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WJLA ABC 7 News At 600 May 7, 2015

Sparked riots across the country in the past year. Just last week in baltimore, the violence adds urgency to proposals for Arming Police officers with body cameras. They are necessary in this day and age. I think they protect both sides are at reporter reporter the d. C. City council took up the impact on police and the general public. It will deter bad behavior. Reporter the mayor wants to spend more than 5 million outfitting thousands of police with body cameras by the end of the year. She and the police chief maintained the department does not have the technology or personnel to redact or edit images to protect those, camera. We have a to protect the privacy of those with whom we interact. Reporter chair of the Judiciary Committee poses an obstacle to e mayors plan. He does not with the images to be withheld from the public. You cannot afford to rush through this in haste. Reporter with distrust of police rocking the country, any believe body cameras are necessary despite privacy concerns. No, i do not have a problem with it. Reporter this is what the differences boil down to. There are some who say it these images are not released to the public, the police will still be policing themselves. There are those that say if the images are released, people in their most vulnerable moments may likely wind up on youtube. Maureen the state of maryland is on the way to getting body cameras. Governor larry hogan signed a bill to weeks ago clearing the way for widespread use. Virginia is debating how to best implement the technology. Someplace departments, including fairfax and manassas are now using body cameras. And the like of what happened in baltimore, the use of force by d. C. Police will be reviewed by independent monitors it the auditors often hire a consultant to determine whether to d. C. Police department is complying with reforms mandated under a agreement with the Justice Department. That agreement was based on a review requested by former d. C. Police chief Charles Ramsey in 2001. U. S. Attorney general Loretta Lynch says she will decide soon whether to launch a fullscale Justice Department investigation into the Baltimore Police department. Baltimore mayor stephanie rawlingsblake as for the review yesterday. It follows the death of freddy gray in custody last month and the subsequent protests and a right. Right. Riots. The Police Commissioner says he welcomes the federal investigation. D. C. Police are looking into a pair of armed robberies believed to be connected. Both robberies happened last night in georgetown, not far from the main strip along m street. The other was at the University Campus just a mile away. First, a male student was robbed at gunpoint on the campus. Authorities say the suspect was a man and woman posing as a couple. About an hour later, police say the same pair allegedly robbed a man woman on 30 force 31st street. A federal Appeals Court has ruled that the National Security agency ball collecting of american phone records is illegal. A really for the Manhattan Court points out congress did not authorize the action. The judges will allow it to continue so that congress can act on legislation. The issue is likely to come up soon as Congress Debates whether to extend the patriot act which expires in june. The set the senate has voted overwhelming to give congress the final say on any nuclear deal with iran. The vote today was 981, with her vulcan tom cotton and arkansas the house is effected about next week. Some eyeopening information tonight about how terrorists are using social media and how far behind the u. S. Is encountering their messages. Senior political reporter scott newman is live. He is the result of an alarming reporter a recent attack in texas serves as a reminder that the use of social media by the terror group might be inspiring but encouraging the acts of violence. A Senate Committee got an earful of evidence on that today. The video they are doing are incredibly slick fancy. Reporter as powerful as weapons they use, and the heart and the u. S. For beginning the same traction. Is laughable. Three retweets. To retweets. Reporter and the isil zombies are waiting to be called up. We have hollywood and the capability to blow these guys out of the water. Reporter experts testified on the health of the u. S. Should capitalize on this high ticket manages and an untapped resource. If you want to fight act against the recruitment of 16yearold kids, you need to work with 15yearold kid. Reporter a could flood the internet with the narrative showing the unattractive side of terrorist groups here at should the u. S. Shut down terrorist web accounts . On one hand you have the ability to radicalize people to action. On the other the other the ability to gather information on them. Reporter and now another group young women suddenly making up 20 of terror converts. Social media romanticizes