Scott either way members of the altright movement are elited by the mass exposure. Maureen maine governor is apologizing to people of the state after leaving profanitylaced voice mail for a lawmaker. I want you to prove im a racist. I spent my life helping black people. You little [bleep] i need you to i this and make it public because im after you. Maureen however he is not apologizing to the representative who said he never called him a racist. He compared the style to that of republican nominee donald trump. Leon traumatic end to brutal crime. A lawyer will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars for tying up and torturing a couple in their own home. The sentence for andrew schmuhl, two life sentences plus 98 years. He was convicted of a violent Home Invasion in 2014. The couple signed the home were leo fisher and sue duncan. He handcuffed them with ties and beat them and slit their throats nearly killing them. The jury went for the maximum penalty. They heard five weeks of the victim and the nature of the crime that occurred for extensive period of time in Alecia Schmuhl will go to trial next month. The prosecutors say they planned the crime together. Maureen drugs brought from the west coast and distributed in our area. Police say they have caught a kingpin and shut down a major marijuana ring. Kevin lewis has details you will see only on 7. Kevin . Kevin well, the drugs were stored in unassuming family oriented neighborhoods like this one in gaithersburg. In total, police intercepted 85 pounds of pot worth estimated 300,000. We didnt know about it. Normal people stubbed to learn an alleged kingpin was using their neighbor according to the documents he had dealers in oregon and california routinely ship marijuana by way of the u. S. Postal service. Miller who lives in this modest Hagerstown Home with his father. Allegedly created a web of nine stash houses from lorton to towson. Paying the young men accepting nondescript packages with cash and pot. Prosecutors charged miller and five cohorts with a number of counts. Payton johnson for instance was allegedly running drugs through his parents hose poem. Are you guilty as charged . It doesnt matter . In a court of law i assume it does. Are you guilty . Diane cunningham lived next to one who pleaded innocence after police raided his mothers home. It was all a big mistake. She told us it was all a big mistake. They had the wrong house. I said gee, if i sue them or something. She said thats right. Kevin well, police say this crew also used unsuspecting uber drivers to occasionally cart the pot from house to house. Joseph miller the accused kingpin here faces up to 50 years in prison. And a Million Dollars in fines. We are live in gaithersburg, im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Leon thanks, kevin. Amazing. Virginia Governor Terry mcauliffe is warning state lawmakers to brace for tough decisions ahead. That is because the state has roughly 1. 5 billion budget shortfall. Today he told the Money Committee that budget woes are driven by lower income and sales tax revenue collection that anticipate. Mcauliffe proposed using other money from the rainy day fund. Lawmakers have to approve that move. Maureen . Maureen the cost of borrowing money may increase chairman said the fed is moving to raise Interest Rates in light of a solid job market and improved outlook for the u. S. Economy. And inflation. However she stopped short of giving a timetable for the next rate hike. Leon coming up on abc7 news at 6 00 a home that works to help teenage mothers is now facing intense scrutiny from the neighbors. Some of them are saying this place attracts crime. Maureen plus, new cases of outbreak hepatitis a tied to smoothie. The cafe that confirms a worker there was infected. Leon intense questions for head start. One of the Biggest School district says the program will go on as planned but they are giving up the federal funding. That amounts to millions and millions. What happens next . We are looking into it. Doug are we going to get a break from the heat and the humidity heading to the weekend . I will let you know the numbers coming up next at abc7 news at 6 00. Announcer youre watching abc7 news at 6 00. On your side. Maureen time may be running out for the survivors in the massive earthquake in italy. Rescuers worked through the night. It has been more than 48 hours since the quake struck. Rescuers believe those buried could survive up to 72 hours. Crews are using sound detectors and dogs to sift through mountains of rubble trying to life. At least 267 people have died. Nearly 400 have been hurt. Leon a home for teenage mothers in northeast washington is drawing criticism from some of the neighbors. The elizabeth