Reporter many of the victims families were at the statehouse and so were thousands of others who came to witness a day many thought would never come. For the first time in my life the state has said we are one, all the lives matter. If it offends us we will take it down. The flag that came down today will now have a new home. In the states Confederate Relic Museum as part of the deal that the lawmakers in South Carolina agreed to. Marry bruce abc7 news. Jonathan a Southern Heritage group will be going to federal court later this month in an attempt to keep the Confederate Flag on the virginia specialty license plates. Virginia governor called the Confederate Flag divisive and hurtful and said he wanted to phase out the image on the silence plate. In the lawsuit, the sons of the confederate veterans said the Charleston Church shooting was not caused by the confederate battle flag and a ban on the Confederate Flag would not have prevented it. Kimberly now to a major shakeup at the office
Apartment. With one 4yearold girl saying she average 14yearold girl saying she averaged 200 a day for providing sexual services. Back live, we spoke with the d. C. Earlier and they are concerned that there are other teenage, underage victims in this case. So they are asking parents to speak with the children and give them a call. Both of the individuals are now locked up behind bars. Reporting live from southeast jennifer donelan, abc7 news. Jonathan new tonight a background check that should have stopped accused Charleston Church gunman dylann roof buying a gun in the first place failed. F. B. I. Director said the paperwork from the arrest weeks earlier wasnt completed properly. That one report should have disqualified roof from obtaining a handgun usedded in the massacre of nine people inside predominantly africanamerican church. They ordered a full review of the f. B. I. Background check system. History outside the South Carolina state house. You can hear the cheers as the honor gua
County to the Eastern Shore of the bay. There were heavier showers there earlier. They will move out. Farther west we are tracking an area of showers across western maryland that will move east as well. The larger area is farther northwest. Look at this. A huge area of intense thunderstorms. For us it will miss us and it will head south southeast. But the same time we have to deal with a cold front. Rain totals today are well over an inch in many areas. In washington we have had 15 inches of rain just since the first day of june. Guess what else . We have the third Tropical Storm of the season. A few hundred miles off the coast of ocean city. A busy day. Kellye thank you doug. The heavy rain caused nodding in part of Shenandoah County in virginia leading to evacuations. We continue with the Northern Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg in woodstock. Jeff . Jeff well you can take a look. The flooding is bad. While it is bad its not as significant as it was a few hours ago. The water has really re
Wjla at wjla. Com. You can get the latest information on the weather through the facebook and the twitter pages or downloading the storm watch 7 app for the smart phone or tablet. Leon moving on now to a developing story in district where the Police Search for the people who shot a man inside his apartment. Brianne carter is live on the scene with the latest on the investigation. What is happening there right now . Still a lot of questions at this hour. Including how the two vims got in the Apartment Building. Take a look behind me. You can see one security resident tell us you have to use a key fob to get in here and another to get up the elevator. Somehow tonight the police saying two men ended up in an apartment on the sixth floor. Scary for sure. It makes you wonder how you will be safe. Fingerprint dust outside the door of the noma Apartment Building where a 26yearold man was shot not once but twice. I came out sunday for work and saw the police outside. Reporter according to the
Ahead. Kellye we want a timeline when we should expect the nasty weather and for how long. Dug hill is track it from the storm watch Weather Center. Doug its all quiet now. Outside the belfort furniture Weather Center bright sunshine. Temperatures in the 80s. This is a wait and see mode. Later tonight the flash flooding is possible. The entire area is in green. The ground is saturated from the rain in the past six weeks. Anticipation of heavy downpours could cause flooding. To the left is a severe thunderstorm watch. Severe thunderstorm warning. If the area of the storm continues to move on the current track i wouldnt be surprised if we didnt see the watch extended east. We are watching a strong line of thunderstorms from northwestern pennsylvania to ohio. Along the river to cincinnati and beyond. This will move at 40 miles per hour. Some part of the area could get storms 7 00 tonight. But it will be closer to 10 00 as they pull in the metro area. If it keeps the integrity, the line of