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WJLA ABC7 News Weekly July 13, 2014

A very warm evening. Hopefully tomorrow things will improve. Going to be hot and humid. 30 chance of storms monday and tuesday. Some of those could be severe. The same cold front will bring us some fresh air for this time of july. Looking forward to it. Click stay with us. There is more ahead on saturday news extra. 7 broadcast the abc center, this is abc 7 news saturday news extra. Concerns about stability in the middle east. Ignoring International Appeals for a ceasefire. Plan. S. And other leaders to discuss the issue tomorrow. Israeli troops and tanks all along the border made a threatening move on hamas fighters in gaza. After five days of fighting, both sides firing missiles on each other, neither willing to back down. Hamas has unleashed hundreds of rockets on israel, but they have not been able to penetrate the socalled iron dome. No israelis have been killed so far. The Palestinian Death toll is at over 150 and 900 wounded. On saturday, israel intensified its bombardment of gaza. Officials say two mentally handicapped women were killed. Residents ofsing consuming arms and command centers. Palestinians have been warned to evacuate northern gaza. , including families 300 americans, are packing up to get out. This person lived in houston eight years and came back to have kids in gaza. It is very terrifying. I can barely sleep, the bombings. Israel wont let mostly been a growing number have no home. Tonight we are hearing the fear in the voice of a 12yearold girl who was kidnapped in annapolis. We have the 911 calls she made after she was able to get free. More on the call and the dispatcher who kept her calm. What is your emergency . Saturday afternoon at the dispatch center. James mcgill was about to get a onceinalifetime call through dispatch. Tried to kiss her that she does not know. Saide voice, a 12yearold she had been taking on a. Ightmare ride she said she had been taken off the street by a stranger. Touched herhis man inappropriately before she calling 911e free, in tears. You dont know where he was . No. You are safe now. Ok . Mcgill was the soothing voice trying to calm the little girl and coax her location out of the confusion and shock so he could send help. Until she sees a Police Officer or someone in a uniform, she does not feel safe. He got officers to the neighborhood in less than three minutes as the victim talked about what happened. Littlenow know the brave girl eventually led them not only to the car but also identified salisbury as the suspect. I thought about it all day. I kept on calling some of the officers to see if there were developments and later that night when i found out they had taken the person into custody, it was a sigh of relief. Were hearing from the daughter of a Business Owner who was killed during the july 4 robbery. The daughter of james said the outpouring of support has been incredibly remarkable. This comes as Police Search for the man behind the deadly robbery. Surveillance video shows the man on colorado market avenue and stealing thousands of dollars. They then hit james and his wife. Oh later died. And take a look at this video, strike that. The alcoholic Beverage Control board renewed the moratorium zone. It is now allowing new liquor licenses to be issued for restaurants in the area for the first time in five years. It also reduces the term of the moratorium, three years. Trying to monitor the effect of new licenses. As a result, the moratorium will be renewed again in 2017. Coming up, some changes could be ahead for people who ride the blue line. And a consumer alert for drivers. Why honda is recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles. And some changes in the extended forecast. Strong to severe storms. Metro will change the schedule for the blue line, but riders, that means fewer trains in Northern Virginia but Officials Say they have a plan. Jeff goldberg tells us what it involves. There is a sense of certainty when it comes to rushhour. Rushhour is really crowded. Which is why these people like what they are hearing about plans to ease the crash. You have to watch where you are going or they will knock you down. Another metro would be great. Metro had been considering a , and the other calling for a second station. Toer option one was deemed not feasible, focus shifted for a new station north of wilson boulevard connected by up to three underground walkways which would mean more blue line trains. Seems to me there are a lot of other things that can help out in the system. It is such a critical piece of infrastructure. Addition of the silver line will only add to the congestion. The solution, a new station. We need to be able to fix that chokepoint. All that means when the silver line starts running, blue line trains will run less frequently. Every 12 minutes instead of every eight minutes. Wait any longer. It is kind of annoying knowing it is not going to say seven minutes. Jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. Metro is responding to those concerns by working to increase capacity. They will convert 36 car trains into eight car trains during rush hour. As for the new station, the hope is to have it up and running in the next 1012 years. Arlington county is returning to television to push for streetcar funding. Privatell encourage investment and development. To build leaders want a streetcar line on columbia pike, but critics are concerned 350 Million Dollar price tag. County leaders voted against the public referendum last month and they say they will pay for the line with federal, state, and commercial funds. Straight ahead go to my house without my crazy cat. This bizarre 911 call about another cat that went crazy. And are we in for more beautiful weather this weekend . Were hearing another story about an outofcontrol cant holding its owners hostage. 