apparently isn t addressing the question of her parents. and her race. stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: the naacp issued a statement today calling for respecting dozier s privacy and said one s racial identity is not a qualifying criteria or a disqualifying standard for naacp leadership. that story of course is the focus of the question of the day. what is your reaction to this? go to our wjla facebook page to join if conversation. we ll share a few of your responses later in this hour. johnathan? jonathan: more importantly, what people are feeling is hot. hot, humid and hazy. this weather gives your full attention. if you are in air conditioning and you walk outside, the next thing you know you are drawning in your sweat. let s bling in storm watch meteorologist steve rudin to talk about this. for most people this is just take necessary precautions but other folks you have to be careful. steve: we have been here for two minutes. it s hot out here. surrounded by concrete m
route 50 and pointed a gun at them. despite the charges, the police department is standing by the officer. bureau chief tracee wilkins joins us to explain what s going on here. tracee? reporter: this is an officer who is already under investigation for an incident that happened on route 50 last year. now just last month. now he s looking at charges associated with this incident as well. the police department says that this is an officer who worked hard has made arrests here and was once officer of the year. he s actually been very calm and collected in some of the most serious situations. that s why the chief of the station can t imagine that officer travis ala loses control behind the wheel. it was not an officer with disciplinary issues with. complaints of excessive force or things like that. he s in fact to the opposite. today, ala was indiepted by a grand jury and facing charges along with a weapons charge after he allegedly tailgated a family s vehicle forcin
and anti-semitic flyers left on doorsteps. the investigation happening noxt. now abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. leon: up first, this thursday evening, a young journalist shot to death. the police say she was not the intended victim. charnice milton dedicated her life to reporting on stories. tom roussey has the emotional day in southeast washington. tom? tom: it really was. this was so sad. it appears the victim had gotten off at the bus stop on good hope road. the family believe she was trying to transfer to a different bus line, walking towards alabama avenue where there was another bus stop, but she only made it about here before she was shot. i will always love my daughter. tom: the bishop mcnamara grad overcame speech impediments eventually getting a masters from syracuse. the journalist dedicated her career to the east side of the anacostia. it is where she grew up and where she was killed. she could have worked for any news organization. tom: after working a
life. the family mourning the loss of pedro alvarado. d.c. police are asking anyone with information about the case to come forward. live in the alexandria section of fairfax county jeffs abc7 news. alison: meanwhile, d.c. police released the names of two men arrested after a chase and shooting yesterday. officers say beatleman and david smith were inside a vehicle that were wanted for a robbery in southeast. the men drove off leading to a chase and smith, the driver tried to strike one of the officers with a car. that is when the officer fired his gun, but no one was hit. it ended in suitland were both were charged with armed robbery. leon: developing now scary moments for a delta shuttle flight from d.c. after it had to climb 200 feet to avoid a drone. i happened this morning as it prepared to land at laguardia in new york. we re following this from the capitol hill bureau. scott thuman, what have you learned? scott: this has long been a debate on the hill about the possibi
fuel. you get six miles a gallon. if you have to go 15 miles out of your way, that adds up quickly. especially if you do it two or three times a day. suzanne: delegate norton says this is about the infrastructure throughout the country. she says it s time for congress to fund long-term transportation measure. if you needed a poignant similarrable of the infrastructure similarrable of the infrastructure crisis we have one now. suzanne: a $3 million project will get underway and will be estimated to six to nine months. they will open all six lanes but only to the automotive traffic. weight restrictions will stay in place indefinitely. reporting live suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. alison: the last major inspection of the bridge started in february 2013. two months later, the bridge was at the end of the lifecycle. we ll probably need to ban truck and bus action unless drastic action is taken. rebecca cooper has more on the bridge s history. rebecca? rebecca: memorial bridge