Transcripts For WJLA ABC 7 News At 400 20240622 : comparemel

Transcripts For WJLA ABC 7 News At 400 20240622

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 the integrity and the storms we could get heavy storms this evening. But right now this is sunshine. 87. Warm afternoon. The concerns tonight when will the storms arrive. Closer we get to 10 00 or 11 00 the better after the chances of storms than anyplace in the metro area. We have more and keep an eye on the radar to report back in a few minutes. Back to you. Jonathan thank you. Kellye the rough weather playing a big role and concerning for people out there right now for the thousands of fans expected at the swift taylor swift concert. Jonathan mike conneen live at nats park with what we learn on a storm, an evacuation plan. They dont want to do this but they have to have a man in place. Mike a lot of the plans arrived at the ballpark. The swifties are hoping this is not a wash out. What fans need to know according to the nats ballpark website, you can bring a poncho rain jacket and collapsible umbrella. 16 inches by 16 inches. Not backpacks. No backpacks allowed or selfie sticks no beach balls or large signs. A lot of people are lining up at the nats ballpark. Fans are encouraged to wear flat shoes that are comfortable, especially if they have field tickets and if it rains. Any cancellation and backup plans we spent all day reaching out on the phones to the concert promoter to find out what might happen if the weather turned severe. The ballpark referred us to the taylor swift p. R. Team. We did not hear back in time for the broadcast. Swift and other artists will pause, delay shows or play shorter sets in case of severe or tough weather. Its also worth noting there is no home game at the nats ballpark tomorrow. Nats are enjoying the allstar break. Taylor swift has a concert in chicago on saturday. Hopefully it wont be worth worrying about the storm will blow over here at the nats ballpark. The gates open at 5 00 p. M. The concert is underway at 7 00 p. M. Coming up next hour we have the details on the d. C. Fire Department Role that is in standby mode for events like in this case of an evacuation or emergency. Reporting live mike conneen, abc7 news. Kellye stay connected to abc7 news and wjla. Com as we track the weather. Be sure to download the storm watch app so you can get alert on your mobile device. This is just in. A 39yearold takoma park man under arrest charged with distributing child porn. Investigators say a search of bradley porters home turned up computers and external hard drivings containing images of child pornography. Porter left the area and ended up in knoxville, tennessee, but then turned himself over to maryland police. Hey, hey hey. Dont touch me. Jonathan we are asking questions about what led to this video you are looking at that shows a father in the middle of the argument with a metro station manager. We are told this started because the mans 4yearold daughter needed to use the restroom. Brianne carter live with the video. Brianne this happened at may in the metro station but just posted on social media recently. We understand that the man and his daughter were up on platform getting ready to catch a train. That is when it came back down through the gates to use the restroom inside of this station. Take a look at what happened here. The man getting a camera out saying while he was recording you can see the altercation between the father and the station manager. The father claims that the restroom was closed for cleaning and asked if the daughter could go in for one minute and wouldnt have an accident. The father claim that the station manager yelled at him. He claimed at after three minutes the station manager let them in toward the bathroom but as they were approaching the manager was flipping out. Reaction from the riders who use the station every day. Metro has to do customer service. Having that available is part of metro. Something that people dont know a lot about. You should get a bathroom if you need to use it. Brianne we did reach out to metro officials who have apologized to the man. I just spoke to him in the last half hour. He said they did speak to metro and they apologized and offered tickets for metro and he said he would like to see them used for those who cant afford the ride metro. The behavior shown on the video is unacceptable to us and appropriate action is being taken. Reporting live Brianne Carter abc7 news. Kellye we posted this and received a hundred comments. Jonathan well share the comments jonathan we want to know what you think. Join the conversation by going to abc7 facebook page. Kellye Muriel Bowser say it was a false alarm at the navy yard was appropriate. In a radio interview, she said she is satisfied that the proper protocol was followed after the report came in. Jonathan well right now we are learning new details in the death of a 9yearold boy in hagerstown brutally beaten for taking a piece of birthday cake. The childs mother, boyfriend and the childs uncle have been charged in connection the death. Maryland bureau chief brad bell has more. Brad on sunday dozens gather in memory of a child they never met. 9yearold jack garcia. Beaten to death two weeks ago while handcuffed. Police alleged because he ate a piece of birthday cake. His mothers boyfriend Robert Wilson stands accused of the abuse. The mother Oriana Garcia and her brother Jacob Barajas facing murder charges for the role in jacks death arrested after booking a flight to california. People are shocked this thing is happening. The Court Documents newly obtained by abc7 tells of what a doctor called torture of the little boy. It is alleged he was hand cupped for hours, locked