A good thursday morning to you all. We begin with an extraordinary push for action on gun control. House democrats are actually staging a sitin on capitol hill vowing not to budge without a vote. Its been a long night. The protest started yesterday morning with civil rights leader john lewis at the helm and dozens of Democratic Senators joined them in solidarity. Lawmakers sent out live imbhajs through facebook and periscope after republicans shut down the cameras. They sang we shall overcome and shouted down paul ryan as a publicity stunt and the latest we get from elizabeth hur. Reporter determined democrats staging an unprecedented sitin on capitol hill. Well call in on the leadership of the house to bring commonsense gun control legislation to the house floor. Give us let us vote. Reporter congressman john lewis, the civil rights icon, leading the protest on the house floor starting shortly before noon wednesday. The madness must stop. Reporter the standoff continued into the early morning. Theres something wrong with this country when a suspected terrorist cant get on an airplane but can buy as many guns as he wants. Reporter pushing to are a vote on gun control days after the senate voted down similar measures despite mounting pressure following the orlando shooting rampage. All were asking is two very minor things, no fly, no buy. No fly, no buy and the background check loopholes. Reporter Republican Leaders at one point order them into recess and turned off the cam a cameras citing a breach of the rules but the protesting lawmakers continued broadcasting using cell phones and social media. House should be in order. Reporter in a move to try to end the sitin the speaker announced overnight republicans will starthe democrats any chance for a vote at least for now. Elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. Other top story the dangerous storms taking aim at the midwest through the midatlantic coast. More than a dozen tornadoes have been reported across illinois and indiana. One twister that touched down in Central Illinois in the town of pontiac tore up a gas station and other business, as well. Damaged some homes and injured two people. In buckley, blinding rain, you can hear it and wind also created extremely dangerous Road Conditions making driving nearly impossible. All that rain along with dangerous lightning delayed the copa america final match at Soldier Field for more that two hours at halftime. Tens of thousands were warned to take cover and now that is trudging iceward. Abcs Justin Povick joins us with the forecast. Good morning, justin. Kendis, diane, thanks. We are tracking more potentially dangerous thunderstorms from low pressure, again, we had all the Severe Weather earlier on yesterday and also last night but continues for today. Damaging winds large hail, isolated tornadoes and very heavy rainfall around our nations capital, points north toward philadelphia. Were also concerned about major heat and humidity in the southeast that could feel over 100 degrees. Kendis, diane, back to. Justin, thank you. Meanwhile, cooler more humid weather is allowing fire crews in Southern California to make some progress. Helicopters and air taskers helping crews on the ground battle the flames covering 7 1 2 square miles. Containment improved to 15 and scores of people evacuated are now back home. Lets move to president ial politics now and donald trump launching what was a blistering attack on Hillary Clinton calling her a world class liar. Trump bashed clinton on everything from her private email use to trade to benghazi. Accusing her of spreading death, trump also accused both clinton and her husband former president bill clinton of using her position as secretary of state to get rich. Hillary clinton has perfected the politics of personal profit and even theft. She ran the state Department Like her own personal hedge fund doing favors for oppressive regimes and many others and really many, many others in exchange for cash. Trump also blasted clinton on the economy and questioned contributions to the Clinton Foundation. Well, clinton fired back calling trumps allegations outlandish lies. She told supporters in North Carolina that her speech on tuesday must have gotten under his skin and she defended her familys charity. The Clinton Foundation helps poor people around the world get access to lifesaving aids medicine, donald trump uses poor people around the world to produce his line of suits and ties. Hes going after me personally because he has no answers on the substance. Well, clinton added that trump is trying to distract voters she says that he has no real strategy for creating jobs, just a string of empty promises. Now to an important vote being held today in the uk. Referendum on whether britain should pull out of the European Union. And what british Voters Decide today could have farreaching impact and lama hasan is live in london with more on this. Lama, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you, kendis. This is a landmark referendum. A hotly contested deeply divisive referendum. Politicians have been campaigning up and down the country making the argument to either stay in the European Union or lay, what is known as brexit. The reasons for staying led by the Prime MinisterDavid Cameron himself. Those who want to stay believe it is better for the british economy and get a being a member and selling things to eu countries, economic growth, greater intelligence sharing with European Countries and fighting terrorism but those who want to leave the eu so those who want to brexit argue the opposite. Theyre big believers of being sovereign, oppose immigration and they want it to be controlled. They want britain to take back its cultural and national identity. One of the main principles of eu membership is Free Movement which means you dont need to get a visa to live in another eu country. Those who want to leave disagree and want to take control of the uk borders. Those are the main arguments. It is hotly contested. What are the implications for the u. S. . An exit would send shock waves across Global Markets including the u. S. Britain is the top country in the eu for American Investments and a survey in march of American Companies found 95 favor britain staying in the eu. A lot of people will be watching those results when they start streams in early tomorrow lama, thank you. Coming up, some details about a massive crackdown against health care fraud. Why hundreds of people were arrested. Plus, which small suvs do the best job protecting passengers in a crash . The Insurance Industry is sharing its answer to that question. 