fact maryland governor larry hogan a republican is not there. he is one of many gop leaders not attending the events am tom fitzgerald is live in cleveland tonight and tom, that list includes the bushes, former bop presidential candidates this is supposed to be unifying event what is gop doing to try to he unite. >> shawn you're right it has raised more that a few eyebrows about how many top republican have decided not to come to cleveland to attend their own party's convention. we all paid the primer and know conventionsry moment the party comes together not fray as part and continues old fight. take a look at footage from at the convention today maryland delegation is key element in all of this maryland is state that progressively has been voting democrat nikt last couple years. and then there was a turn. they elected a republican governor in larry hogan. that raised eyebrows around the kupty that perhaps in a state like maryland a republican message could get across to the voters and did they come up here tonight? no. larry hogan is in maryland. we put the question to former

recorded it on a cell phone. all three brothers have been indicted in his death. >>> a maryland home owner will face charges but not for murder after police say he shot and killed a prince george's county firefighter and wounded another during an emergency call in april. a grand jury has indicted him on multiple weapons charges. he was not supposed to have a gun because of a previous assault charge. >>> d.c.'s lgbt community will honor the life of a transgender woman. she's been on life support. her death has been ruled a homicide. d.c. police don't believe still investigating. >>> 4:37 is our time right now. today, we're going to find out if the guy who led the redskins to a division title will be here long term. >> several reports are saying that negotiations aren't close right now. cousins will be the skins quarterback this coming season. if they don't reach a deal, it will be a one-year contract for nearly $20 million. >> not bad if you get that job. >>> we're watching temperatures rise again. another hot day on top. amelia is updating her forecast with what to expect for your co

with new body camera video released this week by maryland police. the video shows officers breaking up a graduation party. it also shows why dropped against two maryland students and why a umd police officer was disciplined. shomari stone has more. >> reporter: take a look at this body camera video from a university of maryland police officer on may 21st. he and his partner respond to a party at the court-yards apartments. they walk upstairs, bang on the door. a girl opens up and says hi. >> hello. >> what's going on? >> hi. >> what's going on in there? >> we have a graduation celebration. >> okay. can i see the i.d. of somebody who lives there? >> i don't have my i.d. on me. >> we heard people are fighting inside. >> there's no one fighting. who told you that? >> you need to open the door. >> we heard people are fighting, they have a baseball bat. >> what? >> and that's when things start to escalate. police order people to leave the party. the video shows some complying, others don't. some let the officers know they live there. >> right now we're clearing this area. >> moments later a

about. overnight road work still in minutes on 95 in maryland between the beltway and route 212 with 2 lanes blocked. not seeing a backup because of this. no right now. heading to the airports? there aren't any issues right now on the baltimore washington parkway or 95. you look good getting to dulles on the toll road. heading inbound gw parkway, up to speed, too. that's a look at traffic. back to you! the cap is on the republican national convention. a wild the party's nomination ....as his family beamed on the convention floor. a presidential candidate at one point considered a joke, now one step closer to ramos reports from cleveland. supers: donald trump / (r) presidential nominee kathleen burgin / trump supporter stephanie ramos / abc news cleveland source: vote2016fripkg (downloaded) trump's win has some republican's across the country kaine - is leading a group of nine people believed to be potential running mates for hillary clinton. five, are on that list of speakers so far. four senators and a governor. three cabinet members and retired navy admiral james stavridis are not on

road closed out near lake potomac drive. maryland, paving, eastbound us 50. maryland 197. no trouble spots from annapolis back toward buoy. back to you. >>> a new controversy as the republican national convention enters a second day. melania trump appears to have lifted a part of her speech from michelle obama's speech from the democratic national convention in 2008. >> barack and i were raised with so many of the same values. that you work hard for what you want in your life. that your word is your bond. that you do what you say what you are going to do. that you treat people with dignity and respect. >> at a impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life. that your word is your bond. you do what you say and keep your promise. >> that was just one of the two passages that matched nearly word for word. republicans cheered for the same lines their democrats cheered before. >> we want our children to know that the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. >> campaign leaders had hoped that mrs. trump's

