On seconddegree murder charges in the shooting death of john geer. Now what will happen is it will go to a jury in fairfax county, we will see exactly what happens in that process. But family and friends. Well continue to follow this, have more later. Back to you. Leon thank you, jeff. We have this just in as well. New Surveillance Video after weekend homicide in shaw. A 23yearold was shot and coiled when they opened fire. Moments ago they released Surveillance Video in regard to the case. Matt was one of my best friends. Leon mall rosenberg was a friend of Kevin Sutherland who was stabbed to death on a metro train on the fourth of july. He brought joy to Sick Children and smile to the faces of adults and tonight people are remembering Leonard Robinson known as batman. He was dressed up there as the dark knight. He died in a car crash last night near league league. He would drive up in his car and everyone would wheel out in their wheelchairs or drag out there and run out if they could and sit in the bat mobile and push buttons. Leon he gained National Attention in 2012 when police pulled him over for driving the bat mobile of his. The Montgomery County Police Released a statement praising his work and saying how the officers still smile watching video of the traffic stop. The Obama Administration launching a battle against heroin. Heroin use doubled in the past decade. The deaths have quadrupled. The heroin epidemic is bad on the east coast. Its important to recognize this is a Public Health issue and making sure that everyone is working together. Leon this will also target abuse of prescription painkillers. In the past five years in virginia more than 3,000 people died because of heroin and Prescription Drug overdoses. Trial is now underway after a deadly robbery at a hotel. Deandre accused of shooting a hotel worker at the Clarion Hotel in 2013 and is charged with murder and armed robbery. Stay with abc7. We will have continuing coverage on the trial. The getaway driver are charged as well in this case and they are set to go on trial together in october. New fallout after metro stalled out this month. The board is going to meet september 3 to review an Investigation Report due by the end of the month. Thousands were impacted with the nonpassenger train went off the tracks. It turns out metro was aware of the issue weeks before but didnt take steps to solve it. Donald trump is on jury duty today. He greeted by waving and shaking hands. The g. O. P. Frontrunner has been called previously but failed to appear in the past. Trump continues to lead the pack for the g. O. P. According to a new fox news poll he has earned 25 support of the likely voters across the nation. Retired neurosurgeon ben carson is second at 12 . Senator cruz third at 10 . Jeb bush behind him. Bush, scott walker and marco rubio are all losing ground according to recent numbers. So why is donald trump continuing to get support from the Republican Voters . They believe he is connecting with a disenfranchised public. Jeff barnes explains. Jeff he came flying out of the gate. Mexico sends people, they are not sending their best. They are bringing drugs, crime, theyre rapists. Jeff it drew backlash and reignited a national debate. If it werent for me you wouldnt be talking about illegal immigration. Jeff trump is backing up tough talk with the specific on immigration. He supports a wall between u. S. And the mexico to be paid for by the mexican government. Mandatory deportation of undocumented immigrants, ending automatic u. S. Citizenship based on birth. Defunding of sanctuary cities. We are building a wall, it will be a wall that nobody is going through my wall. This is not a negotiation of a real estate deal. That makes no sense. Jeff according to a poll released last week republicans in iowa belief donald trump is the best g. O. P. Candidate on illegal immigration, terrorism and not so surprisingly the economy. He is a smart businessman. Reporter the overwhelming Media Coverage good and bad is good for business for Donald Trumps came call campaign. He gets ten times the coverage of the other candidates. Jeff he took time out today to go to jury duty. Im jeff barnes. Leon the 300 men march brought antiviolence march to washington. They walked through the night from baltimore. 