Up with a new way to cheat you out of your money but stealing your e. Z. Pass and replacing it with a fake one that is identical. 7 on your side iteam investigator chris papst broke the story earlier today on twitter. Chris chamberlain contractors in laurel, maryland, just celebrated its 40th year. And for all of them, harold green has led the way. With his signature laugh. Yeah, really thank you very much. Chris in greens four decades he has seen a lot. There is one thing he didnt see coming. He is not laughing about it. It just never crossed our mind. I never would have thought that an e. Z. Pass transponder could be a license to steal. Chris this is a crime that is remarkably simple. The chief just has to find a truck that is open that he doesnt have to break into. When he gets inside of the truck, he then takes your e. Z. Pass. Replaces it with a fake one. In less than five seconds the crime that can cost you for months. Or at least until you figure it out. Kim figured it out at chamberlain contractors. Last month she noticed the companys e. Z. Pass bills didnt look right so on a whim she compared the g. P. S. In a truck with a time and date of a recent toll charge. They didnt match. Chris nice job investigating. I was shocked. Trying to figure out how they were doing it. Christ she analyzed 11 weeks of tolls in 2015 and found 52,000 of e. Z. Pass charges from vehicles not owned or driven by chamberlain employees. When you saw that number, what did you think . How am i going to be compensated for the loss perpetrated on our company . I think i made my first call to my attorney. Chris the item learned maryland e. Z. Pass and the u. S. Justice department launched investigations into this fraud which we know includes chamberlain and other local companies. But until charges are the feds wont tell us how widespread the crime is. Meanwhile, Greens Company is protecting itself. All its transponders have been personalized with simple designs. So if any are stolen and replaced, it will be noticed. I would like to find who the culprits are and to bring them to justice. Chris so now what happens with all the stolen money chamberlain owes e. Z. Pass . Well, lawyers for e. Z. Pass, chamberlain and their Credit Card Company are working to find a solution. Chamberlain doesnt think he should have to pay since somebody else was using their corresponders, but e. Z. Pass wants its money. Since the toll role was used toll role was for the toll road was used. Chris papst, abc7 news. Leon breaking news. C. E. O. Of fox news, roger ailes is stepping down after 20 years after allegation he forced out a former anchor after she rejected sexual Rupert Murdock the c. E. O. Says he will assume the role of chairman and c. E. O. Until a replacement is named. Michelle day four of the Republican National convention. Tonights main event is donald trump making his address. That is the topic of the instapoll. Will you watch Donald Trumps speech tonight . Head to wjla. Com votenow to participate. Right now we want to check in with Marci Gonzalez in cleveland. Marci michelle, good evening. In a few hours the seats will be filled and ivanka trump will be on the stage introducing her father after bumps along the way this week. They are hoping to end the convention with a powerful kickoff to the general election. This is perfect. Marci donald trump rehearsed and ready for his big night, ready to accept the g. O. P. Nomination and give the most anticipated speech of the convention. Im talking about trade and law and order. Im going to talk about borders and many different things. Marci today, so many are still former rival ted cruz. Stand and speak and vote your conscience. Marci endinglag nights speech ending last nights speech without endorsing trump met by booing on the convention floor. Despite his earlier pledge to support the partys nominee, cruz unapologetic this morning telling the texas delegation there is lingering resentment from the campaign trail. I will tell you the day the pledge was abdoe gaited was abdoegated. Its the day it became personal. Marci the ongoing outrage caused by cruz your wife and your dad, i hope you do the same thing. Marci its helping unify the party. This is Donald Trumps chance to take back his convention. He has gotten badly offmessage in the first three n change the narrative. He needs a strong finish after a shaky start. Marci they are hoping for a peaceful finish outside the arena. Last night two dozen people were arrested. More protests planned for tonight. In cleveland, Marci Gonzalez, abc7 news. 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 hourlong look at what is happening in cleveland. Leon by tomorrow, maybe this time tomorrow we may know if virginia senator tim kaine is Hillary Clintons choice to be the Vice President ial 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. Dont 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 or wants to be Hillary Clintons v. P. Pick. Im a happy senator. Im not looking for another job. Jeff countless media reports have kaine on top of Hillary Clintons list with agriculture secretary tom vilsack. Runningmate for senator obama says it is still surreal the second time around. Is it strange . It is. It is. You know we are excited about philly. Im looking forward to being there. I will be working to help Hillary Clinton in whatever role, the best i can help is in virginia. He has a lot that is appealing to hillary. Jeff jeremy player who specializes in politics at george mason says kaine is loyal, attracts hispanic voter as a spanish speaker and a former governor and popular figure in key swing state. Kaine would seal the deal. Almost certain she would win virginia with kaine on the ticket. Jeff