chased by state police a few hours later on eastbound i-66... he drove off the road and shot himself. our team coverage continues with diane cho, who's in markham, virginia -- where flanagan was arrested. helicopter to inova fairfax hospital.. jay korff continues our coverage from the hospital. jay. violence -- certainly shaking the quiet community of moneta. brad bell is in moneta with reaction. condolences and support for the families of the condolences and support for the families of the victims in the shooting. this is what virginia governor terry mcauliffe had to say to abc7 news this morning. the governor later released a statement, saying we cannot rest until we do what we can to rid our society of preventable gun violence. we're learning more about the man behind a crime that's simply described as senseless. i-team investigator joce sterman has been digging into the background of vester flanagan - she's in the newsroom with details. vester flanagan says he was motivated by the racism he saw in the charleston church shootings...and that he admired the work of the virginia tech and columbine shooters. he talked at length about his decision....in a 23 page fax sent to abc news....but the seven on your side i-team has also done some digging to find out more about the shooter. we've learned flanagan went by the name bryce williams on air. we know the 41-year-old worked at at least six television stations in his career....although his linked in page indicates he never spent more than two years with any company. seven on your side found court records that show flanagan sued two of his former employers...includi ng w-d-b-j - in a recent dispute over wages following his dismissal. he also sued a florida station owned by our parent company - sinclair broadcasting in 2000...claiming discrimination after working there one year. both cases were dimissed. flanagan shed some light on his motive based on that detailed document sent to abc...in which he calls the virginia tech shooter "his boy"...saying he put down a deposit on a gun after the charleston church shooting - which he says sent him over the top. he claims the bullets he fired today had the victims initials on them. use breaking news keys banner: shooter's background in his letter - flanagan says his anger has been steadily building...that he was a powder keg just waiting to explode. police still don't know if he specifically targeted alison parker and adam ward...his former colleagues. but flanagan said he has suffered racial discrimination, sexual harassment and bullying at work. joce sterman - abc7 news. this tragedy - certainly getting a lot of reaction on social media. certainly getting a lot of reaction on social media. among those sharing their thoughts - alison parker's boyfriend, chris hurst, who's an evening anchor at w-d-b-j. in a series of posts on twitter and facebook, he shared that they were together for nine months ..and wanted to get married. hurst also wrote: i am comforted by everyone at w-d-b-j seven. we are a family. alison worked with adam every day. they were a team. i am heartbroken for his fiancee. the support is overwhelming. sorry if i haven't been able to respond personally. alison's life will be shared today and forever. stay with abc7 and w-j-l-a dot com as we follow the investigation into this shooting. we'll have another report from moneta coming up at 4:30. another report from moneta coming up at 4:30. coming up on a-b-c seven news at four... the colorado movie theatre shooter james holmes receives his sentence. the harsh words from the judge as he handed down his decision. also, donald trump is not making friends in the press corps. the high-profile journalist he kicked out of a news conference ... and, it's a list d.c. does not want to be on .. just how many hours commuters lose each year getting to work. we continue to follow the investigation into this morning's murders of a t-v news reporter and photographer. they were shot to death while doing a report on the air for w-d-b-j...outside of roanoke, virginia. the shooter later shot and killed himself. we'll have another report from the shooting scene -- ahead at 4:30. we're following breaking news from the national zoo. the zoo announcing that the smaller of two panda cubs -- born over the weekend - has died. chris papst is at the zoo with details. colorado theater shooter james holmes, now set to serve life in prison. that sentence was handed down cqtoday more th three years after he killed twelve people and hurt 70 more at a midnight batman premier. prison officials are still waiting on a mental evaluation before deciding where holmes will spend his life behind bars. in vote 20-16 news... republican presidential candidate donald trump is maving waves on the campaign trail. trump is facing new criticism for his tense confrontation with univision anchor jorge ramos during a press conference in iowa last night. security personnel escorted ramos from the event after he challenged trump on his immigration proposal. trump told nbc's "today" show that ramos was "ranting and raving like a madman." the g-o-p frontrunner eventually let ramos back in that event, but both men refuse to apologize. earlier today, our maureen bunyan got the opportunity to sit down with president obama...to talk to him about the iran nuclear deal. look for her interview beginning tonight at five, right here on abc7...and coverage online at w-j-l-a dot com. a new study shows traffic