While the investigations are ongoing. Maureen . Maureen thank you, jonathan. The Police Shootings have sparked protest and rallies around the country, including here in washington. Tim barber continues our Team Coverage from one of the rallies at Lafayette Square in northwest washington. Tim . Tim well, rally isnt underway just yet. Although a couple of these girls just walked by. These are the first people we have seen out here. They literally just walked by seconds ago here. That is the first time we have seen people chanting out here. Obviously, the rally is supposed to be held right here in front of the white house to send a message to president obama about the shootings. Tuesday, alton sterling was shot and killed by two Police Officers while he was being restrained in baton rouge. On the video you can hear the officers yell gun. Then yesterday, Philando Castile was shot and killed during a traffic stop in minneapolis. His girlfriend posted live footage of the aftermath. She claims castile was reaching for his license. At the white house, president facebook. The president says americans should be deeply troubled by the fatal shootings but he did not go into detail about them because the Justice Department is investigating the sterling shooting in louisiana. The rally is expected to be starting right now. Of course, we are waiting to have all the people gather out here. As soon as they do, we will get response from them and have the latest tonight at 10 00 and 11 00. Reporting live from the white house, tim barber, abc7 news. [gunshots] maureen that is body camera footage from a deadly shooting by d. C. Police last month. It happened on varnham street northeast on june 27. Police responded to a call about a man brandishing a gun. They say they repeatedly sold evans to drop his weapon over a period of several minutes. When he refused, officers fired several rounds hitting evans. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. This is the third day of which means we are officially in a heatwave. And the sticky hot weather isnt over yet. Chief meteorologist doug hill has a check of how much longer well be above 90. Doug . Doug it looks like a couple more days but there will be a profound change in the heat. More so the humidity levels will drop. Look at the numbers. 96 in washington. On the midshore in eastern maryland. It feels like 105 at the airport there. It feels like 100 degrees in fredericksburg. 96 still in the nations capital. Watching showers and thundershowers pop up. Potomac from charles county. That stays along maryland. Others in stanton will stay south of the area. Heading through the evening its muggy and partly cloudy and warm. Temperatures will only slowly fall through the 80s. Still around 83 at 11 00 tonight. Fog possible early in the morning. Then the forecast for the overnight hours, 72 to 779 degrees. Very mug 72 to 79 degrees. Very muggy. Tomorrow in the mid90s but increasing chance of widely spread thunderstorms tomorrow. Some of those could be severe. That forecast just ahead. Maureen thank you. Abc7s ryan hughes spent the day outside seeing how people are dealing with the brutal temperatures. Ryan is live from the National Mall where the folk life festival is taking place. Ryan . Ryan good evening. We have seen a lot of people out here braving the heat. Many with a water botle in their hand. Trying to stay hydrated which is good advice. Another popular spot over there under the trees in the shade trying to find any relief they can. Now organizers out here set up free water stations for people to fill up the water bottles. There is also a lot of tents, a beverage tent and a gilatto tent. They were popular. But its especially hard for the crews forced to work we saw workers collect trash in northeast section of the city. There is little relief for them. But it is a code red day. That means they got started at 6 00 a. M. Instead of 6 45. The goal is to get the job done. But stay hydrated and safe. We get out as early as possible and try to beat the sun before they get to the highest point of the day, the hottest point of the day. That is the on way to do it. Ryan back live, we checked in the festivals first aid station. They have not had any heatrelated issues so far today. But they were encouraging everyone to take it easy and stay hydrated. We are live on the National Mall, ryan hughes, abc7 news. Maureen of course. You can stay connected to the abc7 Storm Watch Weather Team through our mobile app or any of our social media platforms. You can also get any heat or stormrelated updates texted to your phone. Just sign up at two suspects are in custody. Two others remain at large following a murder in gaithersburg that police say was gangrelated. 