Transcripts For WJLA ABC7 News At 6 20160713 : vimarsana.com

Transcripts For WJLA ABC7 News At 6 20160713

Him. His friend tried to tell the mother not to flee. Lets listen. Its not right. Why dont you think its right . She is a good mother. She is a good person. I told flora to stay at home. Her lawyer told her to stay at home. Richard so for whatever reason she apparently did not do that and went back to the hyattsville residence not telling anybody where it was except for the gentleman who told police what he knew. There was another issue with the story about the amber alert. We learned today that this was a county by county alert that arlington for example, that alexandria were not involved with that alert. That is why some local jurisdictions did not see about the amber alert. At this point now, that mother in custody. We do not yet know what charges may be in store for with child protective services. Inial falls church, richard reeve, abc7 news. Maureen thank you, rich. Well, right now we are being reminded we are headed to the middle of summer. In addition to hot, hazy and humid weather we are seeing popup storms. Chief meteorologist doug hill is on storm watch. Doug for the moment, no storms or downpour in the immediate metro area. We start with a bunch west of interstate 81. Lightning with the storms, too. They are drifting east. Have storms over extreme northern fauquier county. Metro area not so much and the showers well to the eastern shore. As we drill down and do a closeup, the little storms are building. Moving east northeast south of middleburg. The others are well west. They are song and they could affect the they are strong and they could affect the area. Farther west another batch of showers and storms. That could bring scattered showers late tonight or overnight. Generally holding in the 70s with a big change in showers. We have 95 tomorrow with the afternoon storms. Dry and hot on friday with the highs near 94 degrees. Maureen thank you. People can stay connected with the weather team around the clock. Vigil is tonight for seth rich who was shot to death in a suspected robbery sunday morning. Rich worked for the Democratic National committee. Police have not publicly identified any suspect. Raw emotion in dallas as three officers were laid to the former army ranger leaves behind a wife and two daughters. The Police Officers from as far away as canada joining the mourning for senior corporate lorne ahrens who leaves behind two children. D. C. Police have charged all three of the men taken into custody after the chase and shooting that forced lockdown of the u. S. Capitol. 19yearold edwards faces the most serious charges including assault on a police officer. Police say it was edwards who shot at them. The other two men in the car with edwards are charged with resisting arrest among other charges. Warning tonight after four university of maryland students were robbed. Two at gunpoint. At the time, three of them were playing the popular new game pokemon go. The course of one hour last night at three locations on the southern end of the college park campus. Maryland bureau chief brad bell joins us live to update the investigation. Brad . Brad the robberies happening not far from where we are standing now. Pokemon go is a phenomenon. 21 million active users. We saw young people using it today. One thing they told sus College Campus is the Perfect Place for it. They are out walking around. There are land marks like the Memorial Chapel here. So, they say its fun. They want to do it. They say they grew up in the 90s. Pokemon was a big part of their life. Everywhere we look we saw the young people, students, visitors to the campus. Those here for the orientation walking around. Looking at their phones and gathering the pokemon in the virtual scavenger hunt. The problem is that people become attached to their phones. It turns out that bad guy figured that this would also be the Perfect Place to come look for victims. Last night three robberies and four victims. A guy presented a gun and stuck it in their back and took phones from the people. Today the chief of police is saying you just got to be careful. In this case, how wonderful is this if im an armed robber. I can lure my victim in. I can see my victim at night because they look like a fire fly with the phone out. Brad more advice from the chief as we rejoin you here live this afternoon. Travel in pairs everywhere you can. Take a look at the blue pylon over there. There are so many visitors on campus here who are not student and may not be fully aware of the ways of the university of maryland. Just go to one of those, hit the emergency button and help is on the way. At the top of it, there is a security camera. There are 400 cameras on campus. The chief says the detectives are reviewing all of a good image of the robber to make an arrest. He is not blaming the game. He just says people have to be aware. The university of maryland brad bell, abc7 news. Maureen coming up, Ruth Bader Ginsberg doubles down. She didnt earn the nickname notorious r. B. G. For nothing. Maureen her critical comments to donald trump that has him calling for her resignation. Show of support for the Fairfax County teen hurt in an explosion in central mark. Why one of his new supporters knows what he is going through. Maureen a virginia man remaining hospitalized after losing part of his leg in a freak accident in central park. Connor golden stepped on a homemade firework on july can be and the doctors had to amputate part of his left foot and his leg to save his life. He is getting support from longtime friends and strangers including a survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing. He is a very strong person. They are a strong family. Absolutely he will come through this. Have not made an arrest. Go fund me page raised 50,000 for goldens medical bills. Golden graduated from Oakton High School and recently completed his freshman year at the university of miami. Abc7 is covering metro tonight after another problem this morning for commuters. Traced to red light running. This time a train possibly ran a red signal at the edge of a matt form at Reagan National platform at Reagan National airport. Part of the track shut down for safetrack work. Investigation is underway. Last week two trains nearly collided when a train ran a regular signal. That operator was fired. Up next, Supreme Court embroiled in controversy. What justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg said that has donald trump calling for her resignation. And some popup storms in the area as we head into another patch of hot, muggy weather. How maureen stuck in indianapolis because of a flat tire on his plane, donald family met with possible Vice President ial candidate indiana governor mike pence this morning. The republican presumptive met with Chris Christie and Jeff Sessions but seen boarding a plane earlier today. Trump is expected to announce his pick by the end of this week. For the second time this election cycle, the Supreme Court is at the center of a controversy. This time, Presumptive Republican president ial nominee donald trump says Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg should resign. Ginsberg, though, is not backing down from her