He said it is not enough for him to have confidence in the system. The mayor can people must have it, too. Guys question ma . The nsa leaks have led to surveillance changes in germany. Say they willers automatically encrypt customers emails. Budget telecom ceo said that germans are startled by the information. It is not clear if the German Security services would have a key to decrypt emails. Shortly before president obamas News Conference about the nsa, he signed legislation into law to temporarily reduce rates on government student loans. Interest rates will go down to 3. 86 for undergraduates, 5. 41 for graduate students. The new rates apply retroactively to all loans taken out after july 1. A new Terror Threat in pakistan. The state department has evacuated nonessential personnel from its consulate and is warning americans not to travel to pakistan. This is alarming news for people in the d c area who have loved ones in pakistan. Greta kreuz has the reaction. Latestcials say this threat is not related to the al qaeda threat that has closed so many other missions. Opel say it is just another sign their homeland cannot locals say it is just another sign their homeland cannot protect anyone anymore. At this house in arlington, he worries about his family back in pakistan. They are fine over there. He says things are getting worse. His daughter lives there. Everybody lives in fear. Every body. Every twoo call hours. Yesterday, a television suicide bomber killed 30. Today, gunmen killed six more. Those hearsay relatives there think about gas and electricity is much as terrorist attacks. They say people there have become used to the crime, corruption, and chaos. Went to my hotel room and had a note on my bed from the state department sing this is a high security area and you are in danger. From my experience, i was less concerned about terrorist attacks and my safety is much as i was worried about getting mugged. And celebrating the end of frustrationy voiced at pakistans violence during such a holy month. It has a long way to go we need the values that we believe are islamic. Even though the violence may be on the increase, people in pakistan are very divided over the american use of drone strikes. Often told too they kill innocent people or cause collateral damage. Live in the newsroom, greta kreuz, abc 7 news. We are on storm watch right now. There is bad weather in the area. What can we expect for the weekend . Doug hill has a look. Things are looking up for the weekend. First, 86 degrees outside of the belfort furniture weather center, storm south of town, severe thunderstorm warnings in effect until 6 15 from dumb freeze to indian head, into Charles County. The north and east. All of the activity should taper off as the cold front moves through tonight. Rainfall now from silver spring, bowie. Temperatures in the raincold area and the low 80s. Still mighty one at the top of the hour, 93 at reagan national. 81 frederick. 92 fredericksburg. The weekend in detail is coming up. The sequester is creating more work for the merit systems protection board. The past few weeks, the agency has received more than 26,000 appeals from federal employees across the nation seeking to recoup lost pay, five times the normal amount of cases they handle in one year. I have decided to delay processing of the appeals until they have a better of they have decided to delay processing of the appeals and they have a better idea of the details of the law. Acting commissioner danny were full of the irs says they have made substantial progress cutting costs but will reevaluate next month to determine if there will be another furlough day in september. Irs workers at a furlough day and may, june, and july, because of the sequester. Fiery moments for the candidates for virginia. Herewith they had to say. Hear what they have to say. Parents come here is your chance to save some money when you school shop. Some lively exchanges for the Virginia Governor candidates. Cuccinnelli and Terry Mcauliffe shared a stage in virginia today and wasted no time getting one after each other. Using Money Laundering case. He gets elected, he focuses on a divisive agenda. The forum touched on the other issues, criticizing the silver line extension and cuccinelli criticizing mcauliffes health care loss. Marylands taxfree week kicks off sunday, august 11. Shoppers can purchase low purchase clothing and shoes 100 or less will not have to pay the state sales tax. There is no limit to the number of items purchased. Ends august week 17. Per pair to wait longer than usual if you are taking metrorail this weekend. Red, orange, and blue lines, trains will run every 20 minutes rather than the usual 12 minutes because of track work. Additional trains will run between Dupont Circle and tell det. That and gallau thel ahead at 6 00, godfather of gogo, chuck brown. What is not included in the park is on . What can we expect for the weekend weather . A deep holenals dug for themselves, plus the redskins riding high. Chuck brown of course is known as the godfather of gogo, but there will be no music venue in a park named after him. D. C. Bureau chief sam has the story from northeast. In two words, a broad opposition. Neighborhood opposition. Brown, theuck godfather of gogo, was anything but controversial. In his honor, announced with great fanfare, scheduled for completion this summer, has yet to get started. Gone is the proposed 900 seat in the theater. Also, a smaller 200 seat amphitheater. There will possibly be a statue. There will possibly be pictures. The reason for the shrinking park, neighborhood opposition to noise and traffic. The concern is not the music venue, it is the focal point. There is no real transportation infrastructure to get people there. There is no public restroom