what it is like to be part of this crusade. Obviously, it is not the truth. Reporter experts say the u. S. Should you sample social media to amplified the losses of isil and i will get damage their brand. Live on capitol hill, Scott Maureen coming up at 6 00. At local boy things police and firefighters for a birthday that almost did not happen. What he found inside a familys car that left him fighting for life. A big change to tolls on a popular maryland bridge and when drivers will see the savings. And a bus catches on fire. Its now strapping on interstate 95. What was inside the bus that surprised police. Doug come fully come from the warm outside right now. But in the next few days temperatures up. We have it all under sevenday and it is next at maureen looks like traffic is slowly getting back to normal on southbound 95 after a buzz cut iron your stafford. It appeared to have started in the looks department of the bus and when police opened it they found a man inside. He is now hospitalized in serious condition. No word why he was there are what started the fire. The 28 passengers were able to get off the bus safely. The university of Mary Washington will soon face federal scrutiny. A womans group on the School Campus filed a title ix complaint. The group says the university is nothing to protect women against online harassment, threats, and cyber bullying. They are not done anything with conviction. They have not acted on our complaints. We show them 700 threats on yik yak they did nothing. Maureen the schools rugby team was reported for a sexually with a chant last year. The University Says its top goal is to provide a safe environment for students. In just under an hour, Fairfax County School Board Members me to vote on a controversial issue. Whether to include gender identity and its antidiscrimination policy. The issue has generated a lot of debate. The meeting starts at 7 00 tonight at Jackson Middle School in falls church. Abc seven at 6 00, one week after a child is nearly killed inside a family car, he is meeting those who saved his life. What was in that car and what makes todays a special is next. Plus, an early taste of summer. Doug hill has details on our warm up under way. Doug reporter the caps are only one win away from the eastern conference finals. Why the coach says that is nothing at this point. John wall and how teaming to reacting to his maureen we are investigating a frightening possibility that a stranger with whom your child plays online could show up at your door. This is known as grooming pick. Eight look at the stranger in the consul and why children often do not understand stranger danger in the online world. A little boy from Seat Pleasant is saying thank you today for a birthday he almost did not get to see. Its because of what he found inside a familys wants stolen car one week ago. Reporter here is how it all started. He was playing in the back of a vehicle with an eightyearold relative to accidentally stabbed him with a scalpel that Authorities Say had been left in the car when the car had been stolen sometime earlier. Unfortunately when this hit it is like, it hit the femoral artery. Fire officials and medics tell us that he was going to die. He was going to bleed out unless something remarkable happened. A Good Samaritan called 911. A Police Officer to the scene in under two minutes and apply pressure to the wound. Seconds later, a firefighter arrived and he was whisked off to the hospital in a nebulous. He survived. He returned today to the closest fire station on Capitol Heights to meet the minimum and who saved him and celebrate his birthday. Yes, today is his eighth birthday. I think it would be safe to say that this shall not be here today if it had not been for the actions of first is funny officers. First responding officers. We do it because we care. We do it because every life matters to us reporter . Reporter reporter he is having a wonderful time at his birthday party. Coming up at 11 00, youll hear from demari and you will watch a special birthday dance. Jay korff, abc 7 news. Maureen happy birthday and many many more. The Smithsonian Museum of african event in history and culture is not expected open until late last year. A little last year. But visitors can get a state because some the future exhibit starting tomorrow. The new exhibit will be on display at the smithsonian American History bcm. It includes clothing from james brown and a running suit one worn by carl lewis. It was originally expected to open this year. It will soon cost a little less to drive to marylands eastern shore. Governor larry hogan announced a drop in state toll prices. That means two dollars in savings for those spending cash on a roundtrip on the bay bridge. Ezpass users will save close to three dollars. The monthly fees being waived. Tolls are being reduced on the interconnect or intercounty connector and bridges and tunnels in baltimore. All of those reductions take effect july 1, just in time for the big summer holiday. We have a little summerlike whether. Doug definitely a preview. Were talking awesome leader 90 degrees for tuesday of next week. First up, we want to take you to trailside middle school. Watch the sun come up. A beautiful there sunshine. Lower humidity than yesterday. No showers, no storms, no hail, no runs, no errors, no runs on base. Images will settle to the 70s. We hit 80 at Reagan National for a high. 73 and 54 are the averages. Hitting 90 is not unusual in may. The record is set back in 1931 it was 95 degrees. Upper 70s to about 80 across many parts of the area. Anyone in winchester. 