Leon day three of the Republican National convention. There have been intense protests playing out. In one case the u. S. Flag was burned. One case an officer was assaulted. The big news is someone to stepping up to take the blame for the controversy surrounding the speech that melania gave monday night. Meredith mcguiver said she made a mistake using passages from Michelle Obamas 2008 speech and melania trumps speech. She is a speech writer for the private company not the president ial campaign. She said she offered to resign but was asked to stay on by mr. Trump himself. For tonight one of the headline speakers is Donald Trumps running mate. Indiana governor mike pence. Greeted trump who arrived in a helicopter. The most anticipated spee fierce fight for trump for the president ial nomination. Trump referred to him as lying ted cruz. There are reports that cruz will not support trump in the speech tonight. Scott thuman is joining us. What is the mood among the republicans . Scott you laid out a laundry list of the highs and the lows and that is the tip of the iceberg in cleveland. So much going on. You ask about the mood. I got done talk with the head of the r. N. C. , Reince Priebus in interview tonight at 7 00 on the special. He put on a happy face on thousand things are going but he got honest answers to the questions of the criticism they face. There is drama and rebellions about the rules and whether or not senator cruz you point hus supporters block trump nomination. We have more on that. They are moving forward. Whether cruz will stay anything positive about trump, we dont know. He might rahrah the Republican Party and not say anything complementary about a man that tore him up in the election process. Leon are you hearing anything about what cruz will stay and what people want him to say . Scott he walked by me in the hallway an hour ago. He wasnt smiling or shaking hands. He took the stage for a rehearsal. Walked to the podium and did a tradition wave. But can only think he is lamenting over what might have been. There were delegates that were bound to state results yesterday and he did get the second most. Im sure that this is sitting poorly with him. Might reflect what we seen can john kasich. He didnt release his delegate and he fusing to show up here. We say it every election. The republicans dont win the white house without ohio and john kasich is not helping him out. Leon see if he has 20 20 vision and looking for the next go around. Talk to you in a bit. On the democrat side, virginia senator tim kaine is trying not to overthink if he will be the running mate for hillary clinton. He was in a round table discussion with senator warren. Kaine has been lieu mored on the short list says he expects to hear clintons decision by the end of the weekend. Maureen . Maureen a bumpy start for surge five of the Metro Safetrack program. Long lines tomorrow today. The riders w shuttle buses because of a single tracking on the orange and the silver line. Some said they didnt know a new round of work was starting today. Transportation reporter is live with an update for us. Brianne some may want to use the shuttle buses in the last hour after they had to offload a train going through single tracking because of a brake problem. The train has been taken out of service. Its a problem that the riders experience today. The equipment is on the track but no work getting done. According to the metro a power issue is to blame. Crews did execute a power plan last night on the track this morning crews discovered additional power cables that needed to be disconnected to keep workers safe. Shutting down the cables would impact the section of track where the trains were single tracking between th crews waited until after rush hour. Ultimately delaying the track work. It goes beyond frustrated. Quick shutdown of the track metro announced the bus bridges in place causing confusion and further backups for some riders. Twitter showing the long lines waiting for bus. I have been waiting for 20 minutes now. Just now had two silver line trains going back where i came from. Brianne further delayed along every 18 minutes through the stretch forced chris gray to hop in a cab. The first time i attempted to take metro since the initial track work in june. Im not sold yet. I will be back in the car. Make another effort. There was a disabled train through the midday causing delays this runs through the end of the month. The metro general manager said that safetrack fixes the track. They still have a number of issues when it comes to cars. Still have to be dealt with. Leon breaking news out of Seat Pleasant where a pedestrian was hit by a car. Central avenue if you know about the area. Newschopper7 is over the scene. We will let you know more when we learn more. Maureen go to the weather now. A lot of people around the region spent the day today cleaning up after last nights violent storm. Many report of damage. What is in store for us tonight . Chief meteorologist doug hill in weather center. Doug a beautiful evening right now. Its comfortable. Early evening at the beaches. Look at ocean city, maryland. It will be hot there this weekend. It may be one of the places to be. Water temperature in the 70s. Give you a chance to cool off a bit. The numbers in the lower to the middle 80s. 86 in washington. 82 in winchester. 83 in hagerstown. 86 in fredericksburg. 82 in Andrew Air Force base. Great Outdoor Dining weather tonight. Overnight, 63 to 70. Tomorrow is the beginning of another heatwave. How hot and hume will it get . That is coming up. Maureen thank you. Good samaritan may have saved the day for robbery victim in the district. We have details on a persons bravery. Leon later, remembering chief z. 