18yearold Cristian Morales was stapped to death in malcolm king park last month. On friday Police Arrested 16yearold juan gutierrezvasquez and 19yearold vanesa alvarado. Police say the suspects at large are armed and dangerous. They say all of the suspects are members of ms13 and the suspects thought that morales was a member of a rival group. A little bit of hope in flooded parts of west virginia. Coming up, when the historic Greenbrier Resort will open. Safetrack is coming to the red line here in montgomery county. Which means you will have to jump on one of these to get around. Im scott taylor. Coming up on abc7 news, who is going to pay for it . A battle is brewing over the total b maureen the f. B. I. Director is grilled on the hill. What he is now saying about his decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton over her for the expected, and the unexpected. Know that at least the process of buying a new home can be clear and simple. Know your investments can make retirement closer than you think know. The one word behind all the guidance we provide, tools we create, d services we offer. Because when you have insight, you know. Maureen f. B. I. Director james comey is defending his decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton for using private email server for state department business. Comey testified at emergency meeting of the House Committee today. The members wanted comey to explain how he reached his decision. He said he found evidence that clinton mishandled information but did not find evidence of criminal intent. Comey denied that clinton received preferential treatment. Bedrock of our system of justice, we treat People Fairly and we treat them the same. This person mishandling the most Sensitive Information that the government can collect is not fair, its not fair to punish someone who did that . Not on these facts. Maureen comey noted every member of the Investigative Team agreed with his decision not to prosecute clinton. Comey wasnt the only big name meeting with members of congress today. G. O. P. President ial hopeful donald trump met with more than 200 Top Republicans including Congress Members in an attempt to unify the party against democrat Hillary Clinton. While he was doing that, protesters were gathered outside trump int they demanded that walmart no longer support the r. N. C. Because of trump. A virginia delegate is asking a judge to allow him not to vote for donald trump at the Republican National convention. The delegate carroll carell jr. Thinks that trump is unif it to serve. They are bound for the result of the primary that trump won. Convention in cleveland july 18. Still ahead, who should pay for shuttle wases to ease the burden of safetrack . Some local Officials Say it shouldnt be them. Who they are calling on for help. Maureen the heat is still on. Doug has when we can get relief. Robert and we have maureen covers metro tonight. Commuters in parts of maryland are about to get a red line wakeum call with the next phase of safe wakeup call with the next phase of safetrack. Heads up, montgomery county. Sections of the red line wil be going offline in august due to safetrack. That is awful for us. Because that is our main transportation. If you live or work in spots like rockville, be prepared to hear two words you never want to hear dealing with metro. Shuttle buses. Honestly, i really have no idea how i will get to work downtown. Maryland state senator wants the state to step up and help pay for shuttle buses and not dump the cost on county taxpayers. Montgomery county thinks shuttle buses will cost them anywhere from 350,000 to 1 million. Do we want a shuttle bus that comes every half hour or so . Or do we want that comes every reporter the senator jumping in the safetrack discussion with both feet through the letter she sent to Maryland Governor larry hogan. She called safetrack an emergency transportation issue. The senator wants the governor to hand over 1 million to pay for shuttle buses. So right now the ball is in governor hogans court. Will he pony up the cash or not . There is some incentive in place. Virginia has already done it. Virginia Governor Terry mcauliffe did come up with money through an executive order to help fund extra Transportation Options in virginias shut down. Virginia pledging 1 million. I found a commuteer that tells me, he is tossing in the only thing he can afford. I dont mind. Im a patient person. You have to be. You got to be sometimes. Reporter words to live by if you are riding the red line in the next few months. Maureen to get metro updates metro to 43817. Or go to wjla. Com for everything safetrack related. Right now an important meeting at the rosslyn Spectrum Theater about proposal for gondolas to link rosslyn and georgetown. The firm hired to conduct a Feasibility Study will unveil details tonight. This is a picture of what it might look like. It will make it easier to go from Northern Virginia to georgetown. The meeting goes on until 8 00 tonight. Some trails at the Shenandoah National park are closed after reports of an aggressive bear in the area. A hiker says a bear continued to approach him for food despite the efforts to scare it away. Section of the big run portal trail are closed until further notice. Green require resort is shut down for two weeks. Heavy rain destroyed homes and businesses in west virginia. The floods forced the cancellation of the pgas greenbrier classic. Its a major drive of the area economy. A lot of heat. Doug saturday afternoon is dry and hot but then it gets more comfortable. Time lapse view from northwest washington. 