to a chair, beaten with a bamboo sword and punched. Punishment agreed upon by the adults in his life to stop the hungry child from taking food. Neighbors say he didnt go to school and was seldom seen outside. I dont understand how anyone can cause a harm to a child. Brad the Court Documents say when he took the cake, he had not had anything to eat for 24 hours and was likely just hungry. In maryland brad bell abc7 news. Police need your help. Take a look at this. This is Surveillance Video that show the suspect after the police say they held up a business on north Second Street this was on thursday afternoon. The men had one gun and anyone with information should call police. Jonathan d. C. Water is advising the public to avoid water in stone creek due to suer with spill. There they looking at e. Coli in the street. It was discovered in an 18inch pipe. No word when it will be fixed. A set back in cleaning up a sewage spill. Officials with the arlington public works found additional leaks in a sewage pipe that cracked friday. People and pets are urged to avoid the water in the Donaldson Run stream below the pedestrian bridge above military road. Kellye a new push to crack down on those operating dirt bikes and atvs in the district. Councilmember mcduffy introduced a bill today. Samford has more on what the bill includes. Sam . Sam sam it focuses on the punishment for those who ride illegal dirt bike and atvs that has become popular for urban joyrideer. Counselmember duffy wants them to face jailtime if they are caught on the dirt bikes that should be licensed and registered like any other vehicle in d. C. Or they should not be on the road. This is not just a d. C. Phenomenon. The same thing goes on in other cities. He recommends starting out with 5 to 250 to 30 days in jail going up to 12000 and six months in jail. We are seeing the residents intimidated. And the drivers and the cars intimidated by individuals riding the a. T. V. s and the dirt bikes. Sam coming up at 5 00 we will hear the other side from people who like a. T. V. And dirt bikes. There is the irk of catching the people on them. Reporting live sam ford abc7 news. Jonathan thanks. Coming up at abc7 news at 4 00 should have walked away. Im sorry. Jonathan the exclusive for the first time. We are hearing from a former College Quarterback about being caught on camera punching a woman in the face. Kellye flash flooding turns deadly in kentucky. How many people remain missing now. Jonathan a 7 on your side consumer alert. Two retailers are prepping for a cyber showdown tomorrow and how you can reap the benefits. Why are we watching this again . I pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. Joey, ill watch anything except this. Except this. Go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. Fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you dont. 100 fiber optics is here. E. Get out of the past. Get fios. Now for 79. 99 a month. Go online or call. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v kellye the relative of eric garner say the multimillion Dollar Settlement is not a victory. Garn died after a Police Officer put him in an apparent chokehold. Video of the arrest shows garner saying he cant breathe. The family announced a 5. 9 million settlement with the city but says it is not enough. Dont congratulate us. This is not a victory. The victory will come when we get justice. Then we want a victory party. Kellye a statin island grand jury found evidence on the officer. Jonathan now to a exclusive for abc7 news. Former Florida State quarterback Deandre Johnson talking for the first time after this video. He was caught on camera punching a woman in the face at a tallahassee bar last month. Kellye he was charged with misdemeanor battery and kicked off the team. Michael strahan sat down with him. Michael why didnt you just walk away . Deandre there is no explanation. I should have walked away. If i could do it again i would. Michael were there drinks involved . Did you have drinks at the bar . Deandre no. Im not going to comment on that. The victim suffered bruising under her eye, swelling to the cheek and upper lip. Your lawyer said you were not the instigator. The young lady said racial slurs to you. Did that happen . Deandre it doesnt matter. I shouldnt have raised my hand to her. Michael who did you let down the most . Deandre my mother. She didnt raise me like that. I hurt her heart. I cry. I dont teach my kids for this to happen. When this happened what did you want to say . I wanted to ring his neck. Have you ever been violent toward a woman . Never. Ever . Never. Johnson says he doesnt second guess the decision to kick him off the team but he is devastated. Do you believe you deserve a Second Chance . Deandre yes, sir. What is on the video is not who i am. He has a message. I would say to her and her family i am really sorry. To words can describe this feeling. He is focused on continuing his education and volunteering at a battered womens shelter. A court date is set this month. Abc news reached out to the victim who says she has no comment. Lets check out its rolling today. The earlier tractor truck fire caused headaches. It still is. At colesville road is the truck fire you are talking about. The wrath from the northbound 29 to continue to the outer loop is closed. Here is the damage. At the beltway delays prior to 95. I will be honest i thought it would be worse than that. Southbound 95 is a salad wall of traffic to the beltway. We have a lot of issues in the area. Westbound 66. You can see here before the Virginia Business Center prior to 236. The delays prior to 28 to the beltway around route 50. Fairfax 95. Northbound 2234 right lane work for four miles. Across the 14th street. No taylor swift tonight so that is good news. There is an accident on the south lane from the left at the south capital street. That is the latest. Back to you. Jonathan thank you very much. A lot going on. One person dead and seven others missing after flash flooding in kentucky. 