in laurel. police say the 29-year-old amanda duer of la plata, maryland died at the hospital. derek henderson of washington is hospitalized tonight in serious condition. police are still searching for the gunman. they say the suspects and the victims may have known each other. >>> holocaust survivor and nobel laureate has died. he was 87. his life's mission was to shed light on hatred, annihilation of jews and ethnic conflicts around the world. at 15 he was sent to auschwitz concentration camp and branded with a number, a7713. he wrote his first book, night, a devastating account of the holocaust. he'd author many more books over the years. >> have meaning to nonjews as well. >> reporter: he eventually made new york city his home and taught at several prestigious institutions including yale and boston universities. he received many awards throughout his life including the congressional gold medal in 1985. the nobel peace prize, and the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. the nazi camp survivor spoke at the dedication of the u.s. holocaust memorial in

gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz, and the gentleman from maryland, mr. cummings, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah. mr. chaffetz: mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman from utah is recognized. mr. chaffetz: mr. chairman, thank you. we're here to consider h.r. 436 1, the government reform and improvement act of 2016, as amended. the bill combines seven good government bills, each of which have been reported by the committee on oversight and government reform, and i look forward to hearing from some of the bills' sponsors as we move this package today. broadly speaking, these bills address three key issues -- enhancing federal information technology security, modernizing the federal work force and addressing federal regulatory burdens. the first topic, enhancing i.t. security, is the first title of the bill and is championed by representative gary palmer. also, the sponsor of the underlying bill that is under consideration now. specifically, title 1 of the bill addresses the federal labor relations a

and heading to the airports, the toll road, 95 in maryland and the baltimore washington parkway look good. that's a look at traffic, back to you. developing now in baton rouge. police releasing new details about the ambush on several police officers. investigators now calling this a targeted assassination on law enforcement, and are looking into the shooter's possible links to black separatist groups. emily schmidt has more. happening now in germany-- police investigating a possible terror attack on a jummy olabanji has more on the attack, and the deadly ending. police say 17 year old afghan migrant, armed with an axe and a knife, attacked train passenger in south german last night. and newschannel 8... and we'll live-stream all the events on our website. and every night at seven, on newschannel 8.. an hour-long special with analysis of the convention so far. it's . wrong and embarrassed. controversial police video-- drawing harsh criticism from within the department. what the police chief says his officers should have done.. coming up. and enjoy these pre-dawn temperatures while you

university of maryland. >> footage is from a party in may and shows use of excessive force. live in clem park with the latest. good morning. >> good morning, well, university police were called to this graduation party after people who could not get in made a fake report that there was a fight going on involving weapons only plater police involved there was no and only celebrating and this body footage you're about to see shows what happened next quickly escalated. >> hemo. >> what's going on. >> hi. >> what's going on in there. >> we have a graduation celebration. >> okay. i can see id of somebody that lives here. >> do you have. >> i don't have my id on me now. >> all right. off the bat you see university police show up the apartment and enter quickly the shutting down the graduation party. some refuse to leave. a crowd starts to gather and one officer deploys his pepper spray. chaos then interrupts as you can imagine. you hear students screaming and two students are arrested as firefighters arrived to treat people sprayed you see the same officer spray the crowd again. now investigati

commute. >> good morning, chuck. we've been watching this for a while. this is maryland. the john hanson highway past 202. inside kenilworth avenue. chopper 4 is there. travel lanes, both are available now. flashing lights and everything to grab attention. it's a quick exit if you will. head north on to kenilworth avenue, be aware. head on collision at everett street, a neighborhood street. be aware in this section, you will be rerouted. also, this is morning number one of phase 3 metro rail continuous work. it will close between braddock road and national airport. >> jack, thank you. >>> most of you are probably getting ready to take on your morning commute for the first time. phase 3 of the safetrack program could tangle traffic in northern virginia. news 4's derrick ward is monitoring the situation for us in alexandria. derrick, good morning. what are you seeing in. >> reporter: what we're seeing now is folks sort of getting used to this. we're at the braddock road station here. what is going on essentially is the blue and yellow lines are shut down between braddock road and na