congestion reached a peak last year-- and drivers in d-c have reached a peak last year-- and drivers in d-c have it worse than any other city. commuters in the capitol region lose an average of 82-hours a year to rush-hour traffic. they also use the most gas- which costs about $18-hundred dollars extra. los angeles, san francisco and new york city follow the nation's capital standings. time for a check on the traffic situation... jamie sullivan is here with details... adlib toss to weather coming up on a-b-c seven news at four... a push for more power for police .. the move d.c.'s mayor is making to combat the city's surging homicide rate and, a reminder to stay on top of breaking news. you can sign up for our text alerts -- by going to w-j-l-a dot com, slash text...then entering your cell phone number. we'll be right back. updating our breaking news this afternoon, three gunman, in an on-air ambush. w-d-b-j t-v reporter alison parker, and cameraman adam ward, were shot right in the middle of a live interview during today's morning show broadcast in the roanoke area. vicki gardner, the subject of the interview, was shot in the back-- she's in surgery. abc7 has news crews across the commonwealth, stay with us for continuing coverage. d.c. mayor muriel bowser vowed to make it easier for supervising agencies to search for illegal guns. tonight we've learned the mayor wants to grant new powers to officers to search anyone on probation or parole. and as stephen tschida tells us, she also wants to make it easier for officers to detain anyone found in violation. seven news at four... continuing coverage of tonight's top story of a reporter and photographer killed on-air. we're in moneta, virgnia ... with the latest developments. i have type 2 diabetes. i started with pills. and now i take a long-acting insulin at night. i take mine in the morning. i was trying to eat right, stay active. but i wasn't reaching my a1c goal anymore. man: my doctor says diabetes changes over time. it gets harder to control blood sugar spikes after i eat and get to goal. my doctor added novolog® at mealtime for additional control. now i know. novolog® is a fast-acting, injectable insulin and it works togethewith my long-acting iulin. proven effective. the mealtime insulin doctors prescribe most. available in flexpen®. vo: novolog® is used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes. take novolog® as directed. eat a meal within 5 to 10 minutes after injection. check your blood sugar levels. do not take novolog® if your blood sugar is too low or you're allergic to any of its ingredients. tell your ctor about all medical conditions and medicines you take. ask your doctor about alcohol use, operating machinery, or driving. the most common side effect is low blood sugar. symptoms may include dizziness, sweating, confusion, and headache. severe low blood sugar can be life-threatening. other common side effects include low tassium in your blood and injection site reactions. get medical help right away if you experience trouble with breathing, serious allergic reactions like swelling of your face, tongue, or throat, sweating, extreme drowsiness, dizziness, or confusion. now i know about novolog®. taken by millions since 2001. vo: ask your health care provider about adding novolog®. it can help provide the additional control you may need. assignment...endin g in tragedy. a gunman, shooting and killing a t-v reporter and photographer - while they were on the air for w-d-b-j...outside roanoke. and tonight, we're learning more about the gunman - who later shot and killed himself. abc's kenneth moton is near the shooting scene with details. kenneth. w-j-l-a dot com for continuing coverage of this shooting. we'll bring you any updates as soon as we get them. the washington monument -- back in working order tonight an elevator outage last night stranded 63 people -- including two pregnant women -- at the top of the monument, 500 feet above d-c. crews came out and helped those people down last night. they got the elevator back online around 9 o'clock this morning. turning to the weather- and a beautiful day outside. let's see what's ahead tonight and into tomorrow. meteorologist ryan miller has more. a quick programming note... right now, dish netork subscribers can't watch abc-7. talks broke off yesterday between sinclair broadcast grup, that's the parent company of this station, and dish network. dish network made the decision to remove abc-7 from the channel lineup. we apologize for the inconvenience and hope to return to dish network homes soon. this station is still available on direc-tv - your local cable provider - and always for free over the air. now to a developing story from new hampshire. for the first time - we're hearing from the teenager - accused of raping a classmate at a prep school. abc's marci gonzalez has more. indycar driver justin wilson -- now becomes a second chance for six strangers. wilson died monday, following a terrifying crash at the pocono speedway on sunday. the 37-year-old father of two-- was an organ donor... and now his donation is helping six patients who were waiting for organs. his family says it has brought light in their time of darkness. doctors say one organ donor can save up to eight lives. there are more than 122-thousand people waiting for an organ in the u-s annually. coming up on a-b-c seven news at four... a quick witted father saves his daughter from being sold for sex. how he saved her .. and the man now behind bars. girls living in our area, and then tried to primp them for a life of prostitution. that man's now facing charges of human trafficking and sex abuse. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis has the story you'll see only on seven. seven news at four... jonathan: the #laughingwhileblack are spreading and this is the story. group of 11 women kicked off a napa wine train for laughing too loudly. they must have really been going at it. it started when the book club hopped aboard the train for the weekend winery fun. you know how the book clubs get. they got crazy. another passenger complained about all the noise. >> noise is going to come along with that. it's laughter and fun. >> we were paraded through with all the passengers looking at us. jonathan: it was a wine train. the wine train company has apologized saying in a statement, "we were 100% in the wrong." acknowledging that the facebook posts about the incident was inaccurate. it has invited the book group back for a free ride. i bet if they threw a few bottles in there, it might go over better. "7 on your side" with a consumer alert about the dangers of extended wear contact lenses. kimberly: they are designed to be worn while you sleep one man says it caused him to go partially blind. chad started to wear the day and night lenses until he developed a dangerous bacterial infection in his left eye. it damaged his cornea. doctors say it's because he slept with the lenses in. >> for three weeks it was almost like an eight-inch nail driven in my eye. >> if left untreated it can cause a person to completely lose the eye. >> if you have ever scratched your cornea it's incredibly painful. the contact lens manufacturer association says the risk of eye infection resulting in some loss of vision is for 10,000 wearers per year. to avoid the problems don't wear lenses in the shower or pool. change the lens case one to three months. use fresh solution and take contacts out before you go to sleep. not day and night. jonathan: not so much. tonight more than 2 million pounds of turkey bacon at risk to make you sick so there is a recall. kraft heinz recalled any oscar mayer brand produced may 31 and august 6. that is nine weeks worth of production. bacon can spoil before the use by date. here is what you need to look out for. establishment number p9070. that is inside the usd inspection mark. line number rs19. if you want another shot at the numbers, this is quick, go to the website as well. amazon is expanding the one-hour delivery service to seattle and three other washington cities. prime now is available through the mobile app exclusively for prime members from 8:00 until midnight 7 days a week. it offers customers free two-hour delivery. in addition to a one-hour delivery for $7.99. beer is part of what they will deliver. kimberly: they know what sells. u the social security administration out with the popular baby names of 2014. girls they end in a. emma topping the list. olivia, sofia. jonathan: for boys it's noah holds the throne for the second year. liam. mason. our director's name is mason. maybe he had something to do with that, took the number two and three spot. kimberly: we did digging and found the name kimberly was the 105th most popular girl name in the u.s. last year. jonathan: you did that digging. kimberly: i didn't. >> jonathan: jonathanual -- was 44th last year. i remember it was number one. we have fallen or hard times kimberly. the year i was born, kimberly was third on the list and that same year jonathan was 42nd. jonathan: we have had a couple of good years. fallen off. kimberly: we don't have to talk about what year it was. jonathan: the weather is awesome. top of everyone's list. ripe: no humidity, no precipitation. it looks great. the rest of the week and weekend is great. the beaches look good, too. jonathan: nice! ryan: 76 at national harbor. winds out of the west. there is a northerly component to the wind. that is why we are cooler than what we typically see for this time of the year. no humidity so it is comfortable outside. this time in august we will take it. 76 at national harbor. we are in the 70's even lower 80's in a few locations. tonight because of the clear skies we drop in the middle 50's. 66 downtown. comfortable air temperatures. northwest winds at 5 to 10. tomorrow is a repeat of today. 84 degrees in the afternoon. plenty of sunshine. nice looking weather for thursday with the winds out of the northwest at 5 miles per hour. the weekend we have more humidity and higher temperatures. approaching the upper 80's on saturday. another dry day. 0% chance of storms sunday with the highs approaching 90. we will stay with the heat and the humidity next week. the beaches look great from atlantic city to hatteras and comfortably in the lower 80's. slight chance of thunderstorms pop in sunday afternoon from rehoboth beach to virginia beach. a couple of chances of a few thunderstorms as well across the outer banks here. look at the water temperatures. well in the upper 70's and the lower 80's. fantastic beach weather. it looks like we will continue with good weather for this week. next week the heat and the humidity return. right now take a look at the traffic time and jamie sullivan. jamie: we are starting off with a few different problem spots. i want to begin in the d.c. area. a crash on 295 northbound. the off-ramp to the 11th street bridge is where the crash is. but they have officially closed the 11th street bridge until further notice. take a look at how much red we are seeing. usually the d.c. area definitely doesn't look like this. we see normal volume. single digits on d.c. 295. pull out a little bit to talk about how congested. leaving the downtown area. from that area right near the 11th street bridge continuing to the b.w. parkway just under 0 minutes. i will take you right -- 30 minutes it will take you right now. we are seeing congestion in this area. of course, we will let you know as soon as they reopen the 11th street bridge. our commute right now through prince george's county. not bad. typical volume. same thing we see on 66. through falls church not terrible. 