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WJLA ABC 7 News At 500 October 6, 2014

Decision puts virginia on the right side of history. I am happy that the fundamental rights of thousands of virginias are going to be recognized. This is what we are fighting so hard for. Chris case and says the High Court Must rule on this issue once and for all. The Supreme Court can try to impose samesex marriage on americans, some passive aggressive cowardly manner, i do not think it will work. Me strong feelings some strong feelings on both sides of these issue. It certainly sends a clear message that this court is comfortable with samesex marriage moving forward in states where it has already been affirmed. That number stands at 30 preat arlington is not the only place where samesex marriage took place this afternoon. More on that tonight at 6 00. Live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. As he mentioned samesex marriage is legal as of today in indiana, wisconsin, oklahoma, and utah. In indiana people began applying for their licenses almost immediately. Todays move is also likely to pave the way for samesex marriage in north carolina, West Virginia, colorado, kansas, south carolina, and wyoming. We will hear more on that later in the newscast. Completeet a statebystate look at the status of samesex marriages right now on our website, wjla. Com. Nationals face a simple truth, win or go home. It is the first pitch in just a minute just a matter of minutes. For more on what is going to happen and what to look for tonight everyone is feeling 10 speed lets begin with suzanne kennedy, live outside of at t park in San Francisco. Lets go to tim. Lets get his breakdown of things. No question about it. Tohink the nats just have clear the mechanism. They have to get back to the fun of playing baseball. Were fired up here in d. C. , arguing balls and strikes with the umpire. Just play. You can tell over the weekend which team had four days off and which team had to win even to get into the postseason. The giants were loose. That is a tall order against madison baumgardner. Horace, what is the mood at the ball club tonight . Williams says he likes the passion that his team has been displaying. He says they are relaxed and ready to go. Behind me fans are starting to pour into the stadium. No changes from saturday night. Manager Matt Williams is saying he has worked all season long pit he believes in the system. Now is not the time for change. We have gotten here by doing things a certain way. Is onege things up option. We trust our guys and have faith in our guys. It hasnt happened the first two games but that doesnt mean it cant happen today. What about Ryan Zimmerman . He is not in the starting lineup tonight. He says he does not hit well against baumgardner. Williams says he will be looking for a spot during the game to get his bat into the lineup. Horace holmes, abc seven, sending it back to you. Think you very much horace. That is a very important fact baumgardner is a lefthander. You think Ryan Zimmerman would be perfect for this. They have to have the bats come alive arian come alive. I would put zimmerman first and try to lighten the load a little bit. Dont Start Talking like that. Im with you. Be back in a little bit. There is also some football action we have to keep our eye on. About three hours from kickoff there. Lets take a look at what to expect for the weather there and throughout tonights natsgiants game. Clear skies, beautiful weather. Just ancisco is in minute or two for first pitch. Lets take a look at weather conditions at at t park. Temperatures in the 70s. It will be a few degrees cooler. 71 degrees right now. It will be comfortable baseball weather. A far cry from the temperatures for the past five days. We have been in the 90s and 80s. And 80s. Now things are very pleasant. Pleasant is the big word. Fedex tonight, temperatures in the 60s. There is a mention of showers tonight. I think that will be after the game is finished. 76 at Reagan International. 77 in fredericksburg. These winds are rather gusty. , iyou stay up past sunset think they will diminish at that point. We have more on your timing, how long they will be around, when i joined a studio in just a few minutes. We move on to something a bit more concerning. A family is in mourning. A little girl suddenly died. That is because police say this death is suspicious. With whatesburg police and the family are saying about this case. Early on we spoke to the childs grandmother, who lives in this neighborhood. She did not want to talk to us on camera that she did tell us the baby lived in winchester with her mother and was here visiting when she suddenly stopped breathing. Here in the neighborhood in burg lots of kids playing around. Neighbors had no idea police were investigating a babys death. This is a quiet neighborhood. Family members rushed her to a local hospital. Stopped breathing on thursday. She was later taken to Childrens International Medical Center in d. C. Somestaff member noticed suspicious injuries on the child and contacted cps. They in turn contacted the county who contacted us. Police say they cannot comment on the childs injuries but did tell us the baby girl was declared brain dead on sunday morning and taken off life support. She died several hours later. While investigators wait for answers the medical Examiners Office, questions remain what may lead to this death. We are told the medical Examiners Office in d. C. Is conducting the autopsy today. Once that is completed authorities will discuss the case with the Commonwealth Attorneys Office and see if charges will be filed in this case. I and cho, abc seven news. Meanwhile search teams in charlottesville have not given up their efforts to find student hannah graham, missing for more than three weeks. The tech tips are scouring private properties for any sign of the team. If the Fairfax County native disappeared september 13. They will not stop looking until she is found. Up, a family