Came under heavy gunfire. Officers in riot gear responding with tear gas. Arresting 31 people, saying many of them were from out of state. T the good people to come out and protest during the daytime hours. Make your voices heard, you can be seen. The protests, which during the day has been peaceful, are sparked by the death of michael brown, the unarmed 18yearold shot more than a week ago by officer darren wilson. Hearing from one of wilsons friends. He was a really quiet guy. Really well mannered. I can never imagine him shooting anyone, even as a Police Officer. Evidence could be presented to a grand jury as early as tomorrow, including two autopsy results that show brown was shot six times. Autopsy and the ballistics are essential. The shots were taken from far away and all the bullets hit him in the front, that is a tough spot for the Police Officer to be in. If this was fired at close range , the Police Officer is going to say there was a struggle. That is what please maintain. Tomorrow, attorney general eric holder will meet with local and federal investigators. Marci gonzalez, abc news, ferguson, missouri. What happened in ferguson is fueling debates across the country, including one about whether all Police Officers should wear body cameras. A closer look at that in about 10 minutes. We are already starting to see some sprinkles on what is shaping to be a pretty monday and cloudy day. Jacqui jeras is here with a look at our forecast. I stepped outside and the sun is nowhere to be found. Well to the north and east of d. C. Baltimoreo go towards to get peeks of sunshine. Do not be concerned about the showers. If you look at super doppler 7, not much action at all. You see a few spotty showers. We saw them in arlington earlier and we have them in alexandria now. Towards upper marlboro. Maryland, a couple sprinkles. They come in from the east, east northeasterly early. When you get to do east wind, you get clouds. A few sprinkles along with it. You can see the clear skies in lower Montgomery County with a few peaks of sunshine. Between the boundaries right now. A peek of sunshine here and there is possible, as well as stray sprinkle or shower. Lower 80s today and a better chance of the rain in the seven day forecast. That is coming up from the belfort furniture Weather Center in a few minutes. More defense witnesses testify in the trial of bob mcdonnell. His wife, maureen. The first witness is mcdonnells sister, who is also named maria. She called the former first lady and vitamin nut. She said she was manipulative, deceptive, and unpredictable. The government remained optimistic walking into court this morning. We have our best friend in the case. Every day we get to present evidence it is a good day. I have an amazingly strong family. My children are terrific. My best asset in life is my kids. Facee mcdonalds could decades in prison if convicted of facing thousands of dollars in gifts and loans. Jeff goldberg is in richmond, follow him on twitter. He will have highlights on newss testimony at abc 7 at 5 00. Voters have until 7 00 tonight to make it to the polls in arlington and part of fairfax county. Casting ballots for the 40th district the 48th district. Bob brink stepped down. Foster and sold are hoping to finish his term. Light to merge the corcoran gallery of art with the George Washington university and National Gallery of art. Court a d. C. Superior judge okayed it. The art gallery will become part of gw and the collection will go to the National Gallery. The smithsonian is getting a boost, John Gonzalez shows us items documenting the history of gay, lesbian, and transgender people in history. Documents have been collected in this special memorabilia. From arizona to maryland. They say it is not the distance traveled or how long it has taken. More importantly, it is an this societyw far has come. The history of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and cringe and her people are being added to the Smithsonian Institution and gender people are being added to the Smithsonian Institution. They will be on display at the smithsonian today. Including scripts from will and flag. The first pride the passport of a first openly gay u. S. Ambassador and a tennis racket from renee richards, who won a new York Supreme Court decision in 1975. Times are changing. Than today. Asier 1500 years from now, people will be able to retrieve or understand and see what life is like in 2013. The smithsonian collected rights,pposing lgbt including signs from the Westboro Baptist church. Now entertainment and politics, even sports, are knocking down the walls of bigotry and intolerance. The smithsonian says they want to capture this for generations to come. On the national mall, John Gonzalez, abc 7 news. U. S. Rginia asking the Supreme Court to decide whether it will stay. A lower courts it will stay opinion onrts marriage equality. The way to issue marriage licenses thursday at 8 00 a. M. Says Pope Benedict opendoor and he might also walk through it. The 77yearold pontiff told a group of reporters he thinks he will only be