Code orange air quality alert today record highs possible code orange air quality alert today record highs possible today best chance of storms friday cooler weekend ahead today hot and humid. Record highs possible. Highs 9095 winds sw 510 mph tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Lows 6771 winds sw 5 mph thursday partly cloudy. Hot and humid. Isolated pm thunderstorms, mainly west of d. C. Highs 8994 winds sw 510 mph developing now. Another day of the white house. 24 hours after reports the president shared highly classified informaiton with top russian leaders a second shocking report involving fbi director james comey. This morning the white house is disputing the story. But lawmakers are already taking action to find out the truth. Suzanne kennedy begins our coverage live at the white house. New reaction from capitol hill this morning. Both parties chomping at the bit to see this alleged comey memo. Republican congressman Jason Chaffetz the chair of the powerful House Oversight committee is leading the charge. He spoke to our sister station in Salt Lake City overnight. Chaffetz says he has sent a letter to the acting fbi director, requesting to see the alleged memo. In it, he requested all communication, including notes, summaries, an recordings, between comey and President Trump. We are keeping a close eye on the president s twitter account this morning and standing by for any new reponse. Stay with abc7 is for all the breaking new developments by signing up for our text alerts at wjla dot com slash now to breaking news while you were sleeping strong storms slamming the south and turning deadly in two states overnight. Sam sweeney is at the live desk. Larry were talking a massive system that stretched from southern texas to the great lakes. In central wisconsin. That storm, spawning a tornado that swept into a mobile home park. One person was killed. Officials there are calling the damage to the neighborgood total destruction. Meanwhile in the oklahoma panhandle. Another tornado flipping over cars and leveling homes overnight. One person there was also killed. This morning Officials Say there are still people unaccounted for. Developing now. Dc police are trying to figure out what happened that led to two officers shooting and killing a woman in southwest. Around 6 30 last night, a woman Eagle Rec Center on joliet street. Police chief Peter Newsham says his officers showed up, and they determined she was carrying a handgun. The apparently made several requests for her to drop that gun. When she didnt, they opened fire. She later died. Those officers are on routine administrative leave. Happening today. Chelsea manning is set to be released from prison. But details are being kept secret because of potential security concerns. The transgender soldier formerly known as Bradley Manning was convicted of leaking classified government materials to wikileaks. Manning served seven years of a 35year sentence at a military prison in fort leavenworth, kansas. Former president obama granted manning clemency in his final days in office. Manning. An oklahoma native. Plans to move to maryand. Breaking overnight crews in new orleans pulling another allnighter. A third monument being removed right this minute. Were monitoring the situation. And stormwatch seven bringing on the heat. The summer scortcher hitting the dmv next. At 5 today best chance of storms friday cooler weekend ahead today hot and humid. Record highs possible. Highs 9095 winds sw 510 mph tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Lows 6771 winds sw 5 mph thursday partly cloudy. Hot and um mainly west of d. C. Highs 8994 winds sw 510 mph were getting ready for summer as it out there. The new Memorial Day Travel report just released. This years top three destinations coming up. Plus a plane disappearing in the notorious Bermuda Triangle. The new clue about what may have happened next. For 10 years my tempurpedic has adapted to my weight and shape. So i sleep deeply and wake up ready to perform. Now through june 11th, save 600 when you buy select tempurpedic justable ttress sets. Nd your exclusive retailer tempurpedic. Com. Pressure. I feel it everyday. But at night, its the last thing on my mind. For 10 years my tempurpedic has adapted to my weight and shape, relieving pressure points from head to toe. So i sleep deeply and wake up ready to perform. Now through june 11th, save 600 when you buy select mpurpedic justable ttress sets. Find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedic. Com. Anyone can dream. Making it a reality is the hard part. Northrop grumman command and control systems always let you see the complete picture. And were looking for a few dreamers to join us. Confederate monument in new orleans. Sam sweeney is at the live desk with the latest sam . Larry this is the third of four confederate monuments slated for removal in the set. This one is a statue of confederate general pgt beauregard. And its coming down right now. Under the over of darkness, crews right now are removing the statue amid protests and threats. The situation so risky, workers are wearing all black, and covering their faces to shield their identities. The City Council Approved the monuments removal back in 2015 but the process has been stuck in a legal limbo until now amid pushback from some residents. They argue the city is erasing history. When the city took the first statue down, protestors showed up with assult rifles and fights broke out. The fourth and final monument still be torn down is a statue of general robert e. Lee located in the