facilities. Marion barry has been tweeting his outrage at the city. Time. Yre taking their a big question, why does a skier park in northeast d. C. . There are residents who are upset they have backed down on the original idea. There is nothing wrong with it. That is the d. C. Government. They dont do what they say theyre going to do. Supposedly later this month, the city will have their new final plan with the park, with this amphitheater. Of chuck browns family members are in atlanta this weekend for a concert in his honor. Daughters one of his who said the big amphitheater idea was the architect of the family, with the same Seating Capacity as the existing amphitheater will stop of course, now that will be gone. It will be replaced by some sort of plaza with objects in it that cannot make or attract sound. Reporting live from northeast washington, sam ford, abc 7 news. Least three deaths are being blamed on flooding in the southern plains. Two feet of rain fell in southern missouri in the past week. Across the region, roads have turned into lakes and fields and crops have been submerged. We have a few showers and downpours, and the areas that are getting them are getting torrential rain, but they are few and far between. The weekend is looking better. Some of the time lapse, enable academy in annapolis. The Naval Academy in annapolis. This is about to an hours worth. It went from sunshine, dark skies, torrential rain, a brief rainbow, then skies cleared out. Sunshine right outside of the studios in arlington. Showers and storms, thunderstorm warning has just expired for Charles County and a county. And theiminishing, bright reds the past 30 minutes or so. Pretty good downpours across Charles County, southern prince georges county, dunkirk, Hunting Council top calvert county, more heavy stuff will move towards the bay the next 20, 30 minutes. This is developing ahead of the cold front that will slide through late tonight. 93 the official high at reagan national, 87 the average. We have not had a 90 degree day in a while. 93 it was officially. Today was the first time in the last 18 days we have been 90 or higher, the long stretch we have seen this kind of stretch in the summer without temperatures in the 90s was july 11 to august 6 2000. Areas around the corner. Still 91, muggy at reagan national, 84 in frederick, 83 right now reported in hagerstown, 92 fredericksburg. Showers few and far between for the remainder of the night. 102 degrees right now in dallas. Watching the pattern, the cold front sliding through tomorrow. That is good news for most areas. Dry we can for the most part. The concern is further south of washington. Showers and thunderstorms could pop, upper 80s. Dont know exactly where the front will line up. Most of the area will be dry tomorrow. The beaches look good, too, the southern beaches with scattered thems, virginia beach, but elmar for beaches will be dry, lower temperatures. Withll be a bit cooler isolated storm south of town tomorrow. The next best chance comes with another cold front tuesday. Wednesday, thursday, friday, sunshine, though 80s. At his suite. That is sweet. And now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. Somebody is going to light a fire under the local baseball team. Or just reconstruct everything for next season. Dan haran on waivers, no interest. The Nationals Open a threegame series tonight against the phillies. A 48 game window, a shot in the dark for the nats to salvage what has been an underachieving season. Coming off a sweep to the braves, yeah, forget first place in the division. They are 15. 5 games back of the braves. And a wildcard for the playoffs, if they want that, nine games back. Dan haren is on the mound tonight against lannan. Cousinsen passes, kirk ramped up his stock off adously, capping u strong drive to fred davis. The offense looked very strong for the the skins their first preseason game. The defense is another story. The pass rush need some work. Brian orakpo tallied a sack. The team knows there are lofty expectations and it is one step at a time to meet them. Last night, those key players definitely showed up and saw the potential of kirk cousins. Glad. Eally was it is unique with the guys. I think thats something we would like like to see happen in the offense. It has been a constant growing process. P,got multiple otas in cam and im sure after the pittsburgh game i will be more comfortable. It is a constant process. There were certainly a fashionable statement at oak hill for the pga championship. The leader board is filled with player low numbers for the second round. Tiger woods was not as good as others. On the ninth, birdie putt falls just short of the hole. He would tap in for par, he is over through 13 holes. Dufner, 68, jason yesterday. Today, the great approach shot, right act into the hole. For under. He is the leader right now at nine under. The second hole, adam scott with a birdie putt. Look at that. He goes eight under with that. He is two shots back, at seven under. I am confident with where my game is at. I feel like i have done a good job of working myself into form but ive just, got to make the most out of that now this weekend. Meanwhile, the montreal out the hairdo, dancing on court. Has other tricks up his sleeve. That was a win for him in the tennis world. Alex rodriguez looking for a win of his own, playing his first home game since the biogenesis since the biogenesis scandal, the first time he nba star lebron james was checking out another type of court, posting a photo to is Instagram Account yesterday showing as he reported for jury duty in ohio. An hour later, he and the other jury went home. Halfaday all. What is going on with the weather . It will improve. Showers and thunderstorms in the area right now, mainly south and east of washington. Across southern maryland, the eastern shore, continuing to move that way. The weekend looks better. Amaro, partly sunny, pleasant, upper 80s, not quite as humid. Most of that will be south of the metro. Most areas will stay dry tomorrow. Sunday, partly cloudy and warm, highs in the upper 80s. The beaches looked good. Virginia beach, carolinas, there could be storms. Virginia beach, carolinas, there could [ dog growls, barks ] bring your dog to work day. Not our best idea. [ dog barking ] george stop it. Stop. Ooh. It was a nice thought. [ male announcer ] some Business Decisions are better than others. The best decision is switching to o verizon. Youre good to go. That was fa. Thank you. 