alive for another two years to three years. If you cannot perform his duties , he will retire. Pope francis confirmed he is planning a trip to the u. S. Next year and is expecting to make a stop in washington. More on that starting tonight at abc 7 news at 5 00. The middle east crisis heating up now that a ceasefire has broken. Israel carried out a series of airstrikes and the gaza strip this morning. The Israeli Military says Palestinian Militants violated a ceasefire earlier by firing three rockets at israel. The federal Aviation Administration as banning all american air planes from flying into syrian airspace. It comes as a Swiss Research organization issued a writ port a report that groups in syria may have antiaircraft missiles. The Watchdog Group overseeing the destruction of syrias chemical weapons announced the most crucial part of its job is done. It is destroying 600 metric tons of sarin and mustard gas. Systemfaas new computer may not be stable. The Inspector General found the new software has fewer capabilities than the one it was assigned to replace. The faa is scrambling to doing a great to fix problems. I know potential problem for air Traffic Controllers this noon. The volcano in iceland caused massive problems when it erupted three years ago. Now, iceland is raising its aviation alert level amidst signs the volcano could be close to erupting again. That is the volcano that no one can pronounce its name. Plenty of fanfare as a new airline rolled into dulles. Jet was greeted with fanfare about an hour ago. The lowcost carrier plans to serve 17 destinations out of dulles. The redskinsre for after they won their second preseason game last night. The victory is being overshadowed a bit by what Cleveland BrownsQuarterback Johnny Manziel did to the bench. Jeanette reyes is watching reaction on his obscene gesture. Johnny manziel is no stranger to the spotlight for good and bad reasons. Last night, controversy involved a hand gesture from him to the washington redskins. During last nights preseason near theziel was redskins sideline. After being heckled, the former Heisman Trophy winner responded with eight middle finger salute. A little background. , teammate Ryan Kerrigan sacked him. Some fans reacted. His middletick finger wherever he likes, people make too much of these angst. These things. Onsome people commented facebook, he is not ready for the nfl. Redskinsmment, punished. Ld be manziel says he did not see the other player mimicking his moves. The other player simply responded it was hilarious. Jeanette reyes, abc 7 news. Thank you. Manziels gesture is a hot topic at wjla. Com. Log on and join the conversation. Starting with abc 7 news at 5 00, more on this story. The other player thought it was funny because he got under manziels skin. Coming up on abc 7 news at noon, should all Police Officers be wearing body cameras . Later, a big honor for bao her firstshy of birthday. Thousands forced to flee homes as wildfire grows out of control. Jacqui is tracking our chance for more sho breaking news from Montgomery County. Evacuations expected to to a gas leak. Happening right now along Overlook Park drive in clarksburg. It is believed to be an eight inch gas line involved, it might take hours to stop the leak. Just learned the name of the man killed in an Early Morning crash in brandywine. Wagner was killed when the private amulets he was driving hit a tree in the 3900 block of floral park road. It appears speed was a factor. As we learn more about what happened, more than a week ago in ferguson, missouri, some are focusing what we may never know. Ofook at the possibility requiring Police Officers to wear recording devices at all times. The heart of the violence in the chaos in ferguson, missouri, is a question. What happened in the moments leading up to the death of michael brown. The public has heard from people who say they saw the incident. Authorities have spoken to the officer accused. Something is still missing. Inif body cameras had been place, that would be an objective account of the event that could be assessed. Chris is with the aclu, an organization that often advocates against surveillance. When it comes to the authorities being watched, he says it is a winwin situation. You can exonerate a situation if the allegation is false. You can also provide an objective account of what happened. Not talking about giving police more heavy machinery. The cameras are already in use and even smaller than this one. They clip onto an officers lapel or even their sunglasses. The study in california, numbers speak for themselves. Use of force by officers wearing the cameras of dropped 60 . And complaints went down 80 . Thisato institute says could also help police by sorting out untrue claims. But says if widely adopted, would need to come with some restrictions. As they record what the alsoe are doing, they are recording what citizens are doing. Past story that or making it searchable. If it is being stored for some period of time, someone will want to use it. Trove ofnger, another video with the ability to apply facial