Hillary Clinton is expected to announce the choice friday or saturday. Any plans to head to florida . No plans yet. Well see. Sometimes he can be flat or boring. In the past week we have heard him energized on the topic when it comes to attacking donald trump. That is surely something he would be doing quite a bit of if he gets the nod from Hillary Clinton. Live in northwest washington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Leon thank you. Michelle the summer olympics are now weeks away. Tonight ten people have been arrested in brazil, charged with plotting to carry out a terrorist attack. Authorities say the suspects were not members of isis but had tried to make contact with the group through the internet. The group was allegedly in the planning stages of an attack and had contacted a weapons supply company. Its not clear if the attack would have been attempted during the olympics between august 5 and the 21st. We have new information in this terrorist attack in nice, france. Authorities there say the man who drove a truck through the bastille Day Celebrations spent months plotting that attack. 84 people were killed and a the wheel had accomplices. Five of them are charged with terrorism for their alleged roles in helping the driver. There are reports the drivers phone showed searches and photos that indicated he had been studying an attack since 2015. Leon a crime alert tonight in Prince Georges County. 68yearold man dies after being shot while filling up his car at a gas station. Alonzo jackson was shot on july 20th on marlboro pike in Capital Heights and later died at the hospital. Maryland bureau chief brad bell has details. Brad Alonzo Jackson was a former marine. He worked a long career for safeway and at 68 had retired to his tidy home in southeast d. C. His neighbor, francis leonard, says he will be missed. He cut my grass. And he would do anything he can to help a person. He always come and get my bag, helps me with my bags. He is very, very nice. To everybody. Brad but yesterday, police say tshirt killed mr. Jackson in cold blood. Just so he could steal jacksons 2015 Dodge Charger. The entire crime caught on camera at this Capital Heights b. P. Station on marlboro pike. Jackson is pumping gas when the gunman appears and opens fire. Sources telling me the Security Camera video captures the two heartless nature of the crime. Because after the gunman shoots his victim and he falls to the ground he gets in the car. Gets right back out. And goes to mr. Jackson on the ground. Dying. Demands his car keys. I just cant imagine. I just cant imagine. Who would do such a thing like that . Brad police are looking for the summit and jacksons the suspect and jacksons car. The Dodge Charger with tags ds0113. In Capital Heights brad bell, abc7 news. Leon 7 on your side to see exactly what is happening in your neighborhood go to wjla. Com. Click on the on your side tab and check out the spot crime map. Each crime report is posted right there. Down to the block. Coming up on abc7 news at 5 00 the video that has gone viral after a Controversial Police shooting. The stunning answer the victim says he got when he asked why he was shot here. A huge heatwave in our area. A lot of fun here but there is a serious side to the situation. We will explain in a live report coming up. Leon also coming up, latebreaking news about the nba making a big statement about north carolinas antilgbt law as its called. The big event the league is taking away from the state. Michelle later, emotional words from prince harry as he talks about his mother, the late Princess Diana. Hear what he said about her at a global conference on ai leon a plane crash in illinois leaves the pilot dead. Small plane went down outside a house in plainsville, 40 minutes outside of chicago. Plane hit the ground and a ball of flames went shooting in the home. The siding then began to off the structure. No one else in the neighborhood was hurt fortunately. The f. A. A. Is trying to figure out what brought the plane out of the sky in the first place. Michelle today temperatures in the area reached the high 80s. By the weekend, that is going to feel like an arctic blast. Not exactly but you get the idea. Temperatures are going up. A massive heatwave is coming our way. Richard reeve has more on what is being done to help people beat the heat. Splash pad, one idea. Richard boy, this is one way to do it. We are at virginia highlights park. I should have brought my bathing suit. Authorities want you to know there is a serious side of the coming heatwave. As fault is 370 degrees. This paving crew in arlington feeling the heat. They are bracing for 100day plus heat index. Stay hydrated. Keep plenty of water and gatorad nobody has to do it. The street is messed up. Richard anybody working outside or playing. Its crazy. This summer has been so hot. Richard will be in a weather hot zone. Just watch it. We have been getting warnings all this week. Richard Emergency ManagementOfficials Say the coming heat is nothing to fool with. Since june four people from Southwestern United States died because of severe conditions. It starts off with a heat cramps, heat exhaustion and elevates to heat stroke. It progressively gets worse and more dangerous. When it does richard at Virginia Highland park, parents are watchful. We try to avoid the hottest time of the day. Richard utilities like pepco have crews on standby in case of outages. We are not expecting any issues with the energy grid. But its good to be prepared. Richard boy does that feel good. Our grid covers 13 states. 