Two firefighters were injured in this mornings fire. This is the fifth deadly fire in Montgomery County this year. Smoke poured out of the windows and roof of this home early this morning after a fire level,through the split ultimately claiming the life of an 81yearold woman. This is very sad. Very sad. Montgomery county fire officials tell us the fire started in the basement of the house around 4 30. The man who lived in the basement was able to get out on his own and told firefighters his mother was still inside on the second floor. An old lady. She seemed very nice. Firefighters went in through an upstairs window. Abc 7 cameras were there as the injured woman was pulled from the home. The woman was taken to the hospital where she later died. Two of the firefighters involved in that initial rescue were taken to the hospital as well. Minor injuries and things of that nature. A gas lineters say to the house complicated matters, making it more difficult at times for firefighters to put out the blaze. We do not know anything about. Cause yet im just so pleased to see all. His equipment reassuring, i guess. Fire Officials Say there were no working smoke detectors in the home. This is the fifth eyerelated totality in the counter this year. The fifthrelated for talent fifth firerelated but fatality in the county this year. Montgomery county firefighters plan to return to the neighborhood today and check to distribute smoke detectors. Noon, Navy Officials arrested the father of a 15 euro boy 15monthold boy who died after being left inside a hot car. On wednesday, police found the toddler in the backseat of the parked car. First responders tried to revive him, but it was too late. More fallout this note from last months shooting death of Michael Brown by a ferguson, missouri, police officer. The Justice Department plans to open a civil rights investigation into the Ferguson Police department and other Police Departments in st. Louis county. Attorney general eric holder will make that announcement this afternoon. Whitel represent the houses most aggressive step yet. This move is part of a sixmonth citywide pilot program. The Police Department and los angeles as well as new york city also plan to conduct pilot s this year. Were into the herd day of jury deliberations in the mcdonnell corruption trial. Jurors continue to examine. Estimony and other evidence we go live to richmond for more. Good afternoon to both of you. Saying thatspencer the jurors looked good, that he was glad to have them back, and raring to go. Ed with that, he sent them back to deliberations. About its 15th hour of deliberations here in a public Corruption Case of bob and maureen mcdonnell. The puck a former governor walked down the street with his son accompanying him. He said he is combating the game byf this waiting working out and reading the bible. He said he is confident the jury will do the right thing. Waiting on the jury is i think the toughest part of any case. I spent a lot of time as a lawyer waiting on juries myself. The providence of god and his goodness in my life has guided me through many years. I just place all my hope and trust in him. When i have such a remarkable family, it has not been too hard to shoulder the burden. Maureen came this morning before the former governor did with her daughters by her side, stoically walking into the federal courthouse here. The governor says the people have been incredibly gracious to him, and he has found out through this 18month ordeal exactly who his friends are. He even said to the media that he was gracious for their politeness and cooperation as he and into the courthouse leaves several times a day. Everyone here trying to guess exactly what the jury will do, but there is absolutely no way to figure that out. The only thing we know is they are still back in a room trying to make heads or tails of that case. Thank you. Should point out we have multiple crews in richmond covering the trial. Once a verdict comes down, we will bring it to you on abc 7 as well as on our website,. As well as on our website, wjla. Com. Butrm day outside, definitely looking warm outside. The storms today likely southwest in d. C. 82 degrees. Down the river at reagan national, 85. You can see a good bit of the cloud cover mixed with some sunshine, but temperatures all inoss the board generally the 80s as we progress, but with the very high humidity today, it already feels like 90 like 80 and it feels nine degrees downtown. I promised i wanted to quickly doppler, because no precipitation on the radar as of yet, but later this afternoon, we could be seeing some storms may be around stanton, harrisonburg, but mainly southwest of town. Temperatures climbing to around 90 degrees with an isolated thunderstorm possible west. Much more on the cooler and drier weather in our forecast coming up later. Thank you very much. A boil water advisory remains in effect for parts of Prince Georges County today. The Washington Sanitary Commission says the advisory can possibly extend into friday as officials continue to test the water. This comes after a 24inch water main burst. Officials are urging residents in the affected area to use bottled water or boil any water they use from the tap. Coming up