35mile long trek. This is the groups largest event yet. A welcoming party greeted them when they arrived. The objective was to spread the message we must stop killing each other so everybody you know, young people learn a lot. So we are leading by example. Leon organizers say the spike in violence this summer in big cities across the country makes the message more important than ever. Each week, they canvass the high crime areas of baltimore calling for Peaceful Solutions to longstanding problems. Still ahead on abc7 news at 6 00 homes and businesses in the path of a Massive Wildfire in the west. Rush to contain the fire with hot and dry weather ahead. Plus, he made National Headlines for killing cecil the lion. Now the dental practice is reopening. And the battle over powdered alcohol and the potential impact. Thats next. Doug im doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. Temperatures in the 90s. A lone heavy downpour over part of Montgomery County. We track the radar next at a nouses youre watching announcer youre watching abc7 news at 6 00. 7 on your side. Leon more than a 100 wildfires in eight states. Among the hardest hit, washington state. Taking a toll on income and apple production. Hundreds of homes in oregon, california and aid he reduced to ashes. Thousands of people evacuated the homes, some with minutes to spare. This whole ridge was on fire. That whole hillside there. This whole hillside on fire tonight. I was outrunning flames at 60 miles per hour. Leon elderly woman in idaho died after falling while leaving her home. The National Interagency fire center said troops are called in to help the firefighting efforts. The u. S. Forest service expects to burn through the yearly firefighting budget by next week. Northwestern University Players wont be able to form a union. They wanted to be paid beyond scholarships but the National Labor Relations Board ruled unionizing one team would not provide instability in the ncaa. A dental practice is back open after making National Headlines. The dentist there, Walter Palmer killed the famed lion cecil in africa. It triggered anger in america and sparked a new debate about poaching. The Office Tweeted today it was starting to sea patients again but says palmer is not there at the office. 7 on your side now with health matters. First case of west nile in a horse in virginia. The north was not vaccinated for the mosquitoborne disease. Mosquito can transfer the sickness to humans, and horses and other animals as well. No human cases have been reported to this point. Health officials remind you to take steps to prevent yourself from mosquito bites when you go outdoors. You cant buy it yet but 21 states including virginia banned product alcohol. The product clearedded the final regulatory hurdle but Chuck Schumer pushing for a nationwide ban. His state became the latest. Powdered alcohol could go on sale later this year. Still i head on abc7 news at 6 00 we will have our First Responder that wants to come up and meet me. Hello. Leon hello indeed. They saved her life almost 30 years ago. Now they are reunited for the first time. Incredible story coming up. More heat and humidity ahead. Chance for storms as well. Come back with the full forecast ahead. Robert i em robert. Rgiii tells abc7 he is the best quarterback in the league and it goes viral. Oneonone with rgiii at abc7 news at 6 00 leon new at 2 00, a grisly crash they will never forget. But now 30 years later, she is reunited with the people who saved her life. Brad bell reports. Brad three inseparable friends. Seniors. In november 1986 they were driving home together as usual to new carolton when the car was crushed by a fully loaded out of control dump truck. Only lisa would survive. Today 29 years later, lisa now the mother of four met who saved her life for the first time. My next responder come on up. Each of the First Responders most now retired, remember lisas wreck like it was yesterday. I cut the seat belt off of you. I was a paramedic and one of the first units that responded. One of those calls you never forget. Earlier in year, lisa who was a Yoga Instructor hired by a former p. G. Fire chief to teach a class to survivors of fallen firefighters. She told him her story and asked if he could arrange a meeting. This is all a matter of healing. The process of healing. They are humble, humble heroes. Thats what i do and what i love to do. Im going to keep on doing it. Brad that is lisa up now in the cabof the rescue truck the one ordered after her crash. She says she wants to go on and give thanks to every day of her life. In bowie, brad bell, abc7 news. Leon great. Every time they leave the station now they would like to have a reunion like that at some point. Absolutely. Leon can you reunite with us with comfortable weather . Doug a couple of weeks ago we had dry air, low 80s and sunshine. Its not like that but not intensely hot and humid. Best i can offer. Here is what we have. We have been looking at the stubborn area of heavy rain. If you look at the time lapse from nist in gaithersburg you will see the area form up before your eyes. You wont be able to miss it. Keep watching. Boom. Heavy rain. Drifting east northeast. Still rain. You can tell its not as strong as 20 or 30 minutes ago. Before an hour ago it looked like that. Then it has been diminishing slowly and slowly. Might get to gaithersburg. Will rain itself out. Everywhere else is partly sunny and hot and humid. 