takes a stand to bring a murder case back into the spotlight. As the redskins prepare for monday night football a computed prepares a a community braces for what they call a golden nuisance. We talk about the obama scare and what we all can learn. The ebola virus has spread to someone who did not contract the disease in west africa. She was on the team who treated a priest who died from that disease last month. That is a first from the disease and it comes as a cut as a photographer contracted ebola is now in him now in the brassica for treatment. Now in nebraska for treatment. Diseasepread of the outside of west africa has hospitals on high alert. On friday Howard University hospital say they isolated a patient is possible ebola symptoms. Rebecca cooper has the first interview that hospital officials have given us, talking about what we could learn from what turned out to be a false alarm. Cdc Officials Say Howard University hospital got it right, isolating the patient while working closely with the cdc and d. C. Health officials. Fortunately this patient did test negative. Patient not giving an immediate diagnosis. They have been very specific about the precautions, given that ebola is one of the that is of significant concern these days. It wasnt a doctor or even a nurse who first recognized the red flag that the receptionist at the checkin desk. Everyone here had the second had the standard checkin questionnaire. As soon as the patient was identified as traveling to western africa, he was immediately placed in isolation. He has tested positive for ebola virus. White house officials acknowledge and doctors failed to identify a patient to travel to liberia as having ebola. Howard universitys chief says even though their patients tests quebecnative negative, she is happy the staff alerted quickly. Came back negative, she is happy that the staff was alerted quickly. We want the information to come from the experts. Howard University Hospital officials want to stress how difficult it is to transmit. Bola they dont want to scare people. They say they will continue to take every precaution at their hospital. They do think ebola will not in theto an epidemic u. S. Just keep washing your hands to be on the safe side. Live in the newsroom, rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. News chopper seven is on the scene of a fire truck, a truck that is caught on fire. It is happening on southbound georgia avenue. The intersection is shut down at this point. If you need to get to that area, avoided if you can. No word on any injuries. Breaking news in the meantime. Whichk about the weather, today is pictureperfect. Some gorgeous sunshine, a little breezy but will well take it. Very comfortable temperatures. Here is wide shot outside. Clear skies, temperatures in the lower 70s. A breeze out of the south and southwest at about 10 to the teen Miles Per Hour you to 15 Miles Per Hour. Reagan international has been that way. Wind is sustained at 15 Miles Per Hour. A definite breeze but not enough to put a chop. It is choppy on the day. 71 degrees paid at childrens hospital, a high of 71 degrees. 72 at childrens hospital. We have the numbers ranging from the lower 70s, a few upper 70s to the south. Very comfortable and bright and sunday and sunny on this monday afternoon. Redskins, 60 seven. At kickoff time there will be a breeze. The wind movie be out to the south. Wind will be out of the south. Once we get past sunset i think we will start to diminish a bit. Temperatures will start to fall at that point and we will keep watching off to the west for these showers. Some opportunity pushing to the northeast analysts like the vier showers develop showers that are developed by past. Satellite picture shows a different perspective. Cloud cover is western side of the ridge. Around sunset. Of the a simulation atmosphere and the like over the next couple of days. Some showers in the area at night. It will pass through early tomorrow morning and skies will open up and become partly sunny for that is desensitized tomorrow. Analysis of comes to another chance of showers. They get rid of that case tomorrow night. Wednesday, back to sunshine. The overnight tonight, mostly cloudy and 49 to 57 is the range of temperatures in the morning. Some late a showers. 72 to 77 degrees. The next they shows temperatures holding in the mid70s. The next chance of rain will be another system coming our way on friday. It looks at the weekend will clear out. We are very comfortable in the upper 60s to about 70 degrees. When were not on tv, its easy to keep up with the changes in weather conditions. Wjla. Com weather and our facebook page. There is no excuse not to be in the know. Thank you so much. Lets go back to the big story, day three of the National League division series, which is under way right now. Lets go out to San Francisco, live outside of at t stadium. You are out there was some very anxious parents. Can you imagine having your son and daughter face the pressure of game day today . We are 10 minutes into the game. There are still lots of giants fans streaming into at t park. It was aoday carnivallike atmosphere throughout the day. People running around, juggling, clowns, everybody was getting ready for todays game. Lots of crowd control. Expecting a sellout crowd of 40,000 plus here at at t park. One of the people you were ing about are the they are a famous name known to nationals fans. Their son is the starting pitcher today and here is what they had to say about him in this game today. To stay even. Not high, not low. That takes your mind off of what you have to do. Takes it hitch by pitch takes it pitch by pitch. , its exciting, but it is his job. That is what he gets paid to do. The rest of my kids have other jobs. It is maybe more than a dreadful and rush for his job than the rest of the him. More of an adrenaline rush m. R him than the rest of the i want to tell you there are still a lot of people outside the park here. One of the most interesting