we'll be back in just a little bit. >> god must be smiling on takoma park right now. erin. >> tucker on the grill. erin in the parade. >> um-hmm. >> and kevin dressed for the cane as well coming up next he's sharing a list of five must watch patriotic movies in honor of the fourth of july. one we come back. you got to see this suit. if you haven't seen it, close your eyes and then take a peek and close them again. >> and then pause for to us hear the great kneel diamond singing one of the greatest patriotic songs of all time. ♪ fios is not cable. and we believe everyone deserves faster internet. so with fios gigabit connection, 20 times faster than most people have. and it's just $79.99 a month onli fon with tv and phone for $79.99 a month. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years. all with a 2-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com. z2d1iz z16fz ♪ >>> hey want s'more. >> s'more what? >> no you want a >> i haven't had an

but all seems to be all right here in takoma park.ding here lee jordan field off piney branch road. >> all right. gosh, thank goodness they put it down safely. >> for sure. tell me honey what happened at softball camp today. >> well, this helicopter just landed on the feel. >> all righty. sure it did. >> we had to leave early. glad everybody is okay. get to tucker and get check on the forecast. it is getting ready to be smash dab in the middle of summer feeling. >> oh yeah. in fact, hottest temperatures of the year on the way. not so much today. 90 this afternoon mid to upper 90s by tomorrow, and a heat index of 100 plus. when we get the july heat waves they mean business. 79 now in washington. within out of the south at 8:00. quick look at satellite/radar. you know what, we'll be sunny and bright for much of your day today. i think we'll be dry this afternoon not expecting any storms today and the area of high pressure that brought us beautiful sunday starts to move off we get that bermuda high going again our winds will be out of th

stormwatch7 continues with the kevin lewis live in the mobiletrak7 from takoma park. kevin, it's been a mess out there all afternoon. kevin: the rain won't stop coming down. we came across another road closure. there is yellow police tape blocking the access from the parking lot. there are cones and beach drive where rock creek spilled over the banks and swallowed a playground, a basketball court and park. the water so high it nearly overcame the cedar bank bridge. at last check the beach drive is closed from the rockville pike and connecticut avenue. the closure is possibly going even further. height of the day's rainfall in montgomery county between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. wheaton, gaithersburg olney getting hit hard. they had to shut down a road south of cons avenue because of the -- connecticut avenue because of pooling water around 12:00 noon today. a lot of residents took photos, documenting the flash flooding and posted them online. i, myself, haven't heard of water rescues taking place today. that is the latest from the mobiletrak7. back to you. jonathan: t

in takoma park, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 jonathan: now at 6:00, we are three hours until the fireworks at the national mall. will the skies open up or rain hold off for the big show? michelle: it's president trump's first independence day in office. he spoke moments ago from the white house. find out what he had to say. jonathan: a jaw-dropping assault. how they responded to a naked guy going wild on a metro train in houston. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. michelle: tonight millions across the country are celebrating the birth of our nation. jonathan: as we speak, thousands right now are heading to the national mall looking for the spot all over the area to catch firework. q mccray has been in the middle of the celebrations all day long. we'll catch up him in a second. michelle: but first check on the forecast. we have been seeing a lot of drizzling out there. a lot of showers. we had them move through. are we in the clear for the rest of the evening? check i steve rudin with details on that. steve: showers and the thunderstorms are out there at this hour looking now at

that happened at the lee jordan field in takoma park. officials believe the reason was a maintenance issue, and there are no reports of any injuries. developing now, president trump's oldest son, thrust into the spotlight after a report revealed donald junior met with a russian lawyer tied to the kremlin after his father clinched the gop nomination. as emily rao reports, trump junior thought the lawyer had damaging information on hillary clinton. >> welcome to moscow! emily: eight miss universe connection initiated a meeting between donald trump's inner circle and a russian lawyer with ties to the kremlin. responding to a "new york times report," don junior first told abc news, the meeting was primarily about an adoption program and did not mention talk of campaign dirt on clinton, but then a "new york times" advisers, saying that the president's son only agreed to the meeting after the promise of information damaging to hillary clinton. he says the lawyers statements were vague, ambiguous, and made eo sense, and th meeting quickly turne

the takoma park fire than america's birthday today. this is the first day of the e.m.t. bicycle unit. they carry bandages, ice packs, oxygen tank and defibrillator. the first assignment was today's fourth of july parade. good way to get around town. crazy video out of houston, texas. watch this. ready? roll it. a naked guy caught on camera slapping a police officer. that is him holding a pesticide hose trying to spray the officer with a pesticide. watch this. then he slaps the officer. that is always a bad move. he got not one but two tasers. then dropped to the ground. apparently he stole the bug spray from a metro grounds crew. they knew something was off when the nigh because naked. they use -- when the guy was naked. they used stun gun and got him to ground and the problem came to an end. >> whoever was inside the tank, who knows what it could have been? it could have been poison. it's a chemical. jonathan: never a good move. the man was charged w it did end as you saw. they put him on the ground. they got him in handcuffs. michelle: wow! well, right now deadly flood