House Ministry at the grand park helps teenage mothers transition from foster care and independent living. Some neighbors say with so many young women at the facility, it attracts young men. Men hang out on the street and disturb the neighbors. And they may be responsible for the unsolved killing of a local man. I am awakened often by loud noise, screaming and yelling. Loud music. Leon the founder of the elizabeth house disputes the charges and say the women at the home dont associate with the men on the street who she says was there long before the home arrived. Maureen blood donations in the u. S. Tested for zika virus. More than 2,200 people have become infected with zika. Number may grow. Miami is considered ground zero. The virus is linked to serious birth defects. Leon the outbreak of hepatitis a linked to smoothies is growing. Employee at the Tropical Smoothie Cafe in gainesville, tested positive for hep a. The Virginia Department of health are expanding the dates. The dates are now july 28 through august 18. Be aware it can take up to four weekers for the symptoms to weeks for the symptoms to develop. Maureen still ahead tonight, another safetrack surge is about to start. What you need to know for your commute. Leon i guess we may not have to tell you this. We are in the middle of another heatwave . How long will it doug hill has the storm watch forecast after this. Erin im Erin Hawksworth live at fed rex field for third preseason game. Take a look behind me. You can see kirk cousins out there. He is warming up. Fans hope he connects with desean tonight. We have a live report later in sports. Leon new information about the future of the head start project. The district is relink wishing the federal funding for the fram relinquishing the federal funding for the program. Maureen its because of the neglect and abuse by teachers in the program. Who is in charge now . Reaction after word the government will provide an agency on interim basis to oversee the Head Start Program when it begins monday. They are able to get a better start on the education. If Head Start Program was stripped of the 6. 3 million grant earlier this month. After allegations of neglect and abu they agreed to relinquish the money rather than appeal the decision. Congressman edwards says the federal partners have done what they need to do. In a statement, ince dealts such of incidents such as these are not in a vacuum. They are indicative of the systemic breakdown of the leadership chain that places the children in danger and jeopardizes the prospect for 932 children. Maureen safetrack surge 8 begins tomorrow and will run through september 11. On weekdays trains will single track between Franconia Springfield and van dorn street. Surge 8 will include three consecutive shutdowns. Three shuttle buses are replace trains along the segment of the blue line. Buses will replace trains between franconia, springfield and van dorn street. Leon 7 on your side with a consumer alert and an urgent message for the iphone users. Update your device. Apple is out with a security update after researchers found mallware out there that malware out there that lets the hackers see evening on your phone. Its a legitimate link in a text message. So reminder to only click on links you trust. Click carefully. This is august. Way of a good story. But the averages are the mid80s. 85 is the average high. Not uncommon for 90s. Doug well settle down and get in the mid80s. Maureen december. Doug i hope its before that. This is time lapse from the Elementary School in the district. Beautiful day. All day long. A few fair weather clouds. Humidity levels got up there. The air temperatures in the mid90s today. Look at the numbers. 95 at Reagan National airport. Two degrees shy of the old record in 1948. But it hit 95 at washington dulles. That tied a record high for the date in 1988. The morning low was 77. The average low is 69. Listen, no doubt we will enter a warm stretch but not as hot as it was earlier. I will s minute. Here we are at 6 00. 94 in washington. 93 in leesburg. 932 in fredericksburg 39 in fredericksburg. But as the sunsets the temperatures settle down. Combination of the increased temperature and the humidity levels that make it feel like 99 in the city. 103 in fredericksburg. Toasty weather for the remainder of the evening. Tonight, the first pitch, rockies in town. Start a series with the nationals. First pitch is 7 5. About 91 degrees. I will be muggy with the light winds. Same weather conditions at fedex as well for the preseason game as well. Now as far as wakeup temperatures its going to be muggy. Temperatures will be in the mid70s in the city. We will fine sunshine. A subtle change in wind direction. Not from the south or the southwest. More gentle and northeasterly wind. Down too much. We are calling for highs near 90. Later in the day on sunday we will see the possibility of a little shift in the wind. Maybe more humid by sunday evening here. But not a terrible weekend at all. The nationals at home this weekend with the two day games. 