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But that didnt kill him. It was the bomb. The other one blew himself up at the domestic entrance. So far, no group or groups have come forward claiming responsibility for the coordinated attack. But just yesterday the u. S. State department issued a travel warning for all u. S. Citizens in turkey because of increaseed threat from terrorist groups. Flights have been grounded including those from the united states. As we get more information well pass it along to you. From the newsroom, im jonathan elias. Back to you. Leon remember, the news doesnt stop when we are not on the air. Sign up to have breaking news alerts sent right to your mobile phone. Go to wjla. Com. Maureen doug hill has the latest on storm watch. Doug new severe thunderstorm watches to talk about. The area in pink. Metro area to the northeast under a severe watch until 10 00. Brand new warning for much of the metro ar on doppler radar. This is a heavy line of storms as it moves southeast. Areas of Montgomery County, prince georges county, Howard County also involved in this. In the northwestern corner of anne arundel county. A lot of lightning, e vain and wind gust. Storm cluster moving through manassas now. That warning in effect until 6 15. The warning in effect until 6 45 now as it approaches laurel and then to bowie and anne arundel county. Southern storm system looks like the time line will take the storms through lake ridge at 6 17. 6 25 at dale city. Across the Potomac River to charles county. Northern area of the storms has enormous amount of lightning on both ends of the line will pass is a advantage, maryland, 6 12. Lanham thereafter. And 36 45 through bowie. There will be a chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms around the ballpark tonight. Nats have first pitch at 7 05. Warm and muggy and cloudy skies. There will be chances of isolated showers and storms. Will the storms last or do we have improvement around the corner . Well let you know that in a few minutes. Maureen thank you, doug. After years in the making, Congressional Republicans just released a report on the benghazi attacks. The House Benghazi Panel faults the military for the slow response in sending resources to the u. S. Outpost in libya. The report is the subject of tonights abc7 instapoll. Will the benghazi terror attacks report have any impact on the way you vote in november . Go to wjla. Com votenow to cast your vote. Chief Political Correspondent scott thuman joins us now with what else was in this report. Scott this was a twoyear investigation, accusation of partnership and obstruction on both sides of the aisle. Today republicans painted a scathing image of what went on behind the they are four fellow americans to us, they are sons and brothers and husbands. Scott with a quiver in his voice he lamented the loss of the four americans and eviscerated the administration. 800 pages lax security before him, playing politics over safety and no armed military asset deployed until avenue the attacks were over. Even then rescue teams changed in and out of uniform four times expressing concern of putting boots on the ground. The understand is that the nation will move heaven and earth to save them. That didnt happen. Four people were murdered. That is the scandal of benghazi. Scott often at the center of the criticism has been then secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Grilled for 11 hours last fall. Is there one person you blame most of the blame after the analysis . Im not in the business of i think there is enough to go around. Scott the chairman was careful not to lay blame directly at the feet of Hillary Clinton today, other republicans have. Her team and spokes people firing back calling it nothing more than a 7 million partisan sham and a witch hunt. In democrats own report release monday they claim Hillary Clinton never turned down request for additional security as once alleged. I will leave it to others to characterize this report. Its pretty clear its time to move on. Scott desperate criticism there are no epic revelations in the report, republicans insist that the 81 new witnesses and the 75,000 payments of documents do help outline series of recommendations that must be made to protect american lives in future. The state Department Says its already improved security measures at overseas facilities. Leon . Maureen ill take it. Thank you. House. Donald trump focused on trade in a speech to pennsylvania today. The Presumptive Republican nominee said he prefers bilateral trade deals rather than agreement between several agreements between several countries. The financial elite who donate to politicians very, very wealthy. I used to be one of them. Maureen trump said he would consider tariffs on chinese imports. Many economists have warned such tariffs would lead to a trade war with the u. S. The federal Highway Administration says virginia can move forward with plans to transform i66. The agency says vdot can seek bid for highway redesign and