joining us from arlington, virginia.g up, an inside look at saudi arabia's multibillion-dollar military and messy war with human. -- with yemen. ♪ scarlet: welcome back to the bloomberg market day. let's get a check on where commodities prices settled in new york. alix steel joining me now. we are looking at oil prices. crude oil has been down the last few days. brent crude is actually positive now. alix: unbelievable comeback. very similar to what we saw in the market. -- it looksdown like we had some stock and then a rally and we are trading in the green. td securities was much more pessimistic. we could see 46 in wti. we did not get there. pretty incredible move. you are looking at the bloomberg commodity index, also well off the lows of the session. by 1.5% still down because of a couple commodities that are also declining. up, i want to take a look at iron ore. in a bear market. and wentelow $50 a ton under the radar. --t's a kind of ugly chart australia has been pumping so much iron ore and sending it to exports. y

us some of the lessons that these kids and the other adults take away from this. >> about what their parents do. -- they learn about what their parents do. they help arlington he just a little bit more beautiful. and they learn to give back. they are learning with her parents do and are leaving a legacy of those who help serve their country. sam: appreciate it. a lot of these kids have come out year after year. one of these cases from las vegas and was able to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown, and they say they'reome back next year i'm sure they will be welcome. reporting live from arlington national cemetery, sam sweeney abc7 news. jummy: thank you so much. what a great job they are doing out there. he is right, you are about to stay hydrated as it is hot out there. doug: cool workday for many people. heat index well over 100 at a time. tomorrow, a front will bring cooler air. in the middle of the week we will be in good shape. i think image from the rockville

used all kinds of strategies to get here. including planes, trains, automobiles and a nap. >> we came from arlington. we heard metro was bad. rebecca: for him, it was great. >> there was plenty of parking. walking in to tickets was easy. there were no lines. we got on the train. rebecca: liz drove from cincinnati to enjoy the fourth. >> we left around midnight. we drove straight here. rebecca: this traveler says airports were crowded. >> we went through houston and it was busy. i missed a flight. rebecca: tonight, cheryl jackson has a strategy to get ahead of the mass of people. >> we are walking down so we can be as close as possible. so we can get on the train so we are not stuck in the crab. rebecca: so the best view is the ticket to leave. >> exactly. rebecca: good news, breaking news, these are some of the pointers they have had closed metro buses blocking the traffic. a trash truck just told away the bus. it was closing off the streets. the streets are reopening and that should help get the traffic moving. no one is leaving anytime soon to get all the way home from downtown. it was a good fourth of july. but the traff

us a call. reporting live in arlington, horace holmes abc7 news. leon: all right. folks if you have a tip for the "7 on your side" team, we want to hear from you. call or e-mail us. the information is on the screen. maureen: still ahead on "abc7 news at 6:00", new details about the suspected gunman who killed five military members in tennessee last week. how the f.b.i. is now describing him and the new security and military sites across the country. leon: also pilots put in danger. new incident in the sky. the investigation that is happening now. maureen: a scary night in maryland. several injuries after a deck collapse next. maureen: new developments today about a woman who died in a traffic stop. sheriff of hempstead texas, they said that sandra brand previously tried to kill herself. and abbott says the rangers will work with the f.b.i. as it investigates the case. dash cam video shows bland arguing with a police officer who pulled her car over for a minor infraction. leon: new at 6:00, more scary incident of lasers pointed at planes over new jersey. it happened overnight. four planes reported being lit up by the lasers. the f.a.a. is investi

us. doug: humidity levels will rise sle next few days. in the meantime it is absolutely gorgeous. just down the potomac from here in arlington, this is alexandria and the belle haven country club. a few high-level clouds overhead. 86 know at reagan national. winchester and 82. 84 degrees it baltimore and low humidity is very comfortable. clear to partly cloudy skies and a slow jog to the 70's this evening. by early tomorrow morning 59 to 69 degrees. high-pressure overhead extending out into the midwest will hang tough for a few more days giving is delightful sunshine while the nasty weather and rain and storms in clouds to the south. -- clouds to the south. we will talk about the weekend in the next seven details -- days in detail coming up. leon: details about the iran nuclear deal. citizen standing up as well. that led to some dueling protests outside the white house. a candidate also got involved. reporter: what started as a small, quiet demonstration outside of lafayette park sponsored by the concern them in of america group took an unexpected turn when republican presidential candidate ted cruz came up to the microphone

us from the weather center. anything to be concerned about tonight? doug: a few showers outside. outside the belfort furniture weather center in the rosslyn portion of arlington we have rain right now. the doppler radar shows it clearly. a couple of patches of light to moderate rain from falls church to arlington here about to cross the district to the east side of town through prince georges county and largo. that is moving eastward. it will continue a push to the river. so there is scattered showers but no lightning and thunder. in the next couple of hours the showers will diminish. they are few and far between. most of the later evening nighttime will be partly cloudy. should get a look a time or two later at the full moon. a another round of afternoon thunderstorms we look at the holiday weekend forecast in a few minutes. leon: the show on the national hall starts 9:00 on saturday night. to get to the mall to see the show you will have to go through one of nine different security checkpoints. they will make sure you are not bringing contraband alcohol, fireworks or drones. drones are banned in case you were wondering. one change this year you won't access