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It is with a heavy heart they announced at about 4 30 this afternoon, one of our coast guard helicopters located a deceased person in the search area. Reporter hope began to fade away when they found a debris field full of belongings, tennis shoeses, water propane task, kayaks and six empty life jackets. About 33 miles off the west coast of florida. 45yearold ace kimberly, his 17yearold daughter becca lynn, 15yearold son donny and his 13yearold son roger were all living on their 29foot sailboat. They disappeared sunday after they left from sarasota to ft. Myers to get the beat repaired. The mother of the children raced to florida from indiana. We spoke with her family before they got the terrible news. She said that she was on her way down there and she will find her kids come hell or high water. Reporter the National Weather service says its possible they ran into storms. They were warning boaters about high winds sunday morning. Authorities say the father was able to call his brother on sunday saying they were running into rough seas and thats the last anyone heard from the family. Steve osunsami, abc news, st. Petersburg, florida. A baltimore judge will likely announce his verdict for the officer facing the most serious charges including Second Degree murder in the death of Caesar Goodson drove the police van where gray suffered a final spinal injury and opted for a bench trial instead of a jury and is one of six officers charged in connection with grays death and the third to stand trial. A louisiana Deputy Sheriff is dead after being shot in a new orleans suburb. It happened when detective David Mitchell stopped to question a man. Investigators say the suspect grabbed the deputys gun, the 19yearold allegedly shot the officer three times in the back. Police gave chase and arrested him in a nearby backyard. Rapper troy app pleading not guilty to attempted murder and other charges. 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Or if youre a congressman as well. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg when he speaks, people listen. But they also look. He posted this photo on his Facebook Page to celebrate instagrams growth but then some sharpeyed readers notice the laptop on the desk behind him. Im not sure if you can see that theres a piece of tape over the camera lens and another on the microphone. A pretty lowtech solution to attempt to prevent unauthorized spying. Hackers can at times control the camera and dont you have a more hightech solution. For the founder of facebook. I guess so. Now for a Little Nature lesson. Creatures that tend to become a little cranky when you disturb them. At times and that could explain why this this one suddenly charged employees in a jeep there, Krueger National park in south africa. It also turns out that black rhinos have very poor eyesight which explains why it stopped just short of the jeep realizing it would be better off you have a rhino with poor sight. They waited a really long time to move. I still dont understand that part. Maybe they didnt think it was coming to them. A new furry face will be a contender for best in show soon. Were talking about the American Kennel Club which has just added the pumi. To its registry of purebreds. It has corkscrew curls and ears that flop at the tips and the breed is now eligible to compete in the westminster show. Ooh. Very nice. The pumi and things are dry right now but that is about to change. Well get a weather update in just a few moments. But first. Here are the top stories. Breaking news in capitol hill. The house has adjourned until after the holiday break, after a nearly 12hour protest by democrats on the house floor. They are demanding the house pass new gun control regulation. A flash flood w atch remains in effect in western maryland as a serious storm moves into our area. And we are expecting this mornings rush hour commute to get very messy. Good morning washington. Toss to eileen Flash Flood WatchFlash Flood Watch in effect for western md and West Virginia through this afternoon. Today rain, heavy at times, this morning. Some strong thunderstorms with gusty winds and hail. A few pm thunderstorms possible, mainly south of d. C. Highs 8287 winds sw 515 mph tonight mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Patchy fog. Lows 6268 winds ne 5 mph friday partly to mostly cloudy. Isolated showers possible. Highs 8084 winds e 48 mph bw pkwy 95 234 dumfries on the hill a late night for House Democrats. They held a sitin on the house floor demanding House Republicans move on gun control. Just minutes ago House Speaker paul ryan adjourned until after the fourth of july holiday. It began wednesday a day control bills all failed in the house. More than 100 House Democrats walked to the floor and refused to leave until the house passes a bill to prevent potential terrorists from buying guns. House Speaker Paul Ryan spoke to the media, saying that kind of gun reform is a slippery slope. Democrats have stayed on the floor through the night livestreaming their protest and giving speeches. Right now were learning more about another voyeurism case at the university of Maryland College park. Take a look at this picture. We first told you about the incident in may when a student reported seeing a camera being held above him while using the bathroom at the mckeldin library. Police say this is a person of interest. If you have any information call police right away. Well, its official. The nhl is coming to sin city. After months of speculation the National Hockey league has of Expansion Team will call las vegas home. The team will debut in the 20172018 season. Before the announcement las vegas was the largest city in the country without a team in the major professional sports. This is the leagues first Expansion Team in 16 years. Its xx and were just getting started. Breaking news from capitol hill. The speaker adjourns for the holiday amid emotional protests from House Democrats. The latest on the protests that brought the house to a standstill. And keep an eye on the sky. A serious storm is moving into the area. And it is about to make for a messy morning rush hour. Complete stormwatch coverage is just moments away. Good morning washington. Washington. Flash flood watch in effect for western md and West Virginia through this afternoon. Today rain, heavy at times, this morning. Some strong thunderstorms with gusty winds and hail. A few pm thunderstorms possible, mainly south of d. C. Highs 8287 winds sw 515 mph tonight mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Patchy fog. Lows 6268 winds ne 5 mph friday partly to mostly cloudy. Isolated showers possible. Highs 8084 winds e 48 mph right now a owdown in st minutes agouse speaker paul ryaaourn e use t aft e fotof jy this came after nearly 12 hours of protests from House Democrats