center of the cities famous lee circle. At last check officials in new orleans could not confirm when the statue will be fully removed. New developments in a mystery unfolding right now in the Bermuda Triangle. The Us Coast Guard says they have found debris near where a private plane went missing. Four people were on board, including the pilot. A prominent new York Business woman and her two young children. The small plane disapperaed off radar monday. The Bermuda Triangle is notoroius for the unusually high number of planes and ships that go missing there without at trace. Must see video. Out of florida this morning. A teen riding his bicycle is hit by an suv and suffers only bumps and bruises we want to warn you this video is graphic. Johnny walsh is spotted riding his bike on the sidewalk when the out of control suv hit a parked pick up truck and slammed directly into him. Amazingly. He was with only minor injuries. Florida Police Tracked down the cars owner but the driver remains on the run. Only on seven. Some disturbing video we obtained has Howard University hospital launching an investigation. The video appears to show security guards dumping a woman in a wheelchair onto the sidewalk, then walking away. The person who gave us the video says he was stunned. And hes not the only one. We gave Howard University hospital officials the video days ago. They emailed us, saying its profoundly disturbing. The woman was a patient from their duties, pending the outcome of the investigation. Seven on your side will sit down with hospital officials today. And well have a live report later in the hour. The wizards are out of the playoffs and now its time to say goodbye to the teams mural too. Today bens chili bowl will get started on their new permanent mural, with a fresh coat of paint. No word yet about the new face well be seeing on the wall. Back in january the restaurant asked people to vote for who they wanted to see on the wall. Some options included Eleanor Holmes norton. Chuck brown. And former president obama. Youll be hearing a new voice for a least one nfl Football Game this year. For the first time in 30 years a woman will be doing play by play for a monday night game on espn in september. Beth mowins will be joined in the booth by former nfl coach rex ryan. Theyll call the september 11th match up between the la chargres and the denver broncos. New this morning, were learning this memorial day americans will be hitting the road more than ever. Gearing up for the biggest Memorial Day Travel since 2005. They have forecasted over 39million americans planning to travel over fifty miles to spend the 3 day holiday weekend. This is one million more than last year. Of that thirtynine, thirtyfour million americans are expected to drive. Thats despite higher gas prices then years before. Triplea reports to most popular us destinations for this holiday orlando, las vegas and new york. Time now for weather code orange air Quality Record highs possible today best chance of storms friday cooler weekend ahead today hot and humid. Record highs possible. Highs 9095 winds sw 510 mph tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Lows 6771 winds sw 5 mph thursday partly cloudy. Hot and humid. Isolated pm thunderstorms, mainly west of d. C. Highs 8994 winds sw 510 mph rumors swirling in the tech world. Coming up the pressure. I feel it everyday. But at night, its the last thing on my mind. For 10 years my tempurpedic has adapted to my weight and shape, relieving pressure points from head to toe. So i sleep deeply and wake up ready to perform. Now through june 11th, save 600 when you buy select mpurpedic justable ttress sets. Find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedic. Com. Alert. We could see record breaking heat and humdity in the day ahead. Be careful out there the air quality could be pretty bad today;. Good morning im autria godfrey. And im larry smith. Toss to eileen code orange air quality alert today record highs possible today best chance of storms friday cooler weekend ahead today hot and humid. Record highs possible. Highs 9095 winds sw 510 mph tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Lows 6771 winds sw 5 mph thursday partly cloudy. Hot and humid. Isolated pm thunderstorms, mainly west of d. C. Highs 8994 winds sw 510 mph breaking right now. An alert from south korea. The live desk. Autria, major news on the korean penninsula this morning. The new south korean president moonjaein saying in the last 2 hours there is a high possibilty of war with north korea. The president who just took office last week says the norths recent missle launch is a serious threat to global peace. This Major Development comes just hours after the south said it was ready to start a 2 way dialouge with its norhtern neighbor. Right now there are 28,500 us troops in south korea. President moon jae in is scheduled to meet with President Trump in washington in late june. Happening now. Loudoun county sheriffs officials are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman in chantilly. Polive released thiscomposite sketch of the suspect. They say the woman was walking on a path on tall cedars parkway and as she approached the intersection with edgewater street, this man appeared, and grabbed her backside. She face. He had a large grin. And wide eyes. He then took off. Authorities believe he was driving this silver honda. If you have any information, youre asked to call the Loudoun County sheriffs office. Developing now. A filthy commute at Union Station and were not talking trash. Porn starting playing at one