cleveland, we have an update from scott thuman about what we can ask back at the republican national convention. hot, we will check back in with the hill after this. jummy: turning to the terror in nice, now, third american has been confirmed dead. uc berkeley says that the body of 20-year-old nicholas leslie has been identified. he was studying abroad when it truck plowed into a crowd last thursday. isis has claimed responsibility for the attack during the best deal they immigration. bastille day celebration. the ringleader has denied his involvement, saying he was working to stop the attack in turkey. warplanes fired on government rulings and tanks rolled through before of oankra civilians fought back. >> i stayed the whole night. >> why did you do that? to do whatever is necessary. course, saving lives. >> the turkish government is calling on president obama to extricate a man in pennsylvania who authorities leave spearheaded the entire coup. turning to vote 2016, new national polls are giving hillary clinton a reason to smile this afternoon. she has a slightly against do

chief political correspondent scott thuman and brad bell will bring you live coverage . their reports all start tomorrow. donald trump is standing by his boss -- fox news boss roger ailes: what happened very sad. he was forced from his job amid allegations he sexually harassed female employees. withdraw the u.s. from the wto and refused to rule out handing immigration from france and germany saying both have been compromised by terrorism. let's take a live look outside. sweltering on this sunday. josh tracking a hotter day tomorrow and also, tells us when kimberly: nothing could stop new hampshire couple from celebrate your big day, not even a summer storm. take a look at this tree that came crashing down on the tent where the newlyweds were having the reception. after pausing to make sure everyone is ok, the party was -- and some people reported hail, the national weather service has said nothing about a twister. kind of scary for you are under a tent. josh: you know there is some severe weather in the area but you just, that's why when we get these warnings you have to

chief political scott thuman leads the coverage tonight. scott: we start with g.o.p. because donald trump made the choice about the vice presidential running mate. he is not saying anything yet, we know that all the chatter, all the speculation he has chosen the governor of indiana. make pence. that is all the talk. pence is the stable pick. despite the disagreements with trump on a couple of major issues, including lambasting trump's proposed ban on muslim immigrants and supporting the t.p.p., the transpacific partnership deal that trump opposes. we will know for certain if it's pence or someone else when donald trump press conference tomorrow morning at 11:00 in manhattan. he says that is when he will make the big announcement. democrat hillary clinton may still be a couple of weeks away from making the announce. herself. she was today with one of the leading capped did as. -- leading candidate. hillary clinton was at a rally today the tim kaine. jeff? jeff: a crowd and they were happy to see them together. according to clinton campaign, 2100 people packing the audi

chief political correspondent scott thuman joins us with more on the announcement and what kaine brings to the campaign and virginia. senator tim kaine had been rumored as the top choice. can i come hillary clinton made it official, tweeting out to her 7.5 million twitter followers. she followed it up with a spanish version. why? tim kaine is fluent in spanish. he was a jesuit missionary in honduras while in college. say duringnalysts this polarizing race, especially on latino issues, even though hillary clinton is doing well with hispanic voters, that kaine's talent is a critical edition. -- critical ambition. thehen you look at commentary donald trump has offered, it is clear that latinos are not infatuated with him. what tim kaine to dc can do clinton and tim kaine campaigning and in and they'll last week. kaine's reputation and his ability to get both the democrats and republicans in his home state, he has proven it before. that gives the taken a huge advantage trying to win virginia, one of the most valuable purple swing states up for grabs. lieutenantoth governor and governor in v

our chief political correspondent scott thuman explains the emergency hearing that took place by the ouse oversight committee that forced the f.b.i. to explain why clinton will not be charged. >> all of y'all n not enough chairs. scott: no decision for hillary clinton did not do enough to deter the questions. republicans wringing their hands with frustration. >> we're mystified and confused. >> democrats -- >> today's hearing is political theater. scott: hoping to convince the public it's case closed. >> even if it takes freezing hell, close the gap. >> i know for 30 years there is no way anybody at the department of justice is bringing a case against john doe or hillary clinton for the second time in a hundred years based on those facts. >> careless comey said yes. but no criminal intent. the republicans desire to come up with political ammunition to use against hillary clinton between now and getting comey to admit were hillary clinton an f.b.i. employee at the time she would likely be punished and maybe fired. but not to charge her is unanimous decision by those working the case. >

