police tell us a disgruntled disgruntled employee was planning to kill a host of others in the process. richard reeve has been working on this story all evening long. many questions about the man at the center of this. neil prescott referred to himself as the joker one week after the terrific shootings in colorado. horrific shootings in colorado. i think it is really sad. people have to resort to this sort of violence. to this quiet neighborhood. it makes me a little bit angry. shock and dismay about the shooting plot that could have turned out differently. a thwarted terrorist threat. at the center of this neil prescott on the verge of being fired, he threatens to shoot up his work place during two phone calls to his supervisor. he said i am a joker. i will load my gun and blow everybody up. police first encountered him wearing a shirt like this one. inside his son they found a lot of weapons shotguns, handguns, and 40 boxes of a munition. this is a q
collection equipment. they are getting started on this. neighbors are beginning to get home and seemed stunned this is happening. we will stay on top of it and have the details as soon as we know them. keep us posted out there. thank you very much. meanwhile thousands of people took their message to end aides straight to the white house today. a handful were arrested. sam ford is live with the details. 20,000 people are here for the international aids conference and today some of them joined others who came in today from places like new york and philadelphia just to watch a march to the white house calling for funding to find a cure for aids. they had about as many causes they linked to aids as colors. robin hoods who take from the rich to find a cure for aids. there were a man from west africa. i think they have the power to start change. hiv-positive man from philadelphia. i worked with aids patience for 12 years. women are the ones who get the biggest burden. g
and they are assessing the damage to a home they have lived in four decades. you think the lord your ok. this time we got it. a tree fell on this house sharing the roof off. is now uninhabitable. another tree went down on multiple cars. hopefully this is the end of all the tragedy that has befallen on the block. she lived six days without power after the storm. it is scary in number of trees are going down. you cannot really hear them when you go down. you look out the window and then there is a major trade that has gone down. neighbors just a few blocks away are also coping with the effects of a downed tree and no electricity. i think they should consider taking down a lot of these trees. when they fall we are out of power four weeks. now the large tree has been removed and pepco can get to work. many people on this block do have power. there are a few homes still without electricity. pepco is hoping to have them restored by later this evening. suzanne kenned
morning washington, on your side. this is wednesday, july 18. i n cynné simpson . i and steve chenevey. there i n steve chenevey. let me tell you i cannot remember. such a long time. hot weather outside right now. air temperatures are going to soar. a heat advisory will go into effect at 11:00 until 9:00 this evening. montgomery county, silver spring you are looking at a heat advisory. the heat index may rise to 109 degrees. it is a very warm start 2 hour day 81 degrees at reagan national airport. highs today are 95 to 100. it will feel about 5 to 8 degrees warmer than that. showers and thunderstorms in the mid to upper 70 posture night. tomorrow, temperatures remain in the upper 80 s to lure 90 s, with temperatures high threat the afternoon. thank you so much. it is 5:002 right now. this has forced metric to allow water on that the system. jummy olabanji is in bethesda to explain what happens today. good morning, steve. when temperatures get as hot as w
basement. bad timing as a move into another heat wave. lots of people are having to live like the old days as home units are buckling under. i have replaced eight or nine of these in the last week or so. howard s house is fine, it is his car that is a hot box. mechanic shots have been swamped with cars with a broken air conditioners. we do not have time to work on other things. it is all air-conditioning. this record-breaking summer of heat is weighing on many of us, especially those who have to stay active outside. his packages are holding up under the sun better than he is. i have been pretty good. another day of 100 degree temperatures and people are running out of ways that work to stay cool. the umbrella. it is not help? it is still hot. some relief has arrived. i have a tip from air- conditioner mechanics. and make sure you change the filter in your unit. is the number one reason for breakdowns. horace holmes, abc 7 news. thank you for your reporti