395 is heavy approaching seminary road. getting close to the mixing bowl. a little relief. on brakes again to dell city. congestion in the american legion bridge in the teens continuing close to the 270 spur. live look to show you the volume near the american legion bridge. you get a good idea. this is actually i know a lot of trees, but this is the inner loop near the g.w. parkway. so this gives you a good idea how much volume we have and comparatively speaking, take a look at the outer loop. not a lot of volume at all. that is a look at the traffic right now. back to you. jonathan: all right. thanks. coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- that dream of buying a starter home could be harder than you thought. "7 on your side" with why more affordable homes are disappearing. kimberly: we continue to follow the tragedy of the day, the deadly shooting outside of roanoke. tv news reporter and a news photographer gunned down while on the air live this morning. the shooter later shot and killed himself. our team coverage continues tonight on "abc7 news at 5:00". jonathan: you in the market looking for a low price home? good luck. they need a lot of work. kimberly: john matarese explain why affordable homes are disappearing so you don't waste your money. john: when couples get married they typically buy inexpensive starter home and move up to a bigger home when kids and better job come along. unfortunately the starter home may be disappearing. have you seen the new homes going up lately? since the market recovered from the 2010 downturn. you may not find much in the price range. according to a new report in the dailyfinance.com, columnist bob sullivan say builders put up two types of home. pricy, premium homes with granite in bathrooms and the housing for families on government subsidiaries. daily finance says the middle class starter home all but disappeared. earn the median income of $50,000 a year would be a new home for $125,000. and they don't exist. the reason they are rarely built, labor and the material costs, builders can't profit on homes costing less than $200,000 unless there are area with cheap land. if you live near a city you say doesn't it stink? leaves respecting or buying the small older homes the best option but they often need thundershowers in updating, squeeze -- need thousands of dollars in updating to squeeze homeowners more. a move to move back to smaller homes in the last year to offer some hope to struggling families so you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. abc7 news. >> shots were fired around 6:45 leon: murdered on air, two journalists killed as viewers watched. >> not sure what happened there. >> the alleged killer vester flanagan, a disgruntled former employee posting the horrific acts on social media. >> i'm alison parker. >> tonight a community and a station in mourning. remembering the lives of alison parker and adam ward. >> let us not forget, they grew up in this area and were part of the community. leon: a chilling scene before shooting them on live tv. that have set off a manhunt in moneta, virginia, ending along i-66 near markham. then the gunman was taken to the inova fairfax hospital where he later died. we have team coverage of the on-air ambush. begin with northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg live in moneta with the latest. jeff, what is the latest at this hour? jeff: well, leon, we can tell you that the bridgewater plaza where the shooting took place this morning remains closed off as the investigators continue looking into the question of why this happened. the wdbj tv live truck used in the broadcast still parked in the parking lot. as the community continues dealing dealing with the shock and pain. on-air am buck, shots fired as alison parker wrapped up a live interview with photographer adam ward. >> let us not forget they grew up in this area. they were part of our community. jeff: ward was part of finding his own killer. his camera continued to roll after he fell to the ground. capturing images of vester flanagan, the man suspected of killing them both and also identified as a former wdbj employee who went by the name bryce williams on air. police do not know whether he specifically targeted his former colleagues. >> did he know before this morning they would be located at this remote location doing a broadcast? did he see it? jeff: many saw a twitter account bearing williams name live tweeting the tragedy, including graphic video of the shooting itself and claims about the victims. the shooter later captured an hour outside washington, d.c. flanagan dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound

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