fromll have live reports chief political correspondent scott thuman and maryland bureau chief brad bell starting monday. abc 7 and his channel 8 are your home for vote 2016 coverage. the stifling a dangerous heat is the big story tonight, the temperatures flirting with triple digits, forcing all of us to find ways to keep cool. this is just the middle of the heat wave. josh knight has a first look at the forecast, which could get worse monday? josh: i'm afraid so. brief and minimal break from the humidity. then it moves back up monday. think we'll have our highest heat indices. lots of sunshine in frederick. then we had one isolated thunderstorm moved through right around 5:00. now the sunshine is moving back in. we are sitting at 96 degrees in bethesda and correctional country club, where we have not seen any rain. on the radar, just a few showers and western montgomery county, southern frederick county and maryland, right around frederick, with light rain. expect a lot of thunderstorms, but the chance of an isolated one to pop up is a possibility. the light rain just to the west of ga

chief political correspondent scott thuman is heading to cleveland for the rnc and his live report start monday at 4 :00. tonight, a serious warning from animal officials -- don't feed the ducklings on the national mall, it is a danger to their health. jay listening to the warning. i assume nobody is listening tonight. eah, it's a bit dark. there are a lot of ducks. people love to take pictures of them in the reflecting pool in the shadow of the u.s. capital for stop they dine on insects and snails and worms and algae and grass. what should not be in their diet is bread. >> it looks so nice from afar. in droves tock this icon spot in washington, d.c., to catch a glimpse of the picturesque u.s. capitol. >> this is my first time seeing the u.s. capital. i'm looking at the beautiful weather, the beautiful water, tons of ducks. jay: standing between the poorest -- the tourists and the lawmakers are the ducks. >> taking a picture of capital, the duck came into the frame and i said what a beautiful picture. then i realized they wanted food. the washington humane society pleaded with the public

scott thuman tracking information from the "live desk."njured in the shootout that began late afternoon in the courthouse. this is not far from the indiana border. some of the reporting is coming out of south bend where they claim that reports indicate a man was essentially headed to jail. he was going to go to jail. perhaps he got a gun away from a bailiff or a deputy and that is how it all escalated two bailiffs shot and killed. a deputy sheriff also shot. he has been sent to the hospital in stable condition. we're hearing that several civilians were injured in the shootout. eventually the gunman himself was killed. the governor says the scene is completely secure. as we see in the video the law enforcement is on the scene with a heavy presence. but not running around. it looks like the threat has been removed and it was just one lone gunman. other reports indicate it happened on the third floor of the courthouse that might lead you to believe the gun was taken from someone allowed inside the courthouse there. this is something that is s

our chief political correspondent scott thuman is here with the political fallout. >> you are right about that. concerning and careless, that is how the f.b.i. described clinton's e-mail practices but not qualifying as control. no doubt hillary clinton got a scathing rebuke today. but getting one from the f.b.i. director instead of a judge the big difference. >> although there is statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring a case. >> just like that a huge sigh of relief for hillary clinton and democrats worried an indictment over her e-mails would doom her white house bid. the f.b.i. director james comey clarified not worthy of criminal prosecution there was careless wrongdoing. that more than 100 were classified when sent and there were vulnerabilities. >> hostile actors gained access to the private commercial e-mail accounts of people with whom secretary clinton was in regular contact from her personal account. >> clinton campaigning for the first time today with president obama. contradicting and passionate fallou