things is over here. All of these folks, all of these tots, big baseball fans hope snag a home run. A lot of people here hoping the giants win. We had some National Fans we encountered. A lot of them transplanted washingtonians. They hope after saturday nights game the nats would stay positive and bring home a win tonight. Park,ing live at at t suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. , the daringcome rescue after a hot air balloon on a Mission Lands in the ocean. Says e community lets get back to one of our big stories of the day, the decision on samesex marriage. Nothe Supreme Court will rule on the appeal made by five states. We are live in the Satellite Center with the impact this made nationally. The Supreme Court decided on monday not to rule on the appeals made by indiana, oklahoma, virginia, and wisconsin. Those states decided to prohibit samesex marriage. And lesbian couples are quickly taking up a marriage licenses and states that are effective. This was the scene in indianapolis just a short time ago. Indianapolisk from said she will begin issuing marriage licenses but would not perform weddings. Supporters in the States Affected are celebrating. This is a done deal for any continuing discussion about if this marriage isnt a valid. Marriage is now legal. The decision not to rule on cases means other states colorado, kansas, north carolina, and south carolina, as well as West Virginia and wyoming, should be will to get married soon. Reporting from the Satellite Center, abc 7 news. Newsming up on abc seven at five this evening, more information on the case of a shooting of the father of two dads. And spending the entire time watching d. C. Sports offense. People heading to fedex field for monday night football. I think it is safe to say that the biggest game of the nowon is underway right inside a ballpark on the other side of the country. Finance are facing a win or go home scenario in San Francisco. This is a big day. D. C. Sports is not limited to what is happening out there. The redskins head to prime time with the super bowl champs the seattle seahawks. One neighborhood is saying they are the ones that come out on the bottom. Brad bell will explain that for us. I am on the sidewalk that the metro station to the stadium. People are making their way over to the ballpark right now to begin tailgating. After the game they say it will be a zoo out here. Loseer the redskins win or , the people along garrett boulevard say they know what to expect after. Screaming, shouting, cars honking. She is talking about the fans who take metro to the garrett station and walk to and from the stadium. She and her neighbors in the promenade Community Say they are a post game nuisance. They drop their trash like it is nothing. They take a beer can and almost ingested it. The Redskins Organization is responsible for picking up the trash after but the Police Promise to enforce the law. We are absolutely looking out for everything. They have officers there before the game, during the game, after the game. She does it without causing any problems. Just be mindful of the fact that this is a residential area. They are asking people to go to the games and then back out to remember there are visitors. People are well aware that the stadium got here first. Fedex field, brad bell, abc 7 news. The timing of the nationals playoff game is aetrium come true for some sports fans. You consent down and watched hes watch d. C. Sports teams tonight. Are cateringbars to this rare opportunity. There is good reason for because of all the f like a vans that are going on. Washington nationals and their that devastating heartbreaking loss on saturday. This is the low level. You see a lot of seahawks fans. This is where the seahawks watch their game during the postseason. Most of the team is on the nats game. Everyone is watching the nats game. Folks are just trying to focus on the basic. This could be a heartbreaking night but also inspiring. We know what it takes to come back. They have a great manager, great all player. We hope they pull out of their little trout they are in. This is the last chance possibly. They go home if they do not win. I dont want him to go home. I think they are ready to play ball. Early in the ball game, we will of course keep an eye on the scoreboard and hope that we see you again tomorrow at this establishment or another one for game four. Thank you very much. A nineyearold boy remains in the hospital after being caught in the crossfire during a shootout. Boy, an innocent bystander, shot in the head outside the apartments in northeast washington saturday night. The woman had to duck to avoid the fire. It is kind of tragic. Two men are wounded in that shootout. Their injuries are not thought to be lifethreatening. The the investigation into a twoyearold homicide case in maryland has ramped up as the victim family offers an increased reward. They announced a 10,000 reward and asked police to add more resources to the case. Night oftacked on the september 30, 2012. Day not a day goes by that we dont think about him. Are asking for somebody to come forth. His mother hopes the reward money will stop this case from being a cold case. Come, a seemingly healthy child dies without warning. New development in the nationwide virus outbreak. And a daring rescue. New punishment for michael phelps. We will take a look at what is happening on the road this evening. Hi, jerry. Are finding some delays on southbound 95 in virginia, crossing from woodbridge into dale city. Travel lanes are open on 66 on the westbound side. We are finding delays on the western beltway. Things do start to pick up as you get closer to manassas. Folks heading toward the delayss game will find on the beltway. Very slow on the inner loop past college park. Up acrosst to pick the wilson bridge. Things are looking pretty good northbound. Jerry wilson at the traffic center. Thank you very much. Balloongettable hotair

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