-- both of us were at the various local delegations. district of columbia, in maryland, larry hogan, the republican governor of the state didn't come, several other people didn't come. those republicans are disspirited about that. fraxt -- virginia is the battleground. you saw some of them aren't supporting trump very much but they are trying to get geared up for november. >> that's right. we'll be looking ahead for that and we'll be wishing our team luck in philadelphia next week covering the dnc. back to you guys. >>> this morning, we are hitting the streets to find out what voters thought about trump's rnc speech. derrick ward is live at the tasty diner in bethesda. what are people saying today? >> reporter: you know what, a lot it. many some of these folks were up working the late shift or they had to be in bed so they could make this shift. we have talk to some folks. i have some of the highlights speech. first of all, there were 76 minutes and that's the second longest in recent history and it brought up a lot of the tones, a lot of things that we've been hearing from this campaign

of maryland calls an embarrassment. and maryland's governor offers financial help to improve of the nation's worst bottlenecks. good morning washington. today: partly to mostly sunny. a few pm storms; mainly sw of d.c. highs: 88-91 winds: nw 5 mph tonight: mainly clear and comfortable. lows: 63-70 winds: light wednesday: mostly sunny. less humid and not as hot. highs: 86-89 winds: ene 5 mph metro reminder, surge number 5 begins tomorrow that today is a good day, it's a day that we have a break. we won't have any shutdowns for stations this time around. just the single tracking between east falls church and ballston. trains will run every 18 minutes and at 10:00pm, trains will run every 20 minutes. a clear ride anywhere that you're traveling this morning on the interstates. no accidents to report. back to you. developing story this morning out of college park -- campus- as police use pepper spray on students at a graduation party. the police chief, has already said he's embarrassed at how officers reacted. and one officer- is suspended. richard reeve gives us a look at the body camer

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where she lives in hyattsville, maryland, where she was located by police. show you pictures why this was urgent. what happened. this mother identified as 31-year-old flora khatun had met with the child protective services as of yesterday. they filed a civil complaint because they were concerned because they didn't know where the child was. they had gotten word that this mother was not acting correctly with her daughter. but she would not reveal where that child was. she was declared an unfit mother after she left that c.p.s. office yesterday. they called police. they issued a warrant looking for the mother trying to find her. they did come to this residence in falls church where we are now searching for him. his friend tried to tell the mother not to flee. let's listen. >> it's not right. >> why don't you think it's right? >> she is a good mother. she is a good person. i told flora to stay at home. her lawyer told her to stay at home. richard: so for whatever reason she apparently did not do that and went back to the hyattsville residence not telling anybody where it was except for t

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advocacy clinic that he worked for the maryland bureau and the assistant your as the staff attorney and legal aid and its staff attorney at the time. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. such a beautiful late afternoon, early evening to sit inside and talk about them port and policy issues. thanks to politics & prose that busboys and poets. huge thanks to nyu press for the support and publishing this book. i definitely think the university of baltimore school of law and the clinical programs they are. i have the honor to teach students who are representing clients and i have the opportunity to learn to the client than a couple of colleagues from there who are here today an amazing advocate. i think my past clients. i've learned so much from their stories over the years and what they are going through and from an individual basis trying to connect on a more systemic level. we have that conversation and maybe start with comparison and back up a little bit with an introduction. i was in new york on monday. westchester county a few years back a story in the newspaper that a child is a top to

on the outer loop of the beltway moving from robin son terminal toward van dorn. maryland, eastbound, # 50. kind of work zone. 66 going westbound toward 29 out in gainesville, there's only a work zone going on there. >>> as chuck has been telling us, expect hot and humid weather today with high temperatures to last all weekend. doctors say 105 degrees is considered a danger zone for illnesses related to the heat which can be deadly. you'll want to watch out for dizziness and signs you are thirsty. you might feel confused or nauseous. the best advice, be prepared. >> prehydrate. 1 or 2 liters per hour if you are outside. limit what you are doing outside. >>> if you start to feel any heat-related symptoms get inside and get hydrated. and starting today, d.c. fire and he didn't will have five extra ambulances on the streets for heat-related until 9:00 p.m. multiple cooling centers will be open as well. >>> good morning, i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. the search for mh 370 has been suspended. this is what we're hearing from authorities this morning out of australia, china, and mala