comments critical of trumps candidacy. Correspondent scott thuman is following this tonight. Scott you are right. Both had opportunities to take a bit of a breather and back off the attacks. Instead they both doubled down. This all began when in an interview a few days ago Justice Ginsberg expressed concern over the potential of a trump presidency, saying trump is unqualified and joking she would move to new zealand if he won. Trump never one to shy away from a fight suggesting that she should resign, that she is embarrassing the court and her mind is shot. Resign. Regardless of ones politics this is unusual for a justice to comment on a president ial candidate. She is taking heat over injecting the court into the Nasty Campaign season. I think Justice Ginsberg remarks were inappropriate. I wish she hadnt said them. The Supreme Court is inoperable as a result of their failing to take action, doing their job to get a hearing and vote for merrick garland. Scott some finding surprising that media entities that have not been laudatory of donald trump are taking his side in this matter. The Washington Post and the new york why does it matter . Hypothetically some are saying what if we had a repeat of the 2000 election when the Supreme Court had to rule in gore versus bush . Could Ruth Bader Ginsberg sit on the bench without bias and make a decision fairly if there were a trump versus clinton conflict . Another average day on the campaign trail. Maureen so, it is. Thank you. Hillary clinton on the trail, too. She evoked Abraham Lincoln at the speech today at the old illinois statehouse. Standing from the spot where lincoln delivered the house divided speech, the Presumptive Democratic nominee called for the americans to unite and listen to each other. This is also the place that president obama announced his candidacy a decade ago. For the first time in 26 years a woman is Prime Minister of the united kingdom. Theresa may accepted Queen Elizabeths invitation to form a new government. She resigned. May served six years as britains home secretary. The equivalent of our secretary of homeland security. The first woman Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher left the post in 1990. Wssc is putting out a warning tonight. Those who steal water will pay the price. The utility says every year it loses an entire days worth of water to thieves. The most common culprit are people hooking up to fire hydrants or contractors hooking up to other people spigots. One of the biggest risk is the damage to hydrants. Those caught stealing water face a 250 fine. We dont want them to take the water. Were good. First, its not raining in chantilly but southwest it is. This is the udvarhazy center in chantilly where its warm, muggy and cloudy for the moment. Many of you look outside to see the conditions. Others have sunshine. Back to the 90degree mark again today. This time of the year is no big deal. Its only one degree above average. We keep the average high for several weeks. 75 was the morning low. As far as what it feels hike outside a workable number here. Its 98 in manassas. 99 in fredericksburg. 95 in washington. Cooler at andrews and annapolis. In Lexington Park in st. Marys county it feels like 96 degrees at Patuxent River naval air station. The weather for tonight, fine for outdoor dining. Maybe hot and humid for some. Upper 80s. Only isolated thunderstorm chance is possible. Talk about the places where it is downpours now. West and northwest of woodstock. West of interstate 81. More showers coming out toward the foothill of the blue ridge. There is a little one coming across to the west of tongue. West of town. We have a couple of showers and storms over the eastern shore. That is it for the moment. We will keep an eye on things for you. We have a chance of isolated showers overnight. A slight chance we could have an overnight shower in part of the area but most of the night should be fine. Future cast shows more showers and storms in the picture by tomorrow afternoon. Steam heat. We will be in the mid90s to feel over 100 degrees at times with the afternoon evening and storms a possibility. Most of friday is hot. Late aftern isolated showers should be west and south of the metro area. In the weekend we will only have isolated chances as well. Look at the numbers. 95 tomorrow. Its dry and hot. Saturday and sunday is partly cloudy and hot. Highs near 90. Stray storm. Monday is 92. The next chance of showers and storms comes our way on tuesday with a high of 90 degrees. Maureen wow it will be hot. Not basketball weather. Basketball players are still out there. Erin that is right. Coming up, the espys roll out the red carpet for a pair of terps. Plus, his team may not have won by max scherzer has 101 reasons to smile. We will tell you why next. Credit karma, why are you checking your credit score you dont want to live with lucy forever, do you . Glass . Nah, im good. Do we have any towels . I got ya we should really get a toaster. I got you credit karma huh . Yea, its free. That was easy. Check out credit karma today. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. Erin could deflategate be over . Pates Quarterback Tom Brady petition for rehearing has been denied by the u. S. Court of appeals which means he is likely to serve the fourgame suspension to start the season. Brady exhausted almost every legal avenue at this point. But still has the option of going to the Supreme Court. That is if they will take his case. In the statement the Nfl Players Association said it will review all options is certainly sent a statement in last nights allstar game in san diego. The national ace came out in the sixth inning. Threw a fastball that the scoreboard said hit 101. Although mlb. Com had it at 98. But whatever it was, scherzer was throwing heat. While the National League lost the game, a personal victory for scherzer. I was so amped, so juiced to go out there. I could tell as soon as i started my warmup pitches i was like oh, my gosh, im on full tilt now. I didnt think at first and i threw a cutter at 92. I saw the 101, i was like holy cow first time i hit a hundred. Erin i love to hear him so excited. Mystics in an afternoon aware with the mercury. Diana nails a three. Remember the terps running man challenge that went viral . Tonight the maryland basketball players who inspired that dance, will attend espies in los angeles. They will walk the red carpet with the stars tonight. This is the terps second trip to l. A. As the duo previously appeared on the ellen show in may. Dont forget the espys will air tonight on abc7 at 8 00. Will be hosted by wwe star jon cena. That will be fun. Maureen maryland getting the red carpet treatment. Doug look at the radar to show storms west and east. We may see isolated showers in the metro. Steve will walk and talk about the heat and the weekend at 11 00. Maureen world news tonight with david muir coming up. Join us at woman i have a masurprise for you. Are you . Man you have a surprise for me . Narrator at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. And when theyre away, they miss out on a lot. But they wont miss out on financial support. Because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. 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