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our chief political correspondent scott thuman is there. what are you hearing about trump's speech tonight and what do you expect to hear him do and say tonight? scott: well, tonight's theme "make america one again." so talking about unity. we are told perhaps there will be a tone to remove the divisiveness we have seen in the past and being a bit more unified and inclusive. now that does stray a tiny bit from some of the rhetoric that typically is associated with donald trump. so will he get up there and be presidential, talk about crossing the aisle, talk about the unity we really haven't seen up to this point through the primary process. it was so grueling and so brutal. or will it be a title but nonetheless when he gets up here gives the audience red meat? we'll wait to see. as of now we are told there will be at least thread in throughout the speech. leon: what about ted cruz? he set up a stink bomb taking the podium and not endorsing donald trump. the talk all day today has been about his performance tonight. any thoughts on that? has

scott thuman is standing by for us in the newsroom. what have you learned?we want to show you some of the video we told you we were going to bring you a couple of minutes ago. this is from the scene. again we are talking about the area that is right by second street and c street northwest. by the u.s. capitol. that is just off ground. so it's by the department of labor. you see the reaction there. this is the raw video coming in to us from the photographer ron wyndham as the police car go racing of a man with a gun. there is the video we have got moments ago of a man being detained in the handcuffs. he is put in the back of the police car. we saw k9 units out as well. it looked like a search of a four-door silver mazda. they were also examining and it looked to be disabled. right there where the tunnel exits. if you are taking 395 north and got off the exit for the senate said of the capitol, there is a car there that look like it's disabled. one of the tires is out. it's against the curb. all of this unfolding kind of as we speak. the u.s. capitol is on loc

political correspondent scott thuman will report live from there all week long. still ahead at 6:00 -- a fight for history. the unusual plan a group has to save historic church about to face a wrecking ball. plus, a prince george's county police officer mistakenly kills a colleague. what a grand jury just decided in that case. steve: looking a-okay for dinner outside. temperatures are falling to the 80's. talk about the rest of the we announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: today mourners paid the final respects to 37-year-old alton sterling. police shot and killed sterling last tuesday during a struggle outside a convention store in baton rouge, louisiana. his death sparked protest over how police treat african-americans. about 2,000 people attended sterling's funeral at southern university. a historically black college. speakers included reverend jesse jackson and reverend al sharpton. last night, a baltimore police shot and killed a man they say style rifle. officers responded to report of shots fired at an apartment complex. pol

abc 7 is live in cleveland tonight with scott thuman. you can get your upwith us here or online at wjla.com. now to a developing story. fox news c.e.o. roger ailes in the spotlight, and he may be looking for an exit from the network. it's after sexual harassment allegations, some including ain or megan kelly. she said ailes made advances to her. she claims it happened 10 years ago when she was a correspondent, and she's not the only one calling him out. more than a dozen fox news personalities have come forward. gretchen carlson, a former fox & friends anchor, said he an teenaged her career when she denied his desires. >> i want to support all women who have been victims of sexual harassment. jummy: at least one lawsuit against ailes and his attorneys firing back, saying the 76-year-old has never sexually harassed megan kelly. bars. james newton now sentenced for stabbing a man he didn't know in downtown d.c. t. happened in december after newton and his victim got into an argument. the victim tried to take the knife from him, but was ins

scott thuman has more. scott: the question is the impact it will have with the voters when they go to the polls in november. that is the topic of the instapoll at wjla.com/votenow. but before we show you the live results look at how we got here. >> we are expressing our view that no charges are appropriate in this case. scott: comey said they combed through 30,000 e-mails in december of 2014. of those, 52 different chains were found to contain classified information. eight of those chains had information considered top secret when it was sent. 36 had information considered secret. eight confidential. >> there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is no reasonable prosecutor would bring a case. scott: reaction started streaming in with donald trump tweeting -- house speaker paul ryan issued a statement -- for clinton herself, she spent the afternoon campaigning in north carolina with president obama. even flying to charlotte with the

scott thuman has more. cott: the question is the impact it will have with the voters when they go to the polls in november. that is the topic of the instapoll at wjla.com/votenow. but before we show you the live results look at how we got here. >> we are expressing our view that no charges are appropriate in this case. scott: comey said they combed through 30,000 e-mails