away to some in our community. people in montgomery county, maryland, are going to talk about it in a series of town hall meetings. community activist jeffrey tims will be there. he says the conversation must be had here and now. >> we are changing as a community the racial dynamic and the racial makeup that we once knew no longer exists. >> reporter: the first town hall on racing and policing is tonight at the silver spring civic building. county and government leaders are hosting with the naacp leaders and others. everyone is invited and asked to speak openly. >> we do not want to get caught in a situation where we do not have the conversation. we may not be aware of the problems out there. so shame on us. happen in montgomery county. >> reporter: the awful moments caught on camera and the pictures of once smiling families are just pieces of a long conversation about tragedies we don't want to see at home. >> we always want one incidental way. >> i see it happening other places and that means it can definitely happen here. >> reporter: this first town hall is tonight at 7:00 here at

. i have no choice. and is it really elective surgery if the alternative is cancer? >> a maryland lawmaker is standing behind her and trying to reason with the teachers union. >> when woo we get new information, it's tough to keep up with it. >> we called the teachers union. they said no comment and hung up. >> my oncologies, cover -- oncologies, -- oncologies -- they say this is necessary. this is a life-saving, medically-necessary surgery. >> she says the teachers union is now in talks with maryland lawmakers over the very is the policies in place? we'll stay on this story and let you know what develops. >>> busy day on the campaign trail. the republican convention next week. today, donald trump appears to be closing in on electing a running mate. just again, the republican presumptive nominee. garrett haake picks up the story from here. >> reporter: in illinois this afternoon, hillary clinton gave a speech that seemed designed to show she could pick up the role of barack obama as consoler in chief. but her remarks turned partisan as well. today, hillary clinton tried to stand o

maryland campus route 1 beach wood road a busy road. especially rush hour in the morning. as you can see most of this roadway is utility trucks in the road and trying to get a huge mess cleaned up. as you can see above here an entire treep toppled leaning into roadway and it's actually leaning being held up now by utility lines thrown across the roadway here. so, drivers will want to avoid this area right now as they try to get this cleaned up and it will take a little while especially because this branch is leaning on utility lines. one lane of traffic is each direction is on. come rush hour traffic this will be a mess that this is still going on a void this are area. also we've even? this area several downed utility lines. they are very, very hard to se see. it is very dark out here and very easy to run into with your car. you will want to be careful about that. that seems to be a reoccurring issue around the region here. downed trees and downed utility lines and he saw that when they came in work this morning all blamed on strong gusts of wind upo night and also because of the sto

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those storms and if storms will cool us down at all. >> maryland's $230 million plan to ease your commute. the new idea to make i-270 less crowded. >> the message neighbors in prince george's county want the council to hear before an important vote tomorrow. >> this is 36th street at everett. you can see it complte uprooted and as a result of that, that road is blocked. may have brought down power lines with it as well. we have reports of other trees down as well in montgomery county especially around bethesda and several reports of trees down as the winds did gust at about 40 to 50 to 60 miles an hour as storms came on through. this is radar history over the last two hours. you can see they're quickly now passing east of the metro area right now just light rain in washington. the areas in red and yellow, that's where it's coming down the hardest. right now just beginning to exit calvert county and crossing the bay about to hit near st. michael's moving off to the east quickly. another one farther south in southern calvert. not severe storms but heavy downpours with that. worst is

pulled his service weapon on another driver in maryland. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live in aspen hill with a story that you will see only on 7. kevin? kevin: steven smith was driving and had to stop short because of a slow-moving vehicle that happened in front of a citgo gas station. he honked his words with the driver and pulled out his metro handgun and said, "i'm the police. you don't want this." eric, the victim had to stare face-first at smith's semi-automatic pistol. the 40-year-old said he was afraid for his life but managed to copy down smith's license plate number. montgomery county officers quickly caught up with the off-duty cop fleeing in his ford mustang. they determined that smith was a 15-year veteran of the metro transit police department and today he pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and misconduct in office. he also had to re-sign from the department plus give up his taxpayer funded pension which would have provided him with thousands of dollars of retirement benefits. >> he pulls up on the side and he has his pistol pointed. he goes, "what n