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Water powerful enough to take down a crane. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. And touched by an angel. Who was the mystery priest that helped this woman in a care. How did he vanish, even from the photos . And a good evening on this friday night. As we come on the air, the waters are rising and the map says it all. Now mar than half the country under threat of froods, including flash floods. And abcs meteorologist ginger zee shows us how fast they happen. Reporter underwater. Again. The latest flash flooding, fatal in oklahoma. Too much rain too fast, swamping this walmart in cortland, new york. Look at the store before. And the image tweeted by the Weather Service after. More than 5 inches of rain falling in just hours. Emergency crews had to use boats to rescue about 50 people from inside the store. Reporter the Rushing Waters swamping farms in kansas, invading lindas home in tennessee. You try to do everything you can and keep getting hit like this. Reporter and here. This crane stuck on a shrinking island in missouri. And there it goes. There it goes. Oh, no, no, no, no. Here they come. Oh, my god, here they come. Im excited. Reporter while the rescues have been heroic. In the last week, at least four lives have been lost to flash floods. The flash in flash flooding, the perfect description. It is in and out in a flash. It all depens on where you are. In the city, the kcement means water has nowhere to go. As quickly as it comes, it goes. Leaving an even nastier mess behind. The aftermath seems to be worse than the actual occurrence. Reporter and its not over. Let me show you the next 48 hours. The areas near jonesboro going to pick up 2 inches. Nashville, atlanta, birmingham all on alert this weekend. 48 hours. A wet two days coming up. Before we move on, we want to bring you up to date on the wildfire out west. Firefighters say theyre making progress tonight. Progress to contain in the fire on the ground and in the air. As a fleet of helicopters drops fire retardant from the sky. As of tonight, at least 1800 people have been forced to flee. At least 26 homes incinerated. And more than 500 homes still in the cross hairs. Now to washington. Where the president called out the president of russia. About the olympics and gay rights. And a lot more. Abcs chief White House CorrespondentJonathan Karl was there. Reporter the president talked for the first time about canceling his meeting next month with russian president , vladimir putin, saying that despite the tension, they have a decent personal relationship. I know the press likes to focus on body language, and hes got that kind of slouch, looking like the bored kid in the back of the classroom. But the truth is, is that when were in conversations together, oftentimes, its very productive. Reporter the president said he is offended by russias new antigay law, where foreigners could go to jail, for quote, promoting homosexuality, but when it comes to the upcoming Winter Olympics in russia i do no think its appropriate to boycott the olympics. One of the things im really looking forward to is maybe some gay and lesbian athletes bringing home the gold, the silver, or the bronze. Which i think would go a long way in rejecting in the kind of attitudes that were seeing there. Reporter president obama outlined new measures to reform the top secret surveillance programs revealed by fugitive nsa leaker, edward snowden, including putting a new Civil Liberties officer at the nsa and promising to reveal more about the oncesecret programs. We can and must be more transparent. Reporter but not when it comes to drone strikes. In a response to the latest global Terror Threat, the u. S. Has carried out six drone strikes in the last two weeks. In the interest of transparency, can you tell us about these drone strikes that weve seen over the last couple of weeks in yemen . Im not going to discuss specific operations that have taken place. So you wont even confirm that weve carried out drone strikes in yemen . I will not have a discussion about operational issues. Reporter the spy Program Reforms announced today would not have happened almost certainly without the leaks of edward snowden. That has some people today calling him a hero. The president said hes a lawbreaker, not a patriot. Latebreaking news on the Terror Threat that has resulted in the closing of the embassies and consulates. 18 of the 19 embassies and consulates will we open. The one in yemen will remain closed. The embassy in yemen will we main closed. The others will reopen. A sign of some progress. Reporter thats exactly right, diane. One more note out of washington today. President obama signed a compromise on student loans. The law lowers Interest Rates for nearly 11 million students. It saves the average undergrad 1500 this year alone on interest. The developing story under way tonight. Man hunt stretching from canada to mexico now zeroing in on a rugged mountain. The fbi in force. Gio benitez has been tracking the race to find