whether there are injuries. we'll be updating you on this fire throughout the newscast. in the meantime back here at home moving forward after pieces of local history burn. a thursday morning friday gutted irreplacement abl /* /* -- irreplaceable parts. >> this is where they believe the fire started. tough calls here. what to demolish and what to rebuild and they don't know the cause of the fire. >> a big part of history. >> so much destruction. the smell of burnt ash. >> i was devastated. >> remnants of thursday's three alarm fire. >> it was like going to a funeral. >> that ripped through doug alexander's pub and seven other businesses. >> the fire marshall has to do his investigation. >> most of the buildings here date from the 1800s, irreplaceable history. >> we noticed that. really sad. >> just down the street a town hall strategy session with an not so easy session. where to go? >> extensive rebuilding and remodelling and hopefully limited demolition. >> and maintain historical integrity. >> we don't want a 2015 building sticking in the middle of 1800 structures. you can't help but notice the tourists walking by. maybe with all that's gone a glimmer of hope. >> we're hopeful. got to take it one step at a time. and rebuilding history won't be easy. many of these buildings, as we've said, are old buildings and there are issues like possible asbestos inside. monday some of the owners will be allowed back inside to see their properties. >> thank you for that. back here at home taking you live outside there is surprise rain sneaking in around the dmv. as we look through the week ahead you're getting a little bit of everything. here's the first check of your forecast. lingering showers? >> one out right there. and when you go just north it's military road going towards rock creek golf course some of the heavier rain coming down right now. it's nearly stationary. chance we'll get some rain tonight 10, 20% chance tops. it's probably going to be for the night. hit 90 degrees. did you feel the humidity. real time temperatures mid 80s. night out forecast, don't count on rain. count on warmth and humidity coming in. the u.s. coast guard is suspending the search for two swimmers that went missing. they went missing around 7:30. both are in their late thirties. the coast guard called off the search just under an hour ago after searching 80 square miles. a man was shot dead and northeast a bullet grazed a woman's head. in recent weeks and every quadrant of the district across the district we see stabbings and shootings, violent crime. in this morning's case, that woman was described as conscience and breathing when first responders arrived her injury as non-life threatening. the latest homicide in the district that happened last night. >> last night around 10:30 antonio mcallister was shot and killed. >> it does and it hurts because then it's like, okay, what else do we need to do. >> just across the street at emmanuel baptist church, this motivates them to offer more for the community. >> what happened last night doesn't have to be. >> there have been 79 homicides so far this year compared to 66 this time last year. nearly 20% increase. >> they can't even stand outside and play. >> people running around and shooting shooting. >> in northwest washington residents woke up to a shooting around 4:30 a.m. and police are looking for a suspect with dreadlocks driving bicycle. this woman said a few minutes after the shooting she heard a voice down the street. >> i heard them shouting, i need help. i need help. >> the victim of this shooting survived. this incident may result in more violence. >> i see patrol cars every now and then. whenever they call them they show up. >> anyone with information about the antonio mcallister homicide or other recent violent crimes to contact them. you can remain anonymous and your information could lead it reward of up to $25,000 if it leads to arrest and conviction. abc seven news. >> mike, thanks. tonight family and friends are saying good-bye to sandra bland. the 28-year-old was found hanged in a texas jail cell days after a controversial arrest following a traffic stop and new dash cam video shows officers standing outside the police car where bland was sitting in the backseat. they take her out and pat her down and put her back in the vehicle. her death remains under investigation but prosecutors pointing to preliminary autopsy results say she committed suicide. a marine killed in chattanooga tonight. 25-year-old carson holmquist was shot and killed along with three other marines and sailor. today his high school held a visitation. governor walker attended the visitation and funeral. and another presidential candidate promising to set the record straight. today hillary clinton said she'll testify about her benghazi e-mails. she set the date for october. she was secretary of state at the time and the question is whether clinton potentially leaked classified information. u.s. ambassador chris stephens and three other americans were killed in the attack. president obama was the first sitting president to visit kenya. he had a chance to reconnect with his late father's family. he faced off with kenya's president. >> the idea that they're going to be treated differently because of who they love is wrong. >> but there are some things we must admit we don't share. our culture, our societies don't accept. >> president obama moved to tighten rules on sales of ivory from african elephants. elephants were killed between 2010 and to 2013. crowd funding going out of this world. the new milestone from the smithsonian and pieces of history that may need your hef help to preserve. >> let the victims know there is someone here fighting for them. >> biking for a cause. the message. hunting for answers the key question investigators are zeroing in on after a deadly theatre tonight searching for the moteives motives of a killer. they are in lafayette with the new developments tonight. >> today a silent somber scene outside of this movie theatre in lafayette louisiana. two flower bouquets, one for each of the women killed here. the theatre itself still off limits. inside the concession stand and lobby eerily empty. outside shattered glass marks the spot where they say the killer parked his car just steps from the theatre's side door. >> we believe that he visited maybe not this theatre but a theatre in town. we don't see any kind of common ground as to why he was here in lafayette. >> as investigators continue the pain staking process we're learning more. he fired more than a dozen rounds using a gun the a tf he legally purchased at and al bama pawn shop. he had a history of violence and mental health issues. he kicked up controversy