fellow officer mistook him for a suspect indicted in his death. >>> a maryland home owner will face charges but not for murder after police say he shot and killed a prince george's county firefighter and wounded another during an emergency call in april. a grand jury indicted darrell lumpkin on multiple weapons charges. he was not supposed to have a gun because of a previous assault charge. police say that luch kin thought they were intruders. >>> d.c.'s lgbt community will honor the life of a transgender woman. 22-year-old dee dee dodds died on wednesday after she was shot on the neck on july 4th blocks away from her home on northeast. she's been on life support. her death has been ruled a homicide. d.c. police don't believe this was a hate crime but they are still investigating. >>> fda trials are under way in ohio for a rare illness known as batten disease. it can cause blindness, loss of motor skills and ability to speak. most diagnosed don't make it past their 12th birthday. one ohio family is clinical trials. >> just kept looking at mattie saying this isn't him. look at him. h

construction for three years now. >> and it will be completed by 2018. >>> a lot of good maryland republicans are here at the rnc but republican governor larry hogan isn't. how is that going over? i'll have the story coming up. >>> plus, plagiarism. >> that you work hard for what you want in life. >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> the potential fallout melania trump's speech. >>> all of this as donald trump's children prepare to take the now. >>> day two proceedings getting under way now but there's still a hangover from last night. the controversy over melania's speech. >> a roll call vote to officially nominate donald trump as the republican presidential nominee is expected to begin in just a few minutes. >> we have tonight team coverage of all of that. we begin with steve handelsman who is just above the convention floor right now. steve? >> reporter: jim, thanks. hangover is right. this is not only an embarrassment for the trumps, it's a distraction. at this exact moment at the rnc, history is being made. you can hear the cheers. donald trump has been formally nom

that far. according to the head of the university of maryland police. today, we expect to see police video of the party that was broken up with pepper spray. police got a call for a fight at turns out there was no fight. but university police still used pepper pray to clear -- spray to clear the party and that's when the complaints started against the officers. later, they realized the 911 call was bogus and it came from people who were turned away from the party and they may now face criminal charges. >>> charges may be pending for the host of the underaged drinking party where an adult drowned. diego padilla was part of a house party in maryland. party guests performed cpr on the 25-year-old but he was dead at the hospital. police charged 11 party attendees with underaged drinking and two brothers who live in the house and hosted the party may also face charges. >>> topping today's health alert. many elderly people may not be taking their prescribed medications correctly. researchers from belgium looked at about 500 adults over age 80 and found more than half were underusing or mis

, we're seeing why a university of maryland police officer is suspended. he pepper sprayed students while breaking up a party back in may. the officer shouts spray only after using it. pop ple people start running. officers arrested two students. and then he sprays it again where medic are treating people. >>> today, montgomery will hold a town hall meeting addressing the recent shootings in dallas, louisiana, and minnesota. the goal is for residents and police to have open and honest discussions. videotaped shootings are reignited conversations. the shooting deaths of eight police officers in the last two weeks also impact policing. tonight's meeting is for everyone. >> but ultimately at the end of the day, we want every voice heard. those who are from not just the black community but from the white community, from the asian community, from latino community, please come out, help us make a good situation in >> tonight's meeting is at 7:00 p.m. at the silver spring civic building on veterans place. >>> investigators are releasing surveillance photos showing the gunman as he tries to carry

there. richard: sources say the search widened to maryland. there is another element in the story. we got word about the amber alert at 12:30. our cell phones did not ping with the alert until authorities say they are investigating this to find out if it involved the authorities who were involved in this investigation. we'll have you much more at 6:00. that urgent search continues. if you have any information call 911 or your local police. in falls church, richard reeve, abc7 news. alison: reminder that you can get breaking news text alerts from abc7 news on your phone. by signing up at wjla.com. leon: turning to storm watch as the weather team tracks chance for pop-up storms. chief meteorologist doug hill has a look at the forecast. how does it look going into tonight? doug: hot and humid. but so far most storms are well west or east of washington. give you an update on doppler radar. 90 degrees at reagan national. dew point is 71 so it feels like 94 or 95. that is the drill for the next couple days. look at feels like temperatures. feels like 97 at reagan national. 98 at manassas. a