from fairfax working your way out. getting ready for big delays. more than what you are used to heading outbound on 66. we have heavy traffic on the outer loop of the beltway approaching arlington road. that is south from the toll road. so it is very heavy. we have the traffic that is typically slow. not too bad approaching the american legion bridge. once you get past the point to maryland we are on the brakes. closer to bethesda. you get a little break. heads up do you live in bethesda everything is reopened on 35 between cedar lane and jones bridge road. you can get through here but you may see afternoon congestion. that is a look at traffic. back to you. jonathan: we have breaking news. it follows up with something in the newscast, that is what is happening in south carolina. right now the state senate voted to remove the confederate flag off the statehouse ground. it had been in front of state house and the flag was flying there. the proposal still needs approval from the house and the governor. stay with abc7 and wjla.com for the outcome of the votes. as soon as they are available. coming up next on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- "7 on your side" with a problem that is bugging so

us we appreciate your time we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00. this is "jeopardy!" please welcome today's contestants. an attorney originally from stony brook, new york... a retired computer consultant from arlingtonreturning champion a writer originally from ypsilanti, michigan... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert. ladies and gentlemen thank you very much also. elsa, jon, welcome aboard. i hope you have some fun today. if you were watching yesterday alex had a lot of fun -- $26,000 worth. let's see what happens. here we go into the jeopardy! round. and today we start you off with these categor middle f is the category because the letter "f" will come up exactly in the middle of each correct response. and finally this. the u.s.s. cod -- not as menacing a name as shark or barracuda, but she helped win the war in the pacific. and, alex, as the champion you get to go first. let's start with middle f, please, for $200. alex. what is hefty? that's it. middle f for $400, please. elsa. what is aft? right. middle f for $600, please. elsa. what is confine? yes. middle f for $800.

arlington at 6:30 tonight. >> parents plan on spending $434 on back to school items this year. that's 20% less than last year. half the parents plan an using what they had from last year. the report also says they're spacing out their purchases throughout the year. >> beer apparently really good for business. that's according to a study from a beer institute. the report says the u.s. beer industry generated nearly $253 billion last year. the report says the brewers, beer imports and distributors account for 34,000 jobs in virginia. and 4500 jobs here in the district. >> why outdoor grilling is getting one man in trouble. we'll show you after the break. life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. >>> this video is lighting up on join. it shows a county employee telling an employee his grill is making too much smoke. the employee says it's illegal to smell a grill from a street. man says he's being harassed. officials say 15 people have complained about the men since last year. >> if you're thinki

arlington are being told to avoid donaldson run because of a sewage spill. chris tellis a sewage -- crews tell us a sewage pipe cracked. the public is being asked to stay away from forecast. maybe the pool or the beach is a good place to go. dave: this is ocean city. you can see people making their way down. yesterday at this time, it was pouring rain. not so today. looking for a high in the 80's. 73 at reagan national. still 69 at the list. -- at dulles. this system in the ohio valley is getting closer. we will see some clouds get here later this afternoon. most part -- for the most part sunny skies. this is a system the national hurricane center is keeping and eye on. dew points in the 60's, temperatures near 90. the wind will shift. tonight, clouds will roll in. tomorrow, sunny and cloudy. stickier tomorrow. strong storms tuesday. temperatures just about normal for the rest of the week. jummy: thank you for watching. have a great sunday. >> business news from the capital region.this is "washington business report" with abc national correspondent, rebecca cooper. rebecca: thanks for joinining us for a look at business and finance in the wasashington region. co

used during the american revolution. he would take these things out. this is a news article from a washington painer where he would have them displayed in the fields outside of arlington house were sheep shearings and other patriotic celebrations and would give oratory beneath the venerable canvas. he returned to the tent, sleeping and office innocent the museum of the american revolution as the preor the yum of liberty. so here's the line of descent. this is a much older george washington park custus on the eve of the civil war. the custody of those tents passed to his daughter mary ann that randolph custus lee. every possible surname you could group together who married a dashing young robert e. lee. their daughter, mary custus lee in 1960 in an 061906 announced she was interested in selling one or both of the campaign tents that she had inherited from that line of descent from her grandfather to the patriotic citizens of philadelphia in order to endow -- give money to the fen fed rat -- con fed red widows home. she even said here she was hoping that the -- miss lee thinks independence hall in philadelphia is the proper place for them. so we're excited that we're tw

pedestrian bridge and they're using vacuum pumps to collect some of the raw sewage that spilled into the stream on friday. arlington leaders they're asking people to stay away fromeep their petaway too. the warning goes for people downstream from the spill also. >>> virginia's first federally recognized indian tribe could be considering opening a casino. the pamunkey indians are looking into it but they would need an act of congress to launch something as small as a bingo parlor. virginia is one of ten states that does not have casinos. >>> it is small, but it could save your life. still ahead, doreen gentzler has new details about a heart treatment and only takes 60 minutes to perform. >>> and chuck people of the coffee drinking world, 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 putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> the "today" show is next on nbc4. it starts to come up at 8:00. >> let's get a preview. sheinelle jones and peter alexander, good morning. >> good morning. >> coming up on "today," a