79 degrees at Reagan National airport. Pollen count in the high reach retreat pollen, for grasses, for weeds, and spores in the low range. The rain gives us a break and then we get the rain and the sun and all of sudden pollen is flying. It was like the pollen count will be high for the next couple of days at least until we get the next chance of rain. Clearing skies tonight. Areas of fog possible. We cool down between 58 and six e4 degrees. The big weather story is is area of low pressure developing just south of the South Carolina coast. The National Weather Service Reports investigation by Hurricane Hunter aircraft this afternoon and they found the wind at about 40 Miles Per Hour and some circulation developing. It could become the first subtropical or even Tropical Storm of the season. If it is named it will be anna. Futurecast shows circulation with it. Notice how widespread this circulation gets. Counterclockwise. A very tropical looking rotation pattern. It will be very warm and humid and unstable weatherwise through sunday and monday. We could well see some afternoon showers and thunderstorms especially sunday and into monday and possibly even into tuesday. It will be a gorgeous day. The high about 82 degrees. For the next seven days heat and humidity starts to build and. Afternoon and evening showers. Some areld be close to 90 degrees for the day on tuesday. Maureen we have a medical report tonight about john wall. Robert you and i both know my basketball. We will talk about that. John wall issa get better or the wizards will have Serious Problems in the playoff stretch. The latest on his injury. Andwo and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. Robert wall has been averaging 13 point and five rebounds during the playoffs. As of now, the wiz do not know if they will have them for their meder of the postseason. Yesterdays reports say that wall had five nondisplaced factors in his wrist. And hand. His playing status for saturday has yet to be determined. He set up for game two after he told trainers his wrist did not feel right and a plan was for him to be back by saturdays game three at verizon. We spoke with players and they see the series is far from over. By no means to be feel like this series is over here. We will continue to go out there and play around with one another and use that as motivation to go out and win for john. Robert the caps have to feel good about where they are right now. It is hard to believe but the caps win tomorrow and theyre off to the eastern conference finals. That is a long way from not making the finals last season. They have a nice lead, but that much in the playoffs. It is one thing to be down three games, and another down only to. When you are up 31, you still want to play like you are down 31. We are in a good position. The work is still left out there. All you want to do is have your best effort and you let the result by where it is. Today is a letter daytoday. Get on the plane and travel there and then we will play the game tomorrow. Robert step your golf game of. 2015 players championship and look at jason bohn. Looks strong, a perfect approach, and he gets even better. A little bounce and paula. How about that . Rory mcilroy finished three under in tiger isevening 16. Even through 16. Robert the wizards in a looking for you doug steve rudin will highlight the humidity building when he joined you tonight at 11 00. Alison hope you will join us at 11 maureen we have breaking news tonight. Straight from the fbi. The terror threat. The fbi just now warning there are hundreds of isis followers here in the United States right now, being told to quote, kill kill americans. Fresh off that deadly gun fire in texas. Pierre thomas standing by. The scare in the sky tonight. The flight taking off from the south, headed to new york city. Smoke the cabin. You can hear the alarms. The Severe Weather threat tonight. Major storms. Oh my were getting hit so hard. Deadly or the nay domes already. 48 reported twisters. Firing back tonight. Tom brady, his agent calling it a sting. His own father calling it framegate. And the intruder caught on video. The man following this middle School Student home right into her house. She fights back and now, the manhunt tonight

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