Recognition Software in cases totally unrelated. Once the chaos in ferguson quiets, the quest for the truth will likely remain. In washington, reporting. Police officers should wear these cameras . Join the conversation on our facebook page. An outofcontrol wildfire growing Near Yosemite National Park in central california. The flames grew from 500 to 1200 acres overnight. The shares issued evacuation orders to 13,000 homes and businesses. Crews say the fire is burning near a propane tank business and they fear explosions. Oh man. They need rain. Some of our rain. Gett is a catch 22, they the monsoon season so they get isolated thunderstorms. Unfortunately, you get lightning with those. They start a lot of wildfires. No lightning around here. A little drizzle. Light rain showers. Easterly wind and the stationary boundary does not want to budge. Winds from the east, clouds. A couple showers. Farler radar, few and between. But those of you getting it maybe a little disappointed. The rest of us have cloud cover anyway. Show you am in and couple spots, not much more than sprinkles from clinton to upper marlboro. Ighwayghlight 5 along h 5, some heavier showers into the play that. Along highway five, some heavier showers into la plata. They are moving backwards this way, look out, Charles County. Come over to your tv and take a look at this, a beautiful time lapse. We did see a little sunshine this morning. Then the marine layer set in with the easterly flow with cloud cover. A fewch rain in d. C. , sprinkles at Reagan National and arlington. A live picture, 78 degrees with a dewpoint of 69. Light eat northeasterly bree ze. 80 in Frederick Burk and lexington park. Temperatures will be tough to get past the low 80s. Think it is a possibility that we have convergence going on. Showers developing into the mountains. Areas along the west of i81 wi ll get wet. Delays in places like charlotte and atlanta today. Maybe here in d. C. You have the low cloud deck and they have to take a little longer. Futurecast showing you spotty showers on and off into the evening hours. Tomorrowake up dry with another chance of rain into the later part of the day. Your sevenday forecast, temperatures in the low to mid 80s for the rest of the week. Our best chance of widespread rain thursday and then quieter to end the week. We have got to be patient. Wait for the su. As long as the weekend is good. Jacqui, thank you. Up your childs water bottle for another three minutes. Word of a recall for one brand, after the break. Why 7 is on your side with a consumer alert. About a recalling quarter of a million childrens water bottles. Kitty,e explorer, hello spongebob squarepants, and teenage mutant ninja turtles. Lids can break and hurt your child. Contact brita to return the bottle and get a full refund. Startlds planning to selling prepackaged coffee in stores nationwide. The chain hopes to have it on shelves by early next year. Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts sell coffee at other stores, mcdonalds is trying to compete with that market. A big birthday this weekend for a local favorite. Not jummy. Jake and i have been best friends for years. One of our favorite things to do is going to the dog park together. Sometimes my copd makes it hard to breathe. So my doctor prescribed symbicort. It helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. Symbicort doesnt replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. With symbicort, today im breathing better. Come on, boy [ female announcer ] symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It should not be taken more than twice a day. Symbicort contains formoterol. Medicines like formoterol increase the risk of death from asthma problems. Symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. Tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high Blood Pressure before taking it. Is a bit of an early birthday present for bao bao the panda. On saturday. One she was crowned the most iconic symbol at the smithsonian museum. We are counting down with some of the favorite video from bao bao. Getting out of bed camhis is from the panda last december. You can always peek in on the pandas, we have a link to it on wjla. Com. In the top three for my favorite when she was getting her shots and making noises. Like saying ow our little stick of butter is growing up. A tear in my eyes. Showers this afternoon. Heavier showers in Charles County right now. Charlie hill downs towards newburg. A peakour fingers for of sunshine here and there. Best chance of rain on thursday, look to mid80s. [dramatic music] hey, oh hey what up, man . Hey, you all, what up . What up . What up . What up . What up . What up . Whats happening . What up . What up, dog . What up, dog . [cheers and applause] there he is hey, whats up . Hey, whats up . Come on. [cheers and applause] all right. Okay. Hello, and welcome to millionaire. Todays first contestant is so full of life, he found out he passed the millionaire audition and didnt even walk over to the producer. 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