. >>> the chopper touching down in lee jordan field, that's in takoma park after a maintenance light came on about 13 miles away from the base. an andrew is spokesperson says the move was precautionary, no one was hurt. a maintenance crew moved out before clearing it to return to base. >>> crews started painting a big d on the water tower in damascus, maryland, today. the fourth localler in the alphabet will have to do for now, because the swarming hornet will not be able to fly painted on the town's water tower, but the hornet bears a strong resemblance to georgia tech's mascot. so they forced leaders in maryland to abandon the plan. >>> this is julius, a 3-week- old calf, and he received a second plasma infusion. he's getting round the clock care. he's prevented from getting antibodies because he's having trouble nursing. he received an earlier transformation three days after was born on june 15. who would have thought we needed a law to keep 6-year- olds from being suspended from school. >> parents are praising a new bill that keeps young students in the classroom. >> and more fro

at 9:00 we will be live at the historic takoma park parade.s 128th year? >> my goodness. so erin como will check out all the fun, and what's fourth of july without little barbecue? the folks at fat pete's barbecue will join us for an epic good day cook out. >> and from the prime time tv stage to life in the loft, singer terry mcdermott you might remember him from the voice. he placed second on the show. but he's in town for a pr pre-fourth of july concert at the kennedy center but not before he stops by the loft. >> a little bay city rollers, was that the group back in the day? >> yeah. >> with that hair. i like it. >> cool look then. >> r-o-c-k in the usa. >> maybe not. i was counting on you, tuck. >> um, before my time. >> uh-huh. >> long before. >> we'll fine it. >> let's do the forecast. we're looking at showers and storms at least the possibility of scattered showers and storms. later this afternoon. so headed down to the mall, going to parades that this will be more like late afternoon early evening as we get daytime heating start see sh

it landed at lee jordan field in takoma park about 13 miles from the base. maintenance crews scrambled to the scene to check it out before it returned to andrews. no one on board or on the ground was hurt. >>> why is she dead? an autopsy has been ordered after the body of a four-month- old baby girl was found inside a van in the gaithersburg parking lot. montgomery county police say first responders were called to the parking lot of a motel 6 on quince orchard road yesterday morning. they were responding to reports of an infant who wasn't breathing. medics rushed the 4-month-old girl to the hospital. sadly the baby girl didn't make it. >>> eight men suspected of killing a 22-year-old u.s. tourist appeared before prosecutor late on saturday in greece. the family of bakari henderson of austin, texas say he was in greece working on a photoshoot to launch a clothing line. bakari graduated from the university of arizona in may with a business degree. greek police say the victim was beaten to death early friday at a bar. friends and family are shocked that the you

toward the lane divide, this is your crowded spot. 410 in takoma park. near takoma avenue. 410 is temporarily closed. there's wires down. so all lanes are blocked. the rock creek parkway to the kennedy center, all traffic -- no slowdown right now. brentwood road and carroll way, all lanes are blocked because of a water main break and it's closed through the evening rush hour. back to you. >>> thank you, jack. >>> the other top stories. senator john mccain will be back on capitol hill today. it will be his first time back since his brain cancer diagnosis. the senate will be moving forward with its debate on health care bill today. tracie potts will have more on that coming up in a live report. >>> tonight the washington national will hold a moment of silence in honor of our friend and colleague jim vance the patriarch of our news 4 team died saturday after a battle with cancer. we'll be sharing our tributes celebrating vance's legacy throughout the morning. >>> cleanup continues after an ef-2 tornado hit queen anne's county in maryland. winds up to 125 mil

cecil brown was killed in august, 2014 in takoma park. his wife and her boyfriend were convicted after cell phone records helped close the case. investigators use cell phone data to link location on the day of the murder and text messages from the wife. they face up to 30 years in prison for second degree murder. >>> the murder of a transgender woman say they finally have justice. prosecutors say in october of 2015, shot smith behind lake forest mall in gaithersburg. argument. the case ended in a mistrial when it first went to court in january. now faces life in prison. sentencing set for october. >>> virginia native, former dallas cowboy rodney lucky whied head was cleared in a shoplifting case. the man they arrested saturday for stealing in wood bridge is not whitehead. they say the suspect gave whitehead's date of birth and social security number. he is now wanted for not appearing in court. the agent for real whitehead always said it was a case of mistaken identity. he was released from the cowboys monday, the same day the arrest was

