President obama encouraged both investigators and police to take a protesters and police to take a step back. Though he lamented with Michael Browns family. Though its important to note how this started. We lost a young man, Michael Brown in tragic and heartbreaking circumstances. Its unclear however what caused the officer to shoot the unarmed teen or the struggle. Nor is it clear how authorities will ease tension here. Protests each night have turned violent. Police responding with tear gas and arrests. Everyone from journalists to local politicians have been caught up in the chaos. I asked him what am i being arrested for. He told me i was being arrested because i didnt listen. Though the entire country is now listening it seems, wondering how to stem the tide of anger that has one Group Calling for a day of rage while others plead for peace. If individuals are in a crowd thats attacking the police, they need to get out of that crowd. We cant individually go in and say, excuse me sir, are you peacefully prootesting, are you protesting, are you throwing rocks, a molotov cocktail. By the way, police still keeping the name of the officer who fired the shots private, with concerns over his safety and possible retaliation. Thank you, scott. The shooting death of 18yearold Michael Brown has prompted protests across the nation, via the internet. One image thats gotten a lot of attention was crafted by Harvard University students. The picture taken last night shows a packed auditorium of People Holding up their hand in what they call the dont shoot stance. This was the idea of a sophomore. That we need to do something. And when i saw that this was the stance and the pose that Michael Brown was in when he lost his life, that aignified a lot. Howard University Students plan to hold a vigil tonight. Watch for our coverage on abc7 news at 11 00. New developments in the crisis in iraq. The iraqi Prime Minister says he will now step aside allowing the elected official to take over the post. He initially refused to recognize the appointment calling it a conspiracy. President obama voiced his support for the new Prime Minister and the my government. Airstrikeses and airdrops have broken the siege on sinjar mountain and that makes more airdrops or evacuations unlikely. A soldier killed in vietnam has been laid to rest. The Burial Service has just ended at Arlington National cemetery where Major General Harold Greene for Major General Harold Greene who was killed last week when a gunman opened fire in a military Training Facility in afghanistan. Hes survived by his wife and two adult children. A lot of concern in d. C. Tonight after a week filled with gun violence. In the past seven days at least 21 people have been shot in the district in more than a half dozen incidents including the shooting of an off duty police detective. Sam ford is outside of d. C. Superior court where one shooting suspect just faced a judge. Yes, gordon. We are outside d. C. Superior court, romeo hayes was just arraigned on two counts of assault with intent to kill of two off duty police officers. Charging documents say that hayes and others were in a car stolen from Reagan National airport, that they shot a policewomans car once and then shot at her again after they realized she was following them. That they shot a Police Detectives car at least a dozen times. And when he rammed their car to avoid being carjacked, they shot him four times. Hes in stable condition but these are violent times in the city. 27yearold romeo hayes arrested yesterday after an incident in which he and two accomplices allegedly shot at a d. C. Policewoman and then a male d. C. Detective four times during an attempted carjacking. Since friday in d. C. 21 people have been shot and wounded. Its terrorizing unsuspected residents who suddenly have to die from bullets. You have to go on this side. Activist sam foster says he watched a gun battle in front of his place on Martin Luther king on friday afternoon. They picked up 18 case said out here, shell casings. Neighbor denise barne said they laid on the floor in her office and with School Starting in a couple weeks shes worried. The shooting that afternoon around that time. With the violence, i have some grave concerns about the safety of our children. Amazingly no one was hit, but last week four people were hit in the 4600 block of northeast with a man on life support after being shot in the head. Back on this case, the hayes case, the judge has ordered him held without bond. We spoke to a resident of that area where the car was finally stopped. He says he saw hayes and another man running into a backyard scaling the fence. One man got over the fence, but the other didnt and hayes came up and said to tell the police he was with them. When the Police Showed up, he told them that hayes was not with them. He said this other man is probable scratching a lot probably scratching a lot because the fence he scaled is covered with poison ivy. Sam ford, abc7 news. Back now to the breaking news from potomac, maryland. Newschopper 7 is over the scene of a trench collapse thats left two men trapped in mud up to their waist. Were told the men are conscious. Diane cho is en route to the collapse. Well continue to follow this story as it develops. Coming up on abc7 news at 6 00, what prompted a fist fight on the floor of the Ukrainian Parliament that led to one man being knocked to the floor. A website glitch that puts International Destinations at the fingertips of metro users. Why some people believe the legislation funding the American Military is a haven for poor spending. Im steve rudin in the belfort furniture weather center. You think its nice out there now . Wait until you see whats on the way for tomorrow and the first half of the weekend. When Congress Returns from its august recess it will be greeted by a half trillion dollar spending bill approved by the senate. But before the house takes action, the legislation is already facing criticism on what some consider billions of dollars in pork. As the president and congress continue to windal over the federal budget theres a parallel battle with states. This one involves defense spending. If you are a politician and you want to cover out money for your district, the best place to do that is the military government. He says its a bipartisan effort to fund pet military joke he says its wasting taxpayer dollars. Even when the military says they dont need them. He and other waste critics say the motivation of congress is protecting jobs and businesses in their home states. Those decisions i think should be made by our military commanders, not members of congress. I have to tell you i think we should be increasing defense spending, not cutting it. Some looking at this issue say there are military spending projects that on the surface may appear to be wasteful but in reality their impact on the National Economy extend far beyond one Congressional District or state. Andy harris sits on the Appropriations Committee so defense commanding comes across dace funding comes across his desk. He agrees that members of congress are simply being protectionists for military projects in their district. He