will involve the 25mile stretch between route 15 and haymarket and capital beltway. Vdot says additions could include two express toll lanes and three regular lanes in each direction. Leon metro riders are preparing for ph four of safetrack. They will begin after the july 4 holiday and will affect the blue and the yellow lines. The transportation reporter Brianne Carter is live at the Braddock Road Metro station with a look at what it means for riders going to and from Reagan National airport. A rather busy corridor there. Brianne that is right. This is experience to what riders are experiencing with the closure around eastern market. This may impact the trip out of town. Im going to ride my bike. If it was raining id try to drive, which is sals not a good alternative. Brianne july 5, the yellow and the blue lines will shut down for seven days between braddock road and Reagan National metro station. July 12 the rails from Reagan National close for a week. Crystal city station will be closed. This is going to impact all passengers coming to Reagan National. Brianne roads around the area is already stretched as they are seeing record passenger levels this year. Without metro rail the trip to get out of town could get off to a rough start. We will have the Police Department to help and we can sink sink the lights different sync the lights differently but the roads are congested so come early and plan ahead. Brian they will make it easier to use one of these. Bike share will add four bike share docking stations around this station. We understand that just last night alexandria officials passing a new measure allowing certain stations here in alexandria for 15 flat rate. Reporting live, Brianne Carter, abc7 news. Leon thank you. Every step of the way abc7 will have what you need to know about safetrack. We have a special safetrack page on wjla. Com. You can get metro updates sent to your phone. Text metro to us at 43817. We will keep you up to date. Three. Two. One. Fire. Leon ahead here at 6 00 what this rocket booster test means in nasas mission to get to mars. Maureen find out an agreement by volkswagen and what it means for the v. W. Owners. Leon 7 on your side on your side with tonights phone bank. If you have a question, ask the Fitness Instructors standing by. The numbers on the screen. The line will shut down at 6 30. If you have a question about fitness, now is the time to call. In a group of gladiatorseum prepare for battle. Carrying on their shoulders the legacy of a nation, and. Enormous heads. Go [whistle] winning a president ial race is hard, but saving money with geico is easy. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Leon two were sentenced to 30 and 25 years. Washington was a lookout in the robbery. The gunman Deandre Weems sentenced to life in prison last fall. Former d. C. Congressman Walter Fauntroy is out of jail. He was arrested yesterday for an outstanding charge in maryland. The civil rights leader spent four years overseas after a bench warrant were issued for his arrest in prince georges county. Fauntroy is scheduled to be in court july 20. Maureen a judge says the Montgomery County woman charged in the disappearance of her two Young Children remains incompetent to stand trial. 3yearold sarah and 3yearold jacob were last seen a year ago. She is charged with neglect and hindering the investigation. She is receiving medication in an attempt to restore her competency. The next hearing is december 27. Leon at 6 00, if you are a dresser if ikea i you may want to return it. Specific item that is being recalled after three children lost their lives. Erin im earnhardt with sports im Erin Hawksworth with sports. Basketball icon pat summitt may hold coaching records but a local College Coach says its not what she should be remembered for. Thats when abc7 news at 6 00 continu maureen we have updated video and pictures of the horrible terror attack in istanbul at the ataturk airport, the main airport in istanbul. 15 people reported dead and 60 injured. Three suicide bombers. One opened fire at the crowd and the terminal entrance. Another blew himself up after police shot at him and the third blew himself up at the domestic entrance of the airport. Three. Two, one fire. Leon they will launch the most powerful rocket in the world toward mars. That will be a fun sight to see. Maureen ikea is recalling millions of the chest and dressers blamed for the death of three children. The furniture can fall over if its not fastened to the wall. The company ez it is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission on the problem and the recall. Ikea launch ald repair Program Last Year after the first two deaths and the first recall was issued after the third death. Leon volkswagen will pay nearly 15 billion in settlements over diesel cars which were rigged to pass admissions test. 10 billion will go to buyback and payment for the owners of the ca 2. 