at noon, an alarming study on gun violence and local schools. Coming up, what researchers uncovered about gunshots near school buildings. , the happening right now issues expected to dominate the discussion when nato leaders meet. And learn what is ahead for dancing with the stars and the view are theres alarming new study about gunfire near d. C. Schools. The study found that large numbers of students could hear gunshots near those schools during the 20 11 and 2012 school year. John gonzalez spoke with parents who say they are concerned. The Police Department hopes to keep the anxiety down a lot. Today, an injury on a school bus, but too often, ambulances mean somethingls much more series. Him on his committing crimes in the area. Those are the text alerts that make her cringe. She has two children in Public Schools. You just on the what to do. You cannot going to school and pick up your kids. A new study shows a large number of d. C. School students heard gunfire near their classrooms during the 20112012 school year. More than half of the incidents in the city that included shots fired occurred within 1000 feet of a Public School building. They are doing a good job, but once you get out of school, its kind of different. The Study Released this week took a close look at schools, public and charter, near gunfire. Four schools had nine to 11 incidents of gun violence within 500 feet. Booker t. Washington, el haynes onlic charter, el haynes kansas, and meridian all in northwest d. C. I teach them to be aware of their surroundings. The crisis in ukraine is one. F the issues being discussed some leaders call it the most important summit ever. The first important visit by an american leader ever to wheels began with a trip to school. Eager students learn more learn why more than 60 World Leaders are in their town. Who can tell me what nato means . The north atlantic treaty organization, a western europe defense alliance, only what its leader calls the most important summit ever. We are gathered here in wales at a Pivotal Moment for our security. Russian aggression and agenda here. The russian president Vladimir Putin has proposed a ceasefire. The violence continues. Ukraine is not a member of nato, but president poroshenko today had a seat at the table. President vately with obama and western leaders to seek financial and military aid. What russians understand is if they continue this approach in ukraine, this pressure will be ramped up. President obama will run a banquet at the historic castle. The natoleaders at summit are also discussing the growing isil threat. Western leaders are considering a possible role in containing the threat from the group in iraq and syria. In an editorial by president obama and british prime mr. , leaders say the nations will not be cowed to extremists. Ok, ready . Eight children and one adult were taken to the hospital for burns and smoke inhalation. A demonstration about the science of tornadoes was under way when a chemical flash occurred. The museum was not damaged and will reopen in about 45 minutes. There has been a number of arrests in new york, detroit, and other cities after thousands took partod workers in a nationwide strike. Theyre calling for a 15 memo late in the right to form a union. They say the current minimum wage is not a living wage, especially for workers with families. Today might be a good day to try to take the lunch out doors. You can get it in before the rain hits. I think we still have another few hours. Not everyone is going to see storms, but mainly southwest of town is where we will see though storms. It looks kind of dismal to start by day with the clouds, but sunrise, we had brilliant color, and you can actually see almost the humidity just from this rooftop camera. We have sunshine now really helping to boost temperatures right now into some of those puffy cumulus clouds at the Montgomery College campus. 80 degrees in chesapeake beach, maryland, where we had our weatherbug camera. Temperatures elsewhere with a little bit of sunshine when out of to 85 degrees downtown. 88 in frederick. 82 in manassas, but again, that so much makes it feel hotter. Yesterday, we got a little bit of rake in the humidity. Two point temperatures back up to 70 degrees. When it really starts to feel rather muggy and very oppressive. That is what also makes the temperature feel that much harder. In frederick right now, it feels like 95. 87 is what it feels like in orange, virginia. 91 as the feels like temperature and fredericksburg. We have the humidity with us all day today and saturday before a strong cold front comes through and brings us a little bit of taste of fall. Right now, pretty dry over us, but with this little boundary southwest of town, we may see a storm. Hot and humid conditions ahead of this cold front will swing through for us on saturday. Nice and dry. Notice later this afternoon, this evening, a few showers popping up. Otherwise, partly cloudy through the overnight hours. Patchy fog. Slight chance for a few thunderstorms tomorrow. Simulation, but the greatest risk of showers and thunderstorms will come late in the day on saturday as that cold front slides through. 