says many are important to National Security. We have countries that depend on our technology and our Defense Supplier and contractors, we have to keep that going. To that, Peter Switzer says. At the end of the day the Defense Budget should be protecting our National Security and our fighting men and women. It shouldnt be about providing money to politically connected corporations in some congressmans district. The Senate Passed pillitary budget military budget still has to be pathed by the house and passed by the house and signed by the president. The prosecution rested in the mcdonnell corruption trial and there was no shortage of courtroom drama. Prosecutors showed the piles of gifts that was returned to c. E. O. Of Star Scientific jonnie williams. Including rolex watch, designer dresses, and luxury shoes from a new york city shopping trip. An f. B. I. Agent also testified williams gave the mcdonnell more on 177,000 including loans and the payment of the catering in this corner, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, seen punching another member, nikolai levchenko. The winner . The legislation passed. Metro users are seeing the world through an unusual glitch in the website. People using the streetview function of the site today didnt see Washington Area streets and metro stations. Instead they went around the world. They were treated to images of rome and pictures of exotic beaches. And at the reston station on the silver line, the image showed a school of fish below the ocean. The interactive feature is offline while metro figures out what happened. At least they were pretty scenes. They were. Like our weather today. Beautiful skies and even cooler temperatures tomorrow morning. Give us more. It could be the coolest morning in ten years in washington in august. My goodness. How about that . And well repeat it on saturday. If you like summer the heat and hudity is coming back. Outside we go. There are the clouds, the cold front now off to the east of us. Temperatures absolutely wonderful. Its 85 degrees at the airport. Winds are out of the west at 14 miles per hour. Our high today earlier this afternoon shows 85 degrees. Where we are right now. 87 our average and the record, 100 set back in 1943. Can get as cool as 55 degrees, that was back in 1951. No rain to speak up, it this is whats on the way as High Pressure builds. Well look for the skies to clear, temperatures to fall and a chilly start to our friday morning. This is all part of a cold front that moved across earlier this afternoon. Now our skies clear, High Pressure settles in and that will be the dominant weathermaker at least for the next couple days. We had a couple showers today south of fredericksburg. It didnt amount to a whole lot. It will stay dry for the evening hours and into tonight. Heres the cold front and the area of High Pressure. Over the next 48 hours the high moves to the east and the winds will change direction for the day on saturday. Thats going to allow the humidity and the heat to begin to build. By sunday were talking highs here in d. C. Around 90 degrees and a chance for a few showers and pop up thunderstorms. For tonight, mainly clear skies, cool temperatures. 5060 degrees. In the mountains the temperatures could fall to the 40s. Then tomorrow, lots of sunshine, low humidity and highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s. It will feel more like mid to late september rather than the middle of august. A chance for a few showers and popple thunderstorms late in the day on sunday. Well repeat the process for mondaywednesday. Nighttime lows will range from the low to mid60s for most of next week. And now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. The redskins return home in good shape . They do. Im just saying this is the first day of the rest of their season because now they can get back to business as its supposed to be. Theyre back on the field at redskins park and thats where theyll be at least until the end of december. The players certainly hope the season goes longer. Safety Phillip Thomas and tight end jordan reed were back on th÷ field from their injures and with injuries. And now jay gruden wants to see them stay healthy and show him what they can do. Its important to try to get some sort of continuity with the quarterback and the offense in general. Just the speed of breaking the huddle on game day and how many plays can you go in a row without getting tired. If i send them deep can they come back and dig out a forced block. So well see what kind of stamina they have. They look like theyre doing well in practice, but game day speed is a little different and we hope they can handle it. Keeping it real. The nationals have won 5 of their last seven games. Cabrera was the hero. A liner into the white seats. The mets trying trying to rally. Look at cabrera here. Go get it. Reel it in. Cant stop, up and over, and yes, sir. Good catch. Thats still in my glove. Get him out of there. Nats win 32. Im still hoping for a baltimorewashington world series. The orioles are free swingers and they lead the majors in 152 home runs. This is adam jones, his 23rd of the year. The orioles lead the American League east by 75. 5 and the nats lead by 5. 5 because the braves lots this afternoon. Its been two weeks since paul george broke his leg, and the Team Announced they will continue to rally around paul george in the practices by wearing a patch. Remember luis sanchez nicknamed the cannibal after taking a bite out of the shoulder. He appealed and it was upheld. Swarez will not be allowed to play until the end of october. Now hear this. This has just come in. Major League Baseball has a new commissioner. Rob manford has been elected baseballs tenth commissioner to start in january. The braves lost to the dodgers this afternoon, so the nationals lead in the east is 5 and a half games. The nats will have Stephen Strasburg on the mound going for the sweep against the new york mets. Labor relations lawyer. Yeah, but if its relations the owners. We have on update on the breaking news from potomac, maryland where newschopper 7 is over a collapsed trench on martindale court. In that are two trapped workers. Crews are working to stabilize the trench and get the workers out. The two men are reportedly conscious, but they are stuck in mud and muck at least waisthigh. Well have more on this breaking story online and the very latest an 11 00 for you. Thanks very much. Abc world news is coming up next welcome to world news tonight breaking developments in a city on edge. The tear gas, the rubber bullets aimed at protestors, the molotov cocktails thrown at police. Tonight is there now a change in command on the streets . The president and an urgent call, and the police chief, what hes telling world news, about that officer. The stunning new details about robin williams, what his family has now revealed, what he was facing in those final days. The explosions caught on tape, rocking an american city. Several blasts, several blocks apart bursting. What caused this . The concern now a surprise for his mother, a dream come true. What was waiting for
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