911 after theyed said the cat went cra cra. She has is trapped in our bedroom. I dont know what happened to her. She thinks her fouryearold cap got upset when she stepped on her in the dark by mistake. We are ripped up pouring blood. We need her out of our house. We dont know what to do. She has been removed from the home and will be quarantined for 10 days. This is the second time i cat owner called 911 on its pets. Lux is now at a cap hospital in portland. Wow. Cats are going crazy because it is supermoon. That is what it is. They knew it was coming. Oh well. Speaking of the supermoon, ive got a good one for you. Shot. Ly good it looks super. Take a look at this picture over reagan national. Look at it. Does have a beautiful view. I am jealous of that. The moon is so beautiful. It is that reddish hue. Heres another one from jim knapp. The Washington Monument on the lefthand side. Other than some haze, really just spectacular viewing for the supermoon. Allwill be able to see it night long. Temperatures have fallen into the 70s. And youes, downtown, walk outside you feel that humidity. It feels so heavy, the air. Dew point temperatures in the 60s and 70s. By the middle of the week, the upper 40s and 50s. Sounds good. It is going to be delightful. Some comfortable error, but we have to deal with the heat and humidity before that. Least a nice breeze helping to blow some of the air around. A strong cold front approaching. You can see it over the great lakes pushing through northern illinois. The front continuing to get a little bit closer as we continue through the next several days. Tomorrow, a few storms possible as we climb into the 90s. Still looking quiet. Futurecast, tomorrow morning at 8 00 a. M. , maybe a few clouds. By the afternoon, it will be breezy. And with the front approaching, we could see some showers and under storms. A 30 chance where you are. The likelihood increases monday tuesday, a line of showers and storms developing along the east coast and some of them could be strong to severe and the second push of cooler air will move in on tuesday and will trigger additional chances tuesday. Tonight, warm and muggy. Is termed that when the moon is closest to the earth. Cloudy,rrow, partly 8993. And then there is a greater risk monday and tuesday. Look at the midweek forecast. Just delightful. The average 8high9 and some spots dipping down into the 50s. So you might be able to give the airconditioning a break. We will bring back the comforters. Going to feel nice. After the 90s, we will be reaching for sweatshirts. Consumer alert tonight. Honda is expanding its recall of more than 2 million vehicles over explosive airbags. It now includes the state of california and involves nine models including accord, civic, and honda says they can rupture with too much force and shootout pieces of metal. We have a list of vehicles on our website, wjla. Com. Ford announces six recalls involving more than 100,000 of its most popular models. One of them involves an axle that could cause the vehicle to stop moving. No injuries are reported so far. Ford will notify you if your vehicle is impacted by the recall. And crumbs make shop may not fall apart after all. The cupcake chain closed all of its shops on monday, but now the the profitshow is leading a group to buy crumbs. Ok, what is to see at the theaters this weekend . Uncle craig, whats the deal . Oh. You cant record that many shows at once. Why . You cant save every single cartoon. Why . You know you cant pause the tv here and play it in another room. Why . Its time for fios quantum tv. Store up to 200 hours in hd. Record up to 12 shows at once. Pause and play live tv, room to room. Plus, watch live tv on the go with the fios mobile app. Redefining what tv can be. Somefew apes hope to add sparks to the box office. Here is arch campbell with a review of dawn of the planet of the apes. The animals get smarter and the humans get dumber in the shockingly good sequel dawn of the planet of the apes. What are you doing . Society crumbles r aftea worldwide plague with a side effect that apes become really smart as dawn of the planet of the apes begins. The animals have build a colony outside of san francisco, but the humans want to restore a power dam. Kis counsels peas, but war breaksut. Dawn of the planet of the apes echoes the lion king and jurassic park. It is worth 3. 5 stars and a weekend best that. Almost four stars for a lot of movies, again again, the roger rt documentary, life itself. Snowpiercer. Three stars for 22 jump street. Very funny. And how to train your dragon 2. Couple and a half stars for transformers, tammy, and jer sey boys. Have a nice weekend, everybody. Snowpiercer. On Rosie Odonnell is officially returning to the view. The controversial host appeared 20062007. From we are told to expect additional announcements. Conservative two candidates are in the running. Jenny mccarthy believe the show next month

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