86 to 91 for the remainder of the afternoon. Again, slight chance for an isolated storm. Patchy fog developing. Another hot and humid day, similar to today, with an isolated thunderstorm threat in the afternoon and evening. As i mentioned saturday, i know its not the best timing with a lot of people often the weekend enjoying the time outside, but the cold front will bring us down as far as temperatures go. 80 degree high temperatures. Lows in the low 60s. Its going to feel so nice, and we will finally get a little bit of taste of fall. Huge change. I cannot wait. Thank you. Well, the wait is over. You know what that music means. The cast has been announced for season 19 of dancing with the stars. Some familiar names include rebiero, best known as carlton banks from the fresh prince of bel air. Political commentator tavis smiley also hitting the dance floor. Along with designer Betsey Johnson and tommy chong of cheech and chong. With the stars returns september 15 right here on abc 7. Im going carlton banks all the way. Hes the man. Also prepare for some new faces on abcs the view. Actressork announced rosie perez will join the talk alongside Whoopi Goldberg and rosie odonnell. Previous cohosts Jenny Mccarthy and Sherri Shepherd left over the summer. So much happening on september 15. Regularead, as the nfl season kicks off tonight, a new request somee you ready for football . I know we all are. The nfl regular season kicks off tonight with the Green Bay Packers taking on the reigning super bowl champion seattle seahawks. That game will take place in seattle. Move over, ice bucket challenge. The redskin cheerleaders are hoping to raise awareness about the raise awareness about another condition. Lindsay murray has been entertaining d. C. Sports fans for six years, first as a wizards dancer, and then as one of the first ladies of football, a redskins cheerleader. A stunning diagnosis in 2011 sideline her career. She was diagnosed with one of the rarest tumors there is, considered to be incurable. It was actually kind of a shock. I was not expecting to hear the word tumor come out of my specialists mouth. I was in a state of shock. I remember receiving the news and just kind of blacking out a little bit. Well, there is a happy ending. Will share her story of how she is now living almost tumorfree and how she has inspired an online challenge. Switching gears, a group that wants the Washington Redskins to change their name is sending a letter to broadcasters requesting that the name not be used on public airwaves. This letter comes from the change the Mascot Movement headed by the united Indian Nation of new york. The owner of the redskins has said that he will never change. He teams name and just a short time ago, the statue of former raven star ray lewis was unveiled. Look at those flames. The sculpture depicts lewis doing his signature pregame dance. He was with the ravens for 17 years before retiring at the end of the 2012 season. Look at those flames . Ghs. At those ties thi a woman who loves to share her passions. Grandma mary has atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. That puts her at a greater risk of stroke. Rome . Sure be mary took warfarin, which required monthly trips to get her blood tested. But thats history. Back to the museum . Not this time now that her doctor switched her to onceaday xarelto®, mary can leave those monthly trips behind. Domestic flight . Not today like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce afibrelated stroke risk. But xarelto® is the first and only onceaday prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem that doesnt require regular blood monitoring. So mary is free of that monitoring routine. For patients currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto® and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. Xarelto® is just one pill a day taken with the evening meal. Spinach . Grazie plus, with no known dietary restrictions, mary can eat the Healthy Foods she likes. Dont stop taking xarelto®, rivaroxaban, unless your doctor tells you to. While taking xarelto®, you may bruise more easily and it may take longer for bleeding to stop. Xarelto® may increase your risk of bleeding if you take certain medicines. Xarelto® can cause serious bleeding, and in rare cases, may be fatal. Get help right away if you develop unexpected bleeding, unusual bruising, or tingling. If you have had spinal anesthesia while on xarelto®, watch for back pain or any nerve or muscle related signs or symptoms. Do not take xarelto® if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. Tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures. Before starting xarelto®, tell your doctor about any conditions, such as kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. Switching to xarelto® was the right move for mary. Ask your doctor about onceaday xarelto®. Portlandears a dog in has a sweet tooth for socks. Get this a families threeyearold great dane swallowed 43 socks. The family did not realize it until he got sick. Vets had to operate to remove all of them. And all that time, they thought they were getting lost in the dryer. I dont have a dog. I was wondering where my socks are going. The great dane is like a pony. 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