unfolded in hyattsville, maryland yesterday, dramatic video captured only on wusa 9. fbi agents whisked away liz and moments later let her mother, flora, away in handcuffs. she will face charges of parental abduction. why did child protective services get a court order to take the baby in the first place? getting an answer will be tough. >> i can't tell you specifically the history that cps has with this mother other than she had a number of kids that have been removed from her home in the past. >> sources tell wusa 9 a previous cps investigation led to the termination of flora khatun's parental rights involving 4 children. she could be moved to fairfax within the next few days. >>> a grand jury indicted a home owner on weapon charges in the shooting death of a paramedic who tried to break through the door to render air. state attorney angela says the grand jury considered murder charges but backed apay. >> it a-- away. >> it appeared the home owner was asleep, immediately following this event, he thought his home was being broken into. >> this happened in april in temple hills maryland

eastern maryland. it feels like 105 at the airport there. it feels like 100 degrees in fredericksburg. 96 still in the nation's capital. watching showers and thundershowers pop up. potomac from charles county. that stays along maryland. others in stanton will stay south of the area. heading through the evening it's muggy and partly cloudy and warm. temperatures will only slowly fall through the 80's. still around 83 at 11:00 tonight. fog possible early in the morning. then the forecast for the overnight hours, 72 to 779 degrees. very mug -- 72 to 79 degrees. very muggy. tomorrow in the mid-90's but increasing chance of widely spread thunderstorms tomorrow. some of those could be severe. that forecast just ahead. maureen: thank you. abc7's ryan hughes spent the day outside seeing how people are dealing with the brutal temperatures. ryan is live from the national mall where the folk life festival is taking place. ryan? ryan: good evening. we have seen a lot of people out here braving the heat. many with a water botle in their hand. trying to stay hydrated which is good advice. another popul

. really, not much to worry about. overnight road work still in minutes on 95 in maryland between the beltway and route 212 with 2 lanes blocked. not seeing a backup because of this. no issues getting to baltimore right now. heading to the airpo issues right now on the baltimore washington parkway or 95. you look good getting to dulles on the toll road. heading inbound gw parkway, up to speed, too. that's a look at traffic. back to you! happening now-- preparations going on all over the region, as we brace for several days of dangerously high temperatures. we could actually see record-breaking highs in the coming days. john gonzalez is live in silver spring with more.. meanwhile-- the office of the city administrator is agencies, as it prepares to activate the emergency plan. residents are being urged to plan ahead for the escalating temperatures by drinking plenty of water, checking on elderly neighbors and friends, and remaining in shaded and air-conditioned places as much as possible. cooling centers will be opened across the district and multiple community pools and spray parks wi

bowie, maryland. results being filmed in the area of freeway airports. smoke came from a staged plane crash. right there near route 50. prince george's county fire ems were there on the scene as a precaution. film crews will return to the scene tomorrow and friday. >>> we're just getting started on wusa 9news at 5:00. a marine killed in world war ii returns home. special ceremony from arlington national cemetery in just a little bit. >>> testing for zika. in parts of virginia. >>> topper is back with more on tonight's yellow weather alert. and a look at some other things about to hit the area. >>> and after the break. new information on a string of armed robberies that would happen at the college campus. investigators say those robberies were related to the wthis is my dream car.! yeah, i like this. i've been waiting to get in this. real people have a lot to say about the award-winning vehicles at the chevy summer sell down. wow! the design is great. i love it. number one in my book. that's awesome! if you could get 20% cash back on this vehicle, what would you do