after hanging a swastika outside a bar he owned and expressed and the tie american views. one one post read, "america is so sick now i believe it to be the enemy of the world." >> we have been contacted by numerous agencies. >> in 2008 his wife and family asked for a protective order cited acts of family violence. she became so worried she removed all the guns from the home. houser's brother spoke exclusively. >> we're just trying to get our arms around this whole situation. >> investigators know he spent the last few weeks living at the motel six leaving behind wigs and glasses and disguises. his motive remains a mystery. marcy gonzalez lafayette louisiana. >> some motorcyclists are working to raise awareness against domestic violence. the event was a fund-raiser and included a ride by dozens of motorcyclists. they hope to raise $10,000 and others to fight domestic violence. a major milestone for the smithsonian and quest to preserve history. >> one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind. >> the national air and space museum have smashed through the ground funding goal to preserve neil armstrong's space suit. the money will be used to digitally preserve and archive the exact suit armstrong wore during that historic apollo 11 moon landing. coming up next, free rides from metro. why it's offering the ability to get around and where it's going to take you. some changes coming into your weekend forecast. devon is trackin >> here's some good news for anyone headed to the airport. metro wants to give you a free ride. one year of silver line service. tomorrow and monday you can ride the express bus for free. >> you got the song in my head come on and take a free ride. >> a little rain? >> yeah, it would be freely to admit no chance of rain and surprise, here are a few isolated showers coming up and the humidity you felt as well. let's get right to that point of the matter which is the shower activity. one lone remaining shower right now. menace tuesday park rained itself park. live doppler radar very close and this is still going, chevy chase village out towards bethesda. you can see this shower activity is just stationary. putting some rain out now and looks to be maybe close to tacoma park. that is the lone shower right there. it's the only thing. once that's gone that should be the rest of the shower activity right into the next two days. the wider picture here saturday from sunday and monday it's heat and humidity. this fading front will spark the next likeliest route. what do you say we back up now. we'll get in very close and start back over with the forecast towards tomorrow. mid sixties to start off sunday morning and low temperatures note the humidity is up and holds overnight temperatures as well. future cast paint the picture with more storm activity. could be fading storms that turn into showers. getting back to work monday morning is rain. hot and humid. lower mid 90s. this is now monday. this is going to be the likelyier chance but still scattered scattered storm activities. afternoon to evening time frame it's still pretty hot and humid going back to 90 or 91. to the seven day forecast just a chance for a storm. in the earliest chance is the lingering rain chance into sunday and monday morning but the return of high heat and high humidity and approaching again and air temperatures close to 100 wednesday and thursday. could be more heat advisories, but again, that heatwave would break thursday night if the cold front comes through and drives us out. leading into a dry weekend. >> devin, thank you. fortunately one game does not make or break. >> that's right. a lot of games in baseball and the nationals in first place and trying to get back on track. we'll show you what happened last night. that is next in sports. and now the toyota sports desk. and now at least one of the injured guys is returning. anthony rendon is back. last night max scherzer lost again this time to the pirates three home runs in one game. first time he's done that since 2011 and 1 of them went into the river. last time against the pirates almost pitched a perfect game. last night pirates beat the nationals 7-5 but no panic from the skipper yet. >> so, it's going to happen. he'll be ready for his next one. hung him the breaking ball and planco hit a first pitch fast ball back to the middle. other than that, had options but hung the pitch. >> here's the creative play of the week. they got a lot of tournaments in soccer and everyone remembering the world cup for women taking the title the men's performance in the gold cup is a bit of aappointmenta disappointment after losing to jamaica. that's panama's splitting the defense. goal. 1-0 and dempsey will score and now 1-1 in the consolation game and that's where it stands right now in overtime. the pga tour is back here next weekend. tiger woods hosted the quickens loans tournament. at the canadian open canadian hasn't won in 61 years. hearn trying to break that streak and long birdie on seven and leader at 15 under par going into the final round. miss a little shaken and i've never seen this in the nba though. star of the show, here's phoenix murray 6'8" britney tkpwraoeupber ahead of the field and 117-112. akron against u.s.s. pride. watch jennifer gilbert into the wall. whoa, look at that. once again fortunately this was not a brick wall but a plastic fence which i think she knows will give a little bit. akron still lost the game 6-4. back to baseball, the philly's cole hamels has a no-hitter against the cubs. a lot of speculation they'll trade him because the phillies are terrible and out of contention. nationals play tonight at 7 o'clock and we'll see if they can win. pirates have had their number but a long way to go. >> and tonight's a new game. >> that's the way baseball >> that one isolated shower over chevy chase village, college park could get it and heavier shower pressing toward college park and over the beltway. we'll watch that and continue to track it. it's not a heavy welcome to "world news tonight." breaking news from the las vegas strip. a raging fire at a luxury hotel, flames and thick smoke on the pool deck of this high rise. the details coming in at this hour. a first look inside the movie theater shattered by gunfire, plus, the shooter. how he got that gun and his troubled past. tonight, we go inside the place he once called home. two drivers on a collision course. the deadly case of road rage recorded in dueling 911 calls. >> my gun is already out, cocked and locked. >> families right there watching in fear. and the champion surfer who battled a shark on live tv. saying he'd never get in the water again. well, tonight, never say never. good evening and thank you