86 now. Beautiful sunrise. Through the day, fair weather clouds. Hazed up a the temperatures in the 90s. Todays number is 93 for the high. Four degrees above average on this day four years ago. 105 degrees. We were in the midst at that time of 11day heatwave. One of the most intense we recorded in washington. About to come to an end as well. But not until we get to another sweltering evening. It females like 100 in frederick it feels like 100 in fredericksburg. 95 in annapolis. Bay water temperatures in the lower 80s. They will track east and maybe north of due east affecting southern maryland. The showers in harrisburg along i81 wi they continue to drift south. The Bigger Picture for you. You see a cluster there. Another one there and another south of richmond. Most of the activity will sweep off to the east. Tomorrow a different story as we get through the afternoon and the evening hours. Chances of showers and storms will increase. Before it happens we hit mid90s. The humidity levels are uncomfortable. Period of sunshine throughout the day. In the afternoon some of the showers and the storms to keep an eye on. Some computer models suggest it could be a line of storms moving through in the afternoon. The Storm Prediction Center has a slight chance of Severe Weather for us. On saturday it will be in the mid90s again. Frontal system could again give us scattered showers and thunderstorms later in the day as the winds go west and northwest. The drier air will come in. Sunday the cooler air will arrive. Tomorrow is nice. Through the morning, muggy and sunshine. Then through the day we warm up to 95. The heat index value or feels like temperatures could be above 100 degrees. Possibility of heavy to isolat tomorrow an as we hit 795. Hot again on saturday with a slight chance of a late day shower or storm. Cooler. Definitely less humid sunday and monday. Tuesday, wednesday, thursday. Heat and humid are starting to build up again. Maureen and robert. Maureen thank you, doug. You told me that the wizards are on the way to las vegas. Hot there, too. Robert for basketball. Maureen no gambling. Robert none of that. The wizards head coach scott brooks has the work come out for him and his players may be in for a culture shock. What coach sa whatcha doin . Just checking my free credit score at credit karma. What the . . . Youre welcome. I just helped you dodge a bullet. But i was justhecking my. Shhh. Dont you know that checking your credit score lowers it just be cool. Actually, checking your credit score with credit karma doesnt affect it at all. Are you sure . Positive. So i guess i can just check my credit score then . Oooh check out credit karma today. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. Announcer now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealer. Robert the wizards left for vegas to get ready for Summer League action. All eyes on second year player kelly obrye. And head coach scott brooks. We see how others stack up against others in the nba. Its not just the Young Players he is tough on. He plans to push the vets the same. If the players dont like it, oh well. You want a competitive environment. Every day is not going to be pleasantville. We want to push each other. We have pieces and the verse stillty and a mixture of the veterans with younger players. Robert to wimbledon. To get past angelique kerber. She lost in straight sets. Kerber kept venus moving the entire match and williams ran out of steam. That was venus first grand slam semifinal in six years so a repeat of the Australian Open finals. Serena was victorious today. Only took her 48 minutes to win if straight sets. She will face kerber in the finals going for 22nd major title. Which would equal stefi graff record of 22 grand slam single titles. Euro 2016 semifinals. Germany and france playing for chance to face portugal in the final. Fancy footwork sets up paul pogba. 20, france, the final. The championship match against portugal will be sunday. The miami heat guard dwyane wade is coming home. For the bulls. He tweeted, chicago im ready and excited for the next chapter in my life. Im not finished nor am i done. Gobulls. Welcome home, ladainian dwyane. Maureen what is the latest . Doug its still hot and humid. Maureen you can go home now. Doug thank you. Muggy tonight. Showers and thunderstorms south of the metro in progress now. Tomorrow is 95 with a better chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 95 on saturday. That is a transition day. There are storms possible in the afternoon. Drier air late in the day. Sunday is delightful. Steve will talk about the heatwave and the latest Severe Threat tomorrow when he joins you at 11 00. Maureen world news tonight with david muir is up next. Have a good night. Unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. Like putting oregano in their water. It has natural antioxidants that keep our chickens healthy. And we dont have to use antibiotics in their diet. More like oregayes, am i right . 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You can see an officer reaching into the mans pocket afterward. On the hot seat. Did the fbi director give Hillary Clinton preferential treatment in recommending no criminal charges . How he answers that question on capitol hill. The deadly crash. A truck into a highway overpass, trapping a mother and her children. Were on the scene. And the urgent hunt for this man tonight, seen wearing gloves,
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