61 million customers. They say they have enough power to deal with this but go outside just be careful. Live in arlington, richard reeve, abc7 news. Leon they looked like they were having fun. Michelle even richard took off his shoes. Nice. Doug today is not terrible. Yesterday was a nice day. Today we are just starting with the fringes of the hot and the humid air. It will arrive tomorrow and the worst of it is saturday, sunday, monday for the highest temperature. The highest humidity levels. Leon are we going to get 100 . Doug well get close to it. Can you tell if its 99 or 100 . Leon yes, i can tell the difference. Doug i know steve rudin can feel the difference. He puts a finger up in the air and he knows. What is the temperature at the citi open, steve . What do you think . Steve it feels about 90 degrees or so. In the shade right now. It feels a whole lot better than in the sun. There are restaurants to go to between tennis matches. Grab a drink. Notice the folks under the cooling tent. It will be a busy place lets talk about this evening. We are looking at the temperatures that are going to be in the 80s. Plainly clear skies. Comfortable night. The heat will continue to build. We are going to go back to the studio, a cooler studio where its about 68 degrees. Chief meteorologist doug hill with details on the upcoming heatwave. Doug absolutely. Its crazy in here. Long sleeve shirt and suit. Its kind of cool. Another place that is cool is the beaches. Not bad. 77 at rehoboth beach. Clear skies, tons of people on the beaches. The weekend at the beaches wouldnt be warm. In the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. However, the water temperature in the low to mid70s. That is good. There is no pretty picture to put all this on our area. The beaches will be warm. Matter of fact some of the beaches might be in the lower 90s but with the proximity of the water and temperatures will be, close to 100 degrees that is not a bad choice for the upcoming weekend. For the evening we will be fine. No rain. Temperatures will drop in the 70s. But it become muggier overnight with clear to partly cloudy skies. Wake up tomorrow on friday. You will feel the increased moisture in the air. Muggy and well have clouds in the morning. Were watching a line of showers now. They will be with the hot air mass moving in boundarieses in the atmosphere every now and then. Tomorrow, tomorrow night and saturday. They could produce isolated showers or storms but we dont think the chances of the showers or storms will tick up here until late monday and tuesday. So its heat and humid we are dealing with. At the moment, the future cast continues to paint mostly clear skies through the day tomorrow with the southeast, the southwesterly, the southerly wind to pump up the heat and the humidity. As we get through the afternoon hours this model suggests showers or storms could pop up along the mountain top and the highest elevations to the west. Otherwise no relief as the temperatures hit 95 degrees warmer. But again, it will be saturday, sunday, monday when the peak of the heat and the humidity move in. Right now there are excessive heat warnings in effect for the entire region in red or purple. Then the heat advisories just to the south and east. As we head into the weekend, that is the kind of air that will overspread our area. At the moment, no headlines for us. Lete index values tomorrow heat index values tomorrow will be 108 in st. Louis. 109 in memphis. 104 in chicago. Our heat index feels like temperature is 96. We just move this forward a couple of days and you get an idea what is headed this way for the weekend. Coinciding with the last couple of days of the citi open, air temperatures near 100 degrees. Heat index feels like 105 or higher. Here it is. Seven days of the temperatures in the 90s. 95 tomorrow. Over the weekend close to 100 degrees. Very uncomfortable. Humidity levels high. Then the showers and the storms by monday and tuesday. Michelle you said 105 . Doug that is the way it leon between 101 and 103, ah, maybe. No. Not at all. It will be nasty out there. All right, folks. Stay with us now. At this hour, cause for celebration in one Northern Virginia community. Michelle abc7s ryan hughes is live in arlington. Ryan we are at a party on the plaza. The official kickoff of the opening of the Courthouse Plaza. Much to the relief of a lot of businesses. I will have that story coming leon the Courthouse Plaza has been underconstruction for six years and it opens up today with a party on the plaza. Thats where we find ryan hughes. How is the party out there . Ryan my gosh, leon. Free food. Free music. A lot of games for the kids. Take a look. You can see the guys having a lot of fun. This is years in the making. The project started in 2010. Sidewalks were ripped off. Blocking off stores. Business owners hope the ends justify the means to bring more people down here. It took nearly six years to complete but the newly renovated co arlington is officially open. Workers spent the day putting together tables and painting for a party on the plaza. A kickoff for the new neighborhood hub. Businesses like in style barbershop are hoping to reap the benefit of the plaza project. The owner says he took about a 40 hit in sales when construction started in 2010. Beginning it was very hard. Because of all the construction here. They blocked the sidewalk ryan similar story for faux deluxe. It has been open for a year and sales not been booming. They told us it would only take a couple of months but its taking longer than that. Ryan the restoration was done in several phases. New pavers and landscaping was put in and centerpiece. Outdoor gathering space with table and chairs. The loud noise, constant jackhammering and the tar smell. It wasnt great. Front row seat. But now they hope it will bring in more customers. I dont