across parts of southern maryland. the d.c. metro area will stay dry. more about the weekend forecast down at the beach in ten minutes. for now, it's traffic time. chuck taylor, it looks like a tricky commute. >>> chuck it could be. crews were able to do overnight work. southbound on 95. two left lanes getting by this morning. northbound at 95, moving up towards garrisonville, the -- also find unfortunately, beach drive remains closed between pine i branch roadway and broad branch road. we had flooding across the roadway. crews have been very busy through the night. they may still be there before the morning rush. not sure we can get it quickly as possible. back to you. >> thank you. a developing discovery out of waldorf where a body was found off western parkway. charles county sheriffs investigators say the remains of an adult female were found in the wooded area around 3:00 yesterday afternoon. investigators say there are no obvious signs of foul play, but an autopsy will be done to determine the cause of death. civil rights leader and -- walter faunt roy -- there was a warrant out

presentadora: una repentina inundaciÓn golpeo a maryland. y del agua al fuego, en california son los incendios los que generan una estela de destrucciÓn con el importante impacto econÓmico. en la polÍtica una discusiÓn tienen enfrentados a donald trump y con una multitudinaria misa , el papa francisco se despidiÓ de la jornada mundial de la juventud que se celebrÓ en co polonia. ♪ arantxa: por lo menos dos muertos y mÁs de cien rescates fueron el saldo de las naciones repentinas en maryland. otros estados tambiÉn salieron afectados. andrea nos muestra imÁgenes de la destrucciÓn. andrea: lluvias torrenciales han provocado caos en maryland. inundaciones repentinas arrastraron los autos como si fueran de juguete. la tormenta dejÓ una huella de destrucciÓn tras su paso, golpeando mÁs fuerte al centro histÓrico de la ciudad, ubicada a unas doce millas al oeste de baltimore. miren bien como este hombre se aferraba a su vehÍculo para detenerlo, pero la corriente era demasiado fuerte. las personas han quedado atÓnita. hay carreteras y negocios destruidos, estas son solo

over the area right now. northern maryland, north of that front, we could see a slight drop in humidity throughout much of the day today. here's a look at tor watts seven doppler radar, tracking it as it has the south and east but one cluster and lightning associated with it. in leesburg in germantown, if they pull together you will see some light showers here with mainly thunderstorms headed to front royal. uncomfortable, that's the move that we make tomorrow. side of the weather front will feel much better. a look at the chance for rain today. areas like marshall, warrenton, manassas, all with a chance of seeing a shower or dusky storm late today. dust, i want to start off of metro. they just tweeted out that they have some dust they are seeing in crystal city near the station. work is being done. right now causing issues of single tracking, but keep in mind that you might see a little bit of activity. take a look at the outer loop as you travel first past colesville road. asked thiss just point and it is an accident before you get to georgia avenue. slowing for you right now

to voters in d.c., maryland and virginia. we begin with steve handelsman covering the national angle. hi, steve. >> reporter: here at the republican national convention in quicken loans arena in cleveland, 3 hours and 15 minutes in came the revolt. it's a reflection of the division among republican delegates here, which in turn reflects division among republicans coast to coast. they chanted and yelled. roll call vote. if there were to be a roll call pledged to donald trump can change their minds and vote for somebody else, the feeling is that it would fail. just the discussion and demonstration is an embarrassment to donald trump. three hours into the republican convention anti-trump forces disrupt. demanding delegates be allowed to decide if trump delegates can vote for somebody else. you don't want trump to be the nominee? >> i don't want him to be the nominee. the whole world just got to witness a man who chooses to crush the voice of the grassroots. >> reporter: so far not enough support for a roll call. today's theme was keep america safe. spotlighting donald trump's promise of

with officer john moorely. take a look. . >> a rock victim high and university of maryland grad and member of the national guard and we were in his cruise are a few minutes when we got the first call a minor fepder bender involving a couple with and i fant in a car seat. the parents wanted the baby checked out. age back in the cruiser we talked about the recent assault on law enforcement and baton rouge. . >>" don't think a lot of officers on the 'roid unless veterans know what they're posed so do in these situation situations. >> as we road along we talked about what it is like to be a cop today. >> you're really never off duty doing this job. and especially when you have take home car like this and i mean even when not working everybody knows who are you and what do you and where you live. >> our second call took us to a houseness wheaton with a woman called 911 to say he was worried about human trafficking and officer morally suspected she was having mental health issues and after making sure she was okay we were back on the road. >> just making sure she's already checking her we