150 homes are damaged or completely destroyed in the eastern part of the state. Look at what the rain has done. Some people were rescued from trees. They climmed up the trees to get out of the way of the floodwater. Up to four inches of rain fell last night. More rain expected today. When you see those stories and that video you have a greater appreciation for when we get a blip storm through here. Kellye why we have a Flash Flood Watch. Doug portions of Northern Kentucky crosses the ohio river in an hour. Talk about effects here. We have concerned for the rest of the nighttime hour. We have a Flash Flood Watch and that says between now and 2 00 when the watch expires if the storms come in at any point within the watch area could see rapid flooding. That is a possibility. We dont have rain at the moment. This is getting closer to showers popping up from cumberland to romney. More in harrisburg. This is the isolating storm. They are packing a punch. Moving east and northeast. Our concerns are west. They continue out west, we are warming up with sunshine. This is unstable and humid. We are off to the west where its happening, a severe thunderstorm watch in pink. This is emanating from the strong area of storms from western new york state, to the ohio river. A lot of this action will go south this way. So with any of the storms the biggest threat of the flooding and the high winds. A low chance of tornado or hail associated with the storm. The future cast model suggests at 10 00 it will come through with the main bulk headed farther south and west. With the ground west, it could cause some issues. There could be a shower coming through to give us a nice stretch. Look at thursday and friday. Low humidities. But the high heat and the humidity will return saturday and monday. We will go four or five days 90 or higher. Today was beautiful. It still is. Ill go enjoy it for you. Kellye coming up at abc7 news at 4 00 donald trump makes a return to virginia for business. What he is saying about his comments about the mexican immigrants. Jonathan receive text alerts by going to wjla. Com text. Then you will get alerts as we jonathan republican president ial candidate donald trump went to charlottesville for a ribbon cutting. Kellye but he couldnt avoid questions about the comments about immigrants. Suzanne kennedy has more. Suzanne this is at trump winery a 20 million 45room estate in outside charlottesville. Today, donald trump came here for the grand opening of the new bed and breakfast on the former fluege estate. He used the event to continue his steady drum beat about illegal immigration and the status of the u. S. Economy, saying that the United States needs to take back the jobs and put people to work. In a oneonone interview i asked mr. Trump about the controversy surrounding his developing hotel at the Old Post Office and the move by some restaurateurs to cancel plans to move in. Donald they will pay me a lot of respect and not go in. Now even wants to go in. They have leases. They can do nothing about it. They can lose hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. Suzanne coming up at 5 00, what mr. Trump said whether or not there are Illegal Immigrants building his hotel in downtown washington. Suzanne kennedy abc7 news. Jonathan still ahead for us at 4 00 bosses beware. Productivity of the employees might be really low tomorrow. Well tell you about the online shotting event that is called the july version of black friday. Plus, a small animal at the national zoo leaves Staff Members scrambling for 30 minutes. Find out what it was and how it managed to escape comi announcer youre watching abc7 news at 4 00. On your side. Jonathan we are on storm watch with potentially fierce weather heading our way tonight. Kellye chief meteorologist doug hill is tracking it all right now. Doug we sure are. It is quiet in the area now i want to point out a couple of things. In the metro area, no precipitation. Showers and storms building west. This is the mother lode of storms. Complex of Severe Weather pushing south and east. Lets give you the story here. A warm sunny afternoon. We will zoom in on the doppler radar. These are the isolated storms that develop ahead of the pack. Moving northeast of cumberland and he to Morgan County West Virginia before long. This line farther west is our concern. The heavier part will push to country. But the ragged part of the line could effect the area by 120 00. A lot to watch in the next few hours. A gnash flood watch posted. We just need thunderstorms to cause the flooding conditions. The ground is saturated. We will call the forecast tonight. Storms early tonight. Heavy rain is possible. The front will go through tomorrow. We will see improvement in the weather. We are watching a storm watch in the Weather Center and will report to you in a few minutes. Kellye thank you. A wild start to the week. Workers spent 30 minutes searching for a large rodent that escaped from the outdoor closure. Why does it look like a squirrel to me . Diane cho is live to explain how it was cap chured. Cap chured. Diane most people we talk to at the zoo werent familiar with this type of animal until we told them about it. This is the enclosure where he broke out of last night. He is not in here at the moment. He is in a holding area after he managed to chew his way through the industrial stai

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