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Leon new at 2 00 Convenience Store in frederick set the record straight after a store clerk was fired for fighting back against the robber. Earlier this month someone tried to hold up a 7eleven. The clerk layman grabbed the gun out of the suspects hand. The suspect took off from the scene and the Frederick News reported that layman had been fired. But the store owner now telling the post it was a mistake. He instead has been promoted to manager there. Maureen robbery victim in the district may owe his life to a brave bystander. Last sunday a suspect pulled a knife and threw the victim to the ground on massachusetts avenue northwest. T if knife. The suspect managed to grab the wallet and get away. No one was hurt. If you have any information about this case, police want to hear from you. Leon messy problem for a homeowner she says the Company Responsible wont clean up. So e has turned to 7 on your side troubleshooter horace holmes. That is coming up. Maureen what is in store for this evening after a 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. Leon word of caution for homeowners. Be careful having a big flat tv screen on your wall in the home. A viewer called him in a panic turned on the set and something strange and nasty came out of the wall. What is going on . What was happening . Elizabeth was in her family room watching on the big screen tv mounted to the wall. When she says water, and what looked like sewage began pouring out behind the set. Stop, stop, stop. Its nice to see motherinlaw. Elizabeths daughterinlaw. Rewind a bit. Christine arrived from a long trip with her girls for a visit. She went upstairs to take a bubble bath. She started to let the water out of the tub. They called a plumber. The whole wall crumbling down. The tv should fell on the motherinlaw and hurt a children. They found this. The water pipe that runs to the upstairs bathroom to carry the water and the waste to the sewer line under the house. Three holes on the pipe. The bolts were screwed into the holes they said. They bought it from best buy and hired the geek squad to mount it in 2012. Over time the water corroded the screws and it began to leak sewage. It came pouring out. Experts. And the health department. And the geek squad. They havent given us a hotel and they are telling to us live in a biohazard. They said its fine. That is not okay. Horace they say they moved out of the home and paid for a hotel while the company removed the mold and the walls. We spoke to a representative of best buy a few hours ago and they said that they have been in touch with the family and working quickly to provide assistance. Alls well that ends well. Leon thank you. Maureen redskins fans are mourning the death of chief z. There is a demand for a fans only selling shirt of chief z likeness since 2008. They are sereceived hundreds of call since the news broke of the passing. It will donate all the money from shirts selling today to the family. What a storm we had last night it hailed. Doug i wasnt talking about it last night sitting here. Surprised me. No worries like that tonight. The big story is the heat and the humidity. Lets get started with a time lapse. Northwester avenue. A few fair weather clouds but that was it. Comfortial warm temperatures and a gor comfortably warm temperatures and gorgeous sky. 82 in washington. Almanac page the 89 was the high. On the button for the record from 1930. It was 86 years ago. 106. The temperature has never been recorded higher than that ever since the records were kept in the capital. We wont get to 106. But we could hit 100 before the weekend is over due to the High Pressure drying us out now and cooling off briefly to move offshore to open a door for a mound of building heat to move in. Overnight we drop in the 60s. 69 in the city. 62 in damascus. 66 in clinton. Same in Upper Marlboro tomorrow morning. What is coming next is real change. Everybody will get a little taste of the heat and the humidity. Tomorrow we start it off and we will get to 90. Slight increase sunny and hot. But then friday and the weekend everything will change. Forecast for highs friday, saturday, sunday, monday. Climbing to the near 100 degrees. Here is the record temperature. A opponent to be within the record range. But more important is the heat index. It will feel between 105 and 110 and warm enough to have heat advisory and warnings over the area. It will be hot. 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I asked tracy austin of the tennis channel what she thinks of isners c runnerup at the city open. Could this be the year that he gets it done . Absolutely. He loves the surface and loves playing at home. In the united states. That is when he plays his best tennis. What about the women side . Australian and the unseeded strange to say unseeded caroline wozniacki. She is ranked 58th in thed two. The former world number one a few years ago. I think she is lacking belief in critical moments. They were in doubles action. They couldnt pull off the victory. I asked them what is it like to play locally. She said i never won at citi open and i have been here a long time. So not going so well. If you can make it out here come to the citi open. Leon that sounds like a plan. Maureen great place to be. Doug take a look at the numbers. Its 90 tomorrow. 95 on friday. Through the 90s to close to 100 degrees through the weekend and early next week. 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It might have been prevented with trumenba. Ask your doctor about trumenba. Tonight, donald trump returns to cleveland, hovering above in his helicopter. His wife, melania, not with him. And donald trump is oneonone with us. The interview just moments ago with george. And tonight here, trumps running mate, his big moment. And their new explanation tonight for melania trumps speech. They say the lines wore, in fact, from Michelle Obamas speech, and now, they explain why. Also breaking tonight, the Major Airline grounding its planes. Major disruptions, hundreds of flights amid dangerous heat now moving in across a huge part of this country. It could feel as hot at 115 or more. The new case tonight, a Police Officer killed in the line of duty. The police chief talking. The attorney general, too. The warning tonight, after a young driver smashes into an