91 at reagan national. 91 at gaithersburg. 990 in manassas. 94 in fredericksburg. The humidity levels are high enough that it feels warmer. Feels like 97 in fredericksburg. 99 in frederick. 93 in winchester. 97, the heat index at the nations capitol. After sunset the temperatures will drop a bit. Muggy with the southeasterly winds. Temperatures are likely to stay in the metro in 70s. Translate to this morning where we had areas in lower 50s before sunrise. Satellite and radar. Still clear. If you look closely dont want to hurt your eyes. Blue dot. That is a shower. It shows up on the satellite from 22,000 miles up. All by itself. Everything else is clear. Showers and clouds to the west. This High Pressure will move out of the way. We may see a little of it tomorrow. 30 chance of the forecast in the afternoon. Few showers and the isolated thunderstorms. The skies will turn partly sunny in the morning. Jump the chances of the showers to 60 . It wont be cooler or drier. 80s toward the day. The conditions will improve rapidly heading through saturday. That is the latest. Leon its keeping up. Robert whats that, doug . You are the best meteorologist in the country . He said it, not me. The rgiii drama starting early this season. When does it stop . Okay. What rgiii told us that has gone viral next in sports. Announcer now the toyota sports desk brought to you by local toyota dealers. Robert if you ever played sports most likely you were taught to believe you were the best, better than all the rest. Whether it was peewe or pro football or any other sport. For some reason it doesnt go over well for rgiii. Now that might be because he hasnt shown he is the best. Last year he got degree after comparing himself to tom brady, Peyton Manning and Aaron Rodgers at one of his weekly press conferences. Fans did not like that. In a oneonone interview you can only see her on abc7 he sat down with alex parker and said the three magic words , im the best. Here is our question to rgiii. Do you feel like you are competing . I dont know technically for the starting job but do you feel you have to prove you are the best quarterback or is it easier for you just to assume that is the case, you dont weigh, it doesnt weigh on you . You know what im trying to say . Robert i dont know what you are saying but i dont feel i have to come out here and show anybody anything. Why im better than this guy or that guy. I go out and may and i know im the best quarterback on this team. I know, i feel like im the best quarterback in the league. I have to go out and show that. Any athlete at any level that concedes to someone else, they are not a top competitor, they are not trying to be the best they can be. There are guys in league that have done more than me but i still view myself as the best because thats what i work toward every day. When i step on the field its time for me to go out and prove it. That is what i do every time. Robert one final note the nationals are offment to before heading to colorado for a threegame series with the rockies. They have lost six in a row. Leon backup rgiii back to rgiii he proved in 2012 he was among the best in league. He can prove it again. Robert speaking greatness. Leon speaking of greatness, there he is. Doug talk about the heat and humidity. Lower 90s. Felt like 100s. Tomorrow slight chance of thunderstorm in the afternoon and the evening. Better chance of storms wednesday and thursday. Still in the 80s and muggy. 60 chance of storms clearing friday and saturday. We settle in a pattern to be partly cloudy with the daily thunderstorm chances on sunday and monday. That is kind of muggy. You will feel it when we go outside. Its hot and humid. Brian van de graaff in at 11 00 with an update. Leon so hot outside i saw superman calling a cab. World news tonight up next. Hav breaking news tonight. The heat wave hits the east. A tornadoes outside denver. Also the fire emergency. You can see the frames of the homes burning to the ground. The teams battling multiple fires at this hour. One camera, the fire retardant coating the lens. The earthquake hitting france along a fault line tonight. We are having an earthquake. Terror in the streets tonight. The debt lid explosion in bangkok. The death toll growing. Donald trump and his new plan. His idea to send 11 million undocumented immigrants and their children home. We ask trump, how will he do it . Good
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