of the video screen in the stations main hall it happened monday during the evening rush. The content was apparently streaming from the website porn hub. As you might imagine, it got a lot of attention before an employee nearby saw it and turned the monitor off. Station Officials Say they believe the screen was hacked. They are now trying to figure out who was behind it and how they did it. Right now at 5 xx. Weve got four tickets to Colonial Williamsburg and they could be yours call the number on your screen right now. 7035287334. Caller number seven wins and if today isnt your lucky day dont worry. Tickets every day this week in our five oclock hour. And this morning gmw is also breaking out the benjamins. Were giving away one hundred dollars every 10 minutes starting at six oclock. Yes you heard right one hundred bucks on the 7s all next hour. Keep watching for your chances to win starting at 6 07. A summer scortcher on this wednesday. Heat and humidity staring right now. Stormwatch seven is tracking it all. But first heres whats coming up tonight on abc seven news at eleven. 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Highs 9095 winds sw 510 mph tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Lows 6771 winds sw 5 mph thursday partly cloudy. Hot and humid. Isolated pm thunderstorms, winds sw 510 mph cell phone video capturing two shocking incidents in dc. Only on 7 wheelchair appears to be dumped on the sidewalk and left what our iteam figured out. Plus chaos outside the turkish ambassadors house protesters, left bloodied by the clash what happened still ahead. Stronand restoringding a a fathers faith. Its standing tall after one surgery. Not six. Stronger is being a typical kid. Despite a rare disorder. Stronger is finding it earlier. And coming home sooner. Stronger is seeking answers. And not giving up, until you find them. We want them to grow up stronger. This morning multiple news sources report that there are memos detailing President Trumps request to then f. B. I director james comey to end a russia probe. That leads us to our question of the day if the allegations are true is it osbstruction of justice. Go to wjla. Com votenow and let us know. Suzanne kennedy is at the whtie house to break it down for us. Stay with abc7 is for all the breaking new developments our text alerts at wjla dot com slash text. Peaceful protests turned quickly into an all out brawl outside the dc home of the turkish ambassador. Several fights broke out between supporters and opponents of turkeys president who just wrapped up a meeting with President Trump. Supporters of turkeys president say it was the other side who started the violence. But the oppponentsmade up of kurds and armenians who oppose president erdogans human rights record tell another story. In all nine people were taken to the hospital. Two others were now to a story youll see only on seven. Shocking video from just outside Howard University hospital. Security guards appear to dump a woman in a wheelchair on the ground and then just walk away. Its a story we are staying on top of this morning. John gonzalez is live with more. Today a press conference will be held in southeast to honor charnice the press conference will announce the kick off to the charnice a. Milton Community Bookstore and book drive project. Authorities will also be on hand to give an update on her murder case. Milton a journalist was shot and killed waiting for a bus along good hope road. Her murder is still yet to be solved. Coming up at six. News from the offseason. The new redskins recruit with one very famous relative. And at least one thing works in washington. How the capitol is making way for ducklings. Plus cutting down on clothing costs. A new way to look great for work or wedding season without buying a single thing. Well find out if its worth it. Coming up at six. Trending now they are easy to wear and perfect for warm weather. And now a new line of rompers could be this summers newest fashion staple for men. Yes thats right. Ladies move over. A group of designers have caught the internets attention with these. The pieces look just like the rompers women wear but with key differences like a zippers fly and adjusable waist tabs. The idea sprang from a group of guys who wanted a menswear option that wasnt too corporate, fratty, or basic. Its 5 and time for a check on weather. Code orange air quality alert today record highs possible today best chance of storms friday cooler weekend ahead today hot and humid. Record highs possible. Highs 9095 winds sw 510 mph tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Lows 6771 winds sw 5 mph thursday partly cloudy. Hot and humid. Isolated pm thunderstorms, mainly west of d. C. Highs 8994 winds sw 510 mph kidd oshea in the now. Its official katy perry will be a idol we first told you about this story on monday when tmz first reported katy was deep into negotations with the idol reboot. Abc confirming yesterday at an event for advertisers that katy is in katy perry taking to twitter to show her excitment by saying so thrilled abcnetwork is bringing back americanidol, and im bringing it back to the the white house. Suzanne live tease now, good morning washington, on your side. Right now, allegations of president ial interference. Ties to michael flynn, the new information or white house. At a story you can only see on seven. I said id never seen this before. Larry Howard University hospital under fire, a woman dumped from her her wheelchair. What the hospital is telling us this morning. Autria its official, turn the heat on. Veroni j