scott thuman has a closer look at the possible number two for him. scott? scott: no official word from the trump camp. no official speak from mike pence's office. however that is not lack of speculation there is plenty out there. this is one of the only still missing big puzzle pieces in the political process. are we looking at the next republican ticket? indiana's governor mike pence auditioned for the job and now media there says he has got it. the former six-term congressman recently skyrocketed in the veep stakes between he, newt gingrich and chris christie. >> i don't know whether he will be your governor or your vice president. >> i truly believe that donald trump has the right vision for america. scott: pence has no shortage of supporters on capitol hill. >> mike pence is a classmate of mine and a friend. i will go with him. scott: but pence disagreed with trump on two seminole, is in the past. last december treating out calls to offensive and unconstitutional and trading the controversial partnership trade deal that trump opposes. but pence could ca

out of bangladesh a situation where several people are held our chief political correspondent scott thuman is standing by at the "n.f.l. live" in the -- standing by in "live desk" in the newsroom. what the latest? scott: this is in the diplomatic zone, where you have embassies and foreigners stay while they are in dhaka. isis at this point claimed responsibility. that is the big headline. you have roughly some reports indicate 40 people who have been injured when they took over this restaurant and began firing. had a gunfight exchange with police officers. two police officers we are told have died as a result of that fight. now we have this major standoff that is taking place in dhaka. they are ten hours ahead of us so it is getting in the late night/early morning hours there in bangladesh. as they wait it out to determine what is the next move. six to ten people, the hostage-takers were yelling "allahu akbar," "god is great" as they were explaining gunfire. leon: keep us posted. we are following a developing story out of memphis. a woman there is in custody for alleging stabbing her four

chief political correspondent scott thuman joining us live in cleveland. is this overshadowing the politics there or was this something that blew over as soon as it happened? scott: it matters a lot who the audience you are talking about. here it's a dismissive crowd. they think it's drumming up controversy that shouldn't really exist. republicans so perhaps that is an expected answer. the important thing to note we have had what we thought would be a issue reignite by the fact that the staffer has now admitted to taking part of the 2008 speech from michelle obama and inserting it in the speech we heard from melania trump monday night and offered her resignation. it was rejected by the trump campaign as far as we understand. they hope it puts an end to the controversy. but we'll see. we thought it might be over last night and it has found new life. jonathan: this is day three. everything going along as expected. it should be a big night. we expect to see the running mate. what should we expect tonight? what message coming out tonight? scott: interestingly e

we have scott thuman standing by with us at the live desk. what are you learning about the situation? scott: to keep an eye on this. the grand scheme of things. friday we had a similar situation that was a false alarm. the u.s. capitol in the visitor center put on a lockdown when there was a threat or a scare. it turned out to be a misunderstanding more than anything that someone went in the rabboni building on the house side with a gun. everyone quickly reacted in a similar fashion. i talked to law enforcement officers then who said they are just so much more amplified in the sensitivity to threats right now because of what happened in dallas. some of the other tension we are feeling around the nation. congress is in session. in there in town conducting business. they will be there throughout the week until they take a break in early september when they return. this is an area that sam pointed out that is just 50 yards from capitol grounds. so an incident there. any scare involving a gun would naturally cause u.s. capitol police to decide the

our chief political correspondent scott thuman is live at the abc capitol hill bureau monitoring the situation. what are you hearing out of turkey tonight? scott: important to note and you just did but i want to repeat that. there are conflicting reports. that is not unexpected. the military is claiming success and the government is saying they are retaining power. that is the caveat. you cannot overstate the significance of what we see now. tanks rolling through the streets of turkey. fighter jets reportedly flying over the capitol as the military, the army there is trying to seize control of turkey. this is important. this is a major ally. a member of nato. a true player in the war on terror. for example, the u.s. has assets at the air base in the syrian border. it's strategic importance that once again is very valuable in the war on terror. why is this all happening? president is being said he grabbed at too much power for the last couple of years. i was in turkey last year, everyone you spoke to was critical of the political process saying they had concerns about president but he

