just a fun kind of guy. and for this to happen was very, very unfortunate. congressman alij gentleman cummings mourning the death of his nephew. someone gunned him down. chris cummings grew up in northern virginia. his uncle, congressman elijah says rising junior had a bright future ahead of him. tonight, his family is trying to figure out why he was killed in his own apartment. darcy spencer is in the newsroom. darcy? reporter: police have released very few details about the shooting. we don t know the motive or how many people were involved. his uncle described him as amazing with ambitious plans for the future. he was a student from woodbridge and shot and killed on early friday in a norfolk neighborhood. cummings is the nephew of. elijah. this was a guy who was just a good kid. he s the kind of kid who most people would say, boy, i wish i had him for a son or son-in-law. reporter: and he was a 20 only. a very polite gentleman. they are students and we are all fa
and better news as we move through the evening hours. look at annapolis, maryland. this is what it looks like on our weather bug camera. just about 15 minutes ago, you could barely see the building in the background. that s because they had a hefty hefty round of severe thunderstorms. this is what we have going on right now. the good news, the severe thunderstorm warning for charles county has now canceled out. now we re just left with a severe thunderstorm watch. and a good chunk of it has been canceled, especially out to the west of the d.c. metro. areas shaded in pink, prince george s county charles, calvert st. mary s you have the severe thunderstorm watch until 8:00 this evening. i believe this will probably get canceled before then. of course, we will take a look at the forecast in more detail. this is all part of a cold front that s going to bring us relief from the heat and humidity we had for the past several days. caroline? thanks, steve. keep us posted. now to ou
killed a university student. how it unfolded and what his are saying. plus a hazmat incident. what caused so many people become ill. big events in d.c. abc 7 news starts now. live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org we begin with breaking news. near the capital yacht club in washington, emergency diverse are searching a missing swimmer. they have been searching for the last hour. more detailsou as to become available. we want to turn to the scandal. he is seeking treatment in the the scandal. comes early after nancy pelosi asked for his just hours and it looking said he was getting back to work on capitol hill on monday. richard reeves has the latest. even some insiders are weinergate. he flew out of new york earlier today. most believe his political prospects are not good. we do not know how you can legislate. surrounded by reporters, he and with a delaware carol. nothingis inapp
the car practically obliterated. we ll tell you what happened to the driver. announcer: from abc news, live from new york, this is good morning america with dan harris and be on-and be anna golodryga. and good morning, everybody, let s put up those pictures once again. they just came out on facebook minutes ago. that s gabrielle giffords. think about this. it was five months ago, roughly, that she was shot at incredibly close range outside of a strip mall in tucson, arizona, while holding an event with her wrists. here she is, looking terrific. smiling. you see the remarkable pictures. this is taken outside of her hospital room in houston. we re getting reports she may be leaving the hospital. on the facebook page we re getting responses, people saying she s gorgeous, great beginning, impressive. great job. this is just the beginning. but a good beginning indeed. we ll have more on that story coming up. absolutely. we want to talk about this for an extended period o
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