1 05 first pitch. 90 degrees throughout the period. The next seven days we have 91 and 90. As far as next week, its hot and humid monday, tuesday, wednesday. Low 7890s. The Storm Chances tuesday and wednesday. Finally turning breezy and drier and cooler by the end of the week. Twice this summer we had two stretches where the high was 795 or higher each day in the two stretches this heatwave pales in comparison. Maureen thank you for the perspective. Leon makes me feel cooler already. Doug does it . Leon no, it doesnt. Here is hoping the skins like the buffalo bills. Erin . Maureen Erin Hawksworth, have you melted . Erin yes, i am here. Yes, its hot. There is company. Look on the field. You can see jay gruden out here, geared up for third preseason game. Which may call the dress rehearsal. Coming up, how important is this game . How long will the starters play . Doc walker of espn 980 gives us a preview. Erin im Erin Hawksworth live at fedex field as the redskins welcome rex ryan and the bills to fedex field. This will be the second preseason game for kirk cousins and the first for jordan reed and trent williams. Look at the field behind me as we are getting ready for kickoff. Jay gruden was just talking to ed reed moments ago. Jay will be interested to look at his offense tonight. It has looked pretty good in practice. The players look forward to an opportunity to test themselves at game speed. Cousins completed all five pass attempts in the preseason opener and looks to remain sharp against the bills tonight. Earlier i caught up with doc walker to get a preview of tonights december rehearsal. How important is this thursday for starters its really important because a lot of guys havent played much. Check yourself from the stamina standpoint. Can you get your breathing going . This is the best conditioned group of redskins in a second. Im not worried about them being in shape but i worry about the continuity to play as a unit. They to v to have to move as one moving part. Especially this is a big erin this is a big night for people to step up. Matt will be solidified by the staff. He wont be solidified by the teams until he plays a game and stays healthy. He has all the gifts in the world. He has to hold on to the football and inflict pain on the opposition. He is capable of doing but i want to see it done. Erin are you confident he can stay healthy . Im confident with what i see. I believe what i see, not what im told or hope for. What i see. Starters tonight . Over a half. It depends how well they play. If you want coach gruden to get you out of there play well. Get a eight or tenplay drive. If they dont play up to standards he might push them past the third quarter. Erin a big opportunity for them to solidify the third running back condition. We will have live reaction postgame at 11 00. Back to you. Thank you. See you in a little bit. Maureen i wish the skins the best. Doug seven days. We will see the heat and the humidity. Not so humidity this weekend. Hot and sunny. Hot and humid monday, tuesday, wednesday. Low 90s. Afternoon thunderstorms tuesday and wednesday. Clearing around thing breezy, drier and cooler. Steve will talk about the heatwave and the beach outlook when he sees you at 11 00. Maureen thank you. World news tonight with david muir up next. Leon have a good evening. See you at 11 00. Now its our labor day sale. Where you can create the perfect home. From now until september 5th, youll find huge savings on stylish pieces. Get free delivery, plus an extra hundreddollars off every thousanddollars you spend. With havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isnt. Mom . Have you see my iguana . The labor day sale is on now, at havertys. Life looks good. Tonight, several breaking stories as we come on. An abc news exclusive. The Young American daughter kidnapped by isis. Her parents making a direct plea to isis themselves. Tonight, right here, what they say the president promised. And now, the white house responding. Also tonight, the Airport Security scare. A man driving a truck right into a jet, terrified passengers onboard. A community in shock. Two nuns murdered. And now, the urgent manhunt at this hour. Shot by mistake. The armed robbery. The homeowner, the husband who calls police. He and his wife need help. Police arrive, and the homeowner is shot by mistake. And, the tropical threat. Were tracking the system right now. Getting closer to the u. S