7 billion goes to the Environmental Mitigation and 2 billion will go to research on fuel emissions vehicles in the u. S. Maureen we have had a really hot, hot day. Doug we have down to one thunderstorm area. The area in pink indicated under the severe thunderstorm watch. Some of the counties will be dropped especially south and west, northwest of the metro area in next hour or so. We have two areas now. One in the viewing area and one in the Baltimore Area for severe thunderstorm warning. The storms are heavy. This is a center action. The showers will pass over the river and some could get to the Nationals Park in 45 minutes. If there are storms they will be a brief interruption to the game. Well keep an eye on the system mauving eastward for the next 45 minutes. 6 54 for piscataway. And the Storm Tracker information on the northern storms in the southern section of baltimore city. Annapolis at 6 57. Stevensville across the bay after 7 00 this evening. The future cast had timing pinned down but there is a secondary area of the showers that is forecast at 9 30 as the cold front itself passes through. So again if it passes over Nationals Park. It could be fine shape with High Pressure moving in. Overnight 62 to 68 degrees. The showers and the storms come to an end and clear. But it will bring in cooler and drier air for gorgeous weather. We are warm and humid on friday and saturday with the afternoon storms. Dry sunday. Monday looks like partly sunny. Temperatures are typical for the end of june and beginning of july. Thats the latest. Back to you. Leon all right. Nothing typical about pat summitts career. For sure. Erin not at all. The sports world mourning the loss of basketball icon pat summitt. When we come back a local coach with a unique perspective on the legendary icon. What she says is pat summitts true legacy after the break. Just checking my free credit score at credit karma. What the . . . Youre welcome. I just helped you dodge a bullet. But i was just checking my. Shhh. Dont you know that checking your credit score lowers it just be cool. Actually, checking your credit score with credit karma doesnt affect it at all. Are you sure . Positive. So i guess i can just check my credit score then . Oooh check out credit karma today. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. Sorry about that. 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. Why do we do it . Because our vets sacrifice enough. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. Stand by me. Announcer now the toyota sports desk. Brought to you your local toyota dealer. Erin she spent 38 years at the university of tennessee creating a Womens Basketball dynasty. And inspired athletes both on and off the court. Today, family, friends and fans remember the legendary pat summitt who passed away at ag at age 64. It has been five years since she was diagnosed with early onset dementia in the form of alzheimers. She had an impact on her players but athletes and coaches around the nation. We caught up with g. W. New head coach jen rizzotti who played at uconn in the 1990s. We asked her about summitts lasting legacy. She was compassionate and kind. And knew how to push the altletes to the limit. To understand you can have Close Relationships with kids and be a family for them. You can be a support system for them and you can push them as hard as you can to their limits to be their best. And to value what they do in classroom and in the community, to see what she has done for the substitute athletes, that is real student athletes, that is really what being a coach is all about. Erin the moment that Many National fans have been waiting for. The Major League Baseball top pitching prospect Lucas Giolito and his cannon will against the mets at Nationals Park. Dusty baker managed some of baseballs best so when he was asked about giolitos muchanticipated debut, well, lets just say it takes a lot to impress dusty baker. Manager baker hes a prospect. Hes a prospect for us. Yeah. Some work and some dont. We are trying to ward off the mets. My son is really excited to see his boy giolito as he says. Erin his boy giolito. We also have to report former nfl coach buddy ryan has also died at age 85. His legacy lives on through his sons who are coaches. Sad day. Leon sad day. Okawhoa ady . Nothing should get in the way of the things you love. Get americas fastest internet. Only from xfinity. Breaking news. Airport terror attack. Suicide bombers and gun fire rock the istanbul airport. Images coming in at this hour. More than two dozen killed. Emergency crews rushing to help the wounded. New questions tonight about Airport Security here at home. The benghazi report. New details about what happened during the deadly attack. Is this the final word . Tonight, clinton says its time to move on. Collision on the tracks. Two freight trains crash head on, burst into flames. Cars twisted and piled up on the rails. The area evacuated. Federal investigators race to the scene. And celebrating a pioneer. Pat summitt, the winningest coach in college basketball, she inspired generations of athletes with fierce determination and unbreakable spirit