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90-degree heat wave and erin como talking about the roads where we have some issues already. mike, what about this heat. yeah, hot, hot, hot. 90 s once again later this afternoon. we ll keep it dry but you ll notice the humidity upticks a little bit later today. erin. outer loop a mess. crash closes all lanes. i have your work around drive times all that when we come back. thanks erin. 5:01 is our time. we ll begin with breaking news from overnight. chris cornell the lead singer of audio slave and sound garden has died at the age of 52. a representative says his death is sudden and unexpected. crnell s family is working closely with the medical examiner to find out exactly what happened. turning to politics the white house reacting to the justice department appointing a special counsel to take over the investigation into possible ties between russia and the president s campaign. while president trump insists nothing will be found, the move is receiving ....
kindergarten student in southeast washington. today the school sent letters home informing parents that grief counsellors will be available for any students who need help dealing with his death. how will you help your children cope with this news? i m going to talk to them. i haven t talked to them about it. and ask them their feelings. i told them they can come to me if they have any questions or they just want to grieve, cry, anything. reporter: today we found party hats on the ground by a picnic table where the family came yesterday for a cook-out. it was a party to celebrate xavier luckey s 6th birthday. he was such a good boy. he was so full of life. he was always excited, full of joy. he was a happy little boy. it was just such a tragedy that it happened on his birthday. i heard a boom and i heard a holler. reporter: shannon smith said she saw xavier hit by while crossing the road. there were other kids that crossed before him. he thought that mayb ....
are all the same at the same time. this is the cbs evening news. quijano: good evening. i m elaine quijano. as america celebrates independence day, president trump is facing his greatest foreign policy test to date. overnight north korea launched its first intercontinental missile, one that could potentially strike parts of the united states. moments ago, secretary of state rex tillerson strongly condemned the launch and called for global action to stop the threat. mr. trump tweeted about the north s leader, kim jong un, does this guy have anything better to do with his life? we have two reports beginning with david martin. reporter: it was the nastiest kind of firework, a north korea intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching at least part of the united states. the mitchell only traveled 600 miles because it was launched at an extremely high angle, but it flew for 37 minutes, long enough to be an intercontinental missile. had it been launched on a s ....
oh no. uh-huh. plus, we have a cheering controversy here. family almost arrested for cheering on family and friends at a graduation ceremony. why they are being threatened with the jail time. really? top that story, jen. oh we have great stuff here. we have the number five ranked cupcakes in america right here in fishtown i m with owner brennan. we ll try these cupcakes, look so delicious coming up next. oh,. yes they listed the top 100 cupcakes in america. number five, high on the list. five in fishtown. but there are three four, others in the top 100. in filly? in our area, yes. is that why i keep gaining weight? you look fantastic. you re so sweet. so are the cupcakes. true story. you can call me your cupcake if you would like. our cupcake. okay. every woman should think that she s pretty, right? that s great. love yourself. after all, if you don t toot your own horn, who will for you? if you remember the one scene from mean ....
illinois for illinois governor bruce rauner s third state of the state address joining at the general assembly at the state capital. today i rise to open for taking a moment for officer from the blooming dadale police department who passed away on january 19th just 27 years old this officer had only been on the department less than a year, had already received a life-saving award and was labelled as a shining star. this man took the solemn oath of protecting our communities and saving lives today he s being laid to rest and i would ask that we keep his family and all of our law enforcement community in our thoughts and prayers, for they do a nearly impossible job. and unpoapologetically to his family, thank you for sharing him, please remember that that man touched many lives in a short period as an officer. changed many lives. we very a very difficult job, and i would hope that this body could understand we don t do it for thanks, we don t do it for any type of gra ....