takoma park at 5:41. berwyn and berwyn heights at 5:48. we'll keep you q: welcome to "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice. i'm q mccray. we have a special alert from the prince george's county police department. this guy here has a gun and wants cash. he is targeting convenience stores. with his hood, mask and the gloves on entering the store on a summer night, the clerk knew he was trouble from the start. the overhead view shows the clerk tossing money on the counter. the suspect shoves it in his pocket but he wasn't satisfied. he wavers his gun as he demands -- and demands the cash door. the heist takes 30 seconds. they do not have a clear look at his face, police hopes that someone will recognize his posture and walk. call the prince george's police department if you have information about him. now take a look at the wall of justice. the loudoun county detectives want earl jennings for unlawful filming. he was caught on video up-skirting. and montoya is facing assault and child abuse charges. in calvert county charles ed guard

michelle: happening now sentencing in a disturbing love triangle murder case out of takoma park.d woman convicted of killing the husband in 2015. the woman had done google searches about tasers and death by burning. a sentence handed down in minutes. brown, the wife of the victim was sentenced to 30 years in jail. or prison. we'll have more on the story tonight at 5:00. jonathan: look how beautiful this is. in is the belle haven countryclub. maybe they are enjoying outdoors steve: there is a lot of sunshine to enjoy. this is fantastic if you are going to barbecue or eat outdoors. there are bigger changes on the way. moving to the end of the week. rain around the d.m.v. check out temperatures. 85 at reagan national airport. fredericksburg is coming in now at 85. don't forget the nationals game tonight. 80 at first pitch and then it will fall to middle 70's. tomorrow we have changes on the way. we have cooler temperatures tonight. if you want to cool the lower 70's cooler inside the capital beltway. hot and humid tomorrow. one day. then we are tracking h we have more with brian van

this is what it looked like at takoma park. looking like you will ride the rapids here. if you are trying to drive through this, this is, this is a woman trying to drive through this. we have a couple braving the flooding on the national mall. we have a lot of respect to armed services out in the water as well. this dog is ready for the rain. jonathan: if i put that jacket on my dog he would bite me. water jeff goldberg joining us live. whoa! look behind you. alison: wow! jonathan: yikes! jeff: no question. this is haw torn drive and holmes run in alexandria, virginia. you can see the holmes run. this is cameron run. move something fast. eileen talked about riding the rapids. that is what it looks like in this part. the water is flowing and rushing at a rapid pace. the reason we are here. there was a call about two young people, who children that one woman was worried that perhaps they had fallen into holmes run. a strong response from the law enforcement. two children accounted for and safe. the swift water rescue now. jason is with us. tell us in terms of what happened

the bowie baysox game which starts at 6:35 in the evening and in takoma park a parade will be held at. so, lots to discover in the dmv. >>> and happening today, big changes in store for virginia laws taking effect today on july 1st. in virginia, if you drive too slow in the left lane well you could be slapped with a $100 fine now. in the past also if you were caught driving with pot, your license would have been suspended for six months. starting today you'll be able to keep your license and health insurance companies will be required to cover 12 months supplies of prescription birth control. >>> and in d.c., people who work minimum wage jobs will see a salary bump. the minimum wage is going up and it is now $12.50 an hour. tipped workers will also see an increase to $3.33 an hour. and last year, the d.c. council passed legislation raise minimum wage by 2020. today's increase is the first step towards that goal. >>> 8:09. what we're learning about the doctor who'll killed someone and injured several more at a hospital in new york. those details right after this break. >>> let's take a

rockville, gaithersburg, takoma park. those are people who voted on this wisdom martin. i 270, 495. we're not talking about a bridge tomorrow, long-term planning. if we go, if we go another >> in a study leads to hopefully long-term planning, if we gotten, 20-30, 50 years withou this clear missing link in our transportation system, things will get worse. we're not talking just about a road. we're talking about a multi-corridor where we can put bus rapid transit >> i know you said the reason you're addressing this and i know you're talking about the frustrations in montgomery county. you feel like there's some hope on the other side of where that bridge would be. you feel like there are some people who might buy in it. >> so the first thing i saw is in 2015, the nvta did a poll both sides, montgomery county 68% of residents wanted a bridge crossing 12% said they didn't, that's what got my attention. next you talk anecdotally ask people how they feel about it if they're one of the ten farmer whose lives along the representative, they've probably opposed to it. if you own w