scott thuman in cleveland. reaction is pouring in about cruz's lack of endorsement. what can we expect to hear tonight? this has to be the big night. scott: absolutely. it will be different from what we saw last night. if you listen jeff goldberg doing good reporting on whether or not tim kaine is in the prime stop to possibly be named hillary last night was supposed to be about mike pence. but instead it was ted cruz's speech, the defiant speech that stole all the thunder. mike pence is an afterthought in many of the headlines this morning and throughout the day as we were talking with people. what we will see today is different. no one feels the show from donald trump so don't expect it to happen. his daughter is introducing him and will probably get high marks for her speech as well. but donald trump is the ultimate showman. we will see it tonight. we continue to say love him or loathe him, it doesn't matter. he is the man at least tonight that people will be paying attention to. and the big question is he going to do so in a reconcerned, calm, presidential way we

alison: so your chief political correspondent scott thuman is here, live from the capitol hill bureau. he watched all of this unfold. and so this was four hours-plus today on the hill, scott. wh d take-away? scott: yeah, we were there for the beginning of it. you should have seen the line go all the way down the hall in rayburn because so many people had interest in what was called an emergency hearing. this was scheduled very quickly after the decision was made public by the f.b.i. the big take-away, you ask? there are a few of them. one that was interesting and we didn't know until we heard from director comey. this was a unanimous decision by the agents, the technology experts, the analysts. everyone who was involved into matily in the pro -- intimately in the process and interviewed then secretary of state hillary clinton this weekend, when they went through with with a fine-tooth comb and spent months looking through e-mails, they all believed she should not be charged. now that is not to say that there wasn't wrongdoing. that is the second point. he brought up the fact that when

we will have complete coverage from philadelphia with scott scott thuman and brad bell.ts begin on monday. jummy: developing now, police are trying to reassure residents of a after two shootings. someone fired a bullet into a bedroom where a nine-year-old girl was sleeping. she was not hurt but the bullet landed right in her mattress. a week later, the same hole shot at again. --acked community meeting police meeting with concern residents. >> they are resource constrained. they're doing the best they can with what they have got it >> i wish a lot more was being done in terms of making more rounds around the neighborhood. jummy: police are urging neighbors to report anyone or anything suspicious. they're promising to be for patrols. no suspects have been named. larry: this morning, metro track repairs like you have never seen them before. abc 7 take shoe onto the tracks as we walked the orange line during the surge 5 repairs. brianne carter will give you a hands-on look at the work going on. right now you're dealing with round-the-clock single tracking between east fal w

chief political correspondent scott thuman is at the "live desk" with us with more on the now d scott? scott: you say "deadly" because last word we have heard that two police officers were killed in the gun fight with the hostage-takers. apparently six to eight of them went into the bakery/restaurant, taking plenty of people hostage. the numbers are conflicting right now but for the most part it sounds like 20 or more. there are also now conflicting reports about their fate. we will keep an eye on what exactly is being said. cnn saying 40 people have been injured. isis in the past half hour reportedly claimed responsibility for this attack. we know president obama has been briefed on this matter and, of course, the state department saying at this point there aren't any americans who may have been injured or taken hostage. obviously this is a developing situation. we're still trying to find out the information. they are ten hours ahead of us so they are well past midnight as they try to sort it out. last count we were dealing wi handful of gunman who some witnesses claim yelled "allahu

scott thuman will be there for us starting monday and have reports on abc7. and nightly specials on our sister station newschannel8 at 7:00 all next week. all right. let's go ahead and get a check on our traffic on friday afternoon. hi, jamie. jamie: you know, alison, we see heavy traffic every friday afternoon because it's get-away friday. i want to start focusing in on the beltway. the beltway in virginia as you try to get from the mixing bowl closer to the wilson bridge. this is about the pace you will be traveling at. very heavy. mainly on the outer loop. inner loop we are okay to get to the mixing bowl. in the heading westbound. so trying to get from the 11th street bridge to the third street tunnel is closed. a crash taking out the right lane. beltway to maryland in the northwest corner is single digits. there was a fuel spill near river road. they cleared that up an hour ago. but you can see here, not the best to see but that is all cars bumper to bumper. here is a shot north of that near old dominion. you can see how heavy we are. because we have a bi