in laurel, maryland, just celebrated its 40th year. and for all of them, harold green has led the way. with his signature laugh. >> yeah, really! thank you very much. chris: in green's four decades he has seen a lot. there is one thing he didn't see coming. he is not laughing about it. >> it just never crossed our mind. i never would have thought that an e.z. pass transponder could be a license to steal. chris: this is a crime that is remarkably simple. the chief just has to find a truck that is open that he doesn't have to break into. when he gets inside of the truck, he then takes your e.z. pass. replaces it with a fake one. in less than five seconds the crime that can cost you for months. or at least until you figure it out. kim figured it out at chamberlain contractors. last month she noticed the company's e.z. pass bills didn't look right so on a whim she compared the g.p.s. in a truck with a time and date of a recent toll charge. they didn't match. chris: nice job investigating. >> i was shocked. trying to figure out how they were doing it. christ: she analyzed 11 weeks of tolls

clinton, maryland area.area and stretching down to friendly. i wonder how the people are inn friendly. i'm sure they're friendly in friendly, maryland. the frontal boundary has stalled out and as long as that remains in our neck of the woods thereos is still a chance of storms. let's get right to it. here is futurecast for the weekend. as we head through the overnight things clear out. we have gorgeous sunshine.rgeo if you have any outdoor plans for your saturday, no problemsrl at all.. saturday a few more clouds with the exception of areas wellarea south towards richmond and maybe a storm or two popping over the mountains.s. monies unfortunately a different story. we get a little bit of energy. and then right now it looks like possibly some heavy rain scooting in as we head into thei afternoon hours. this will need to be hammeredmee out. the details will need to bee hammered out in the next few hours. lady liberty is still going to stand tall.ll. monies the best chance for rain all weekend. we'll continue to bring you details on that day as we we continue to go through the n

that an 8-year-old boy who nearly drowned on a cruise ship is from maryland. he's now in critical condition. we're working to learn more about him. nbc's shanel jones tells us about what appears to have been a terrible accident. >> reporter: this morning, more trouble for royal caribbean's phantom of the seas. the cruise ship forced to head back to port in new jersey after an unidentified 8-year-old boy fell into one of the ship's pools. according to the coast guard, the child was underwater for 8 to 10 minutes before he was pulled out. the cruise ship left new jersey thursday afternoon, bound for bermuda. >> medical emergency on the ship the ship performed cpr on the boy. an nypd helicopter ler landed on the ship to whisk the child away to the hospital where he is now in critical condition. the cruise ship turning around to bring the child's large family back to a waiting bus. early this morning, royal caribbean tweeting, we are assisteding a family of an 8-year-old boy who had ab accident. our care team is providing support to his family. please join us in keeping them in our th

fees officially extend to beer and participating restaurants. >>> in maryland, the minimum wage goes to $8.75 an hour. and the gas tax creeps up about a penny. and the ban on powdered alcohol, that's extended for another two years. >>> for more fallout from bill clinton's impromptu yet controversial meeting with the attorney general. she has taken steps to separate herself from the hillary rodham clinton email investigation. but some say she hasn't gone far enough. >> reporter: the attorney general has decided not to make the final decision in the investigation of hillary rodham clinton's private email server. >> the matter is being handled by career agents and investigators with the department of justice. they've had it since the beginning. >> reporter: lynch has been under fire since sheriff deputy an unscheduled meeting with bill clinton on monday. she says nothing sensitive was talked about with the former president but critics say the meeting was inappropriate no matter what was recuse herself and appoint a special council. donald trump, hillary rodham clinton's gop presidential op

virginia has been found safe and sound in maryland. this after an amber alert was issued earlier today. and "fox5" lauren demarco joins us liver from hyattsville with the details, lauren. well, tony whether you were near a tv, radio, sdriving down the highway and saw one of the signs or got the alert on your smart phone there's a good change the you heard about this amber alert today and a search for missing 6 week old baby police believe the little girls with with her mother a virginia woman and they were found in the hyattsville neighborhood for several hours police were very concerned for the child's safety. . >> the baby is considered to be in danger and that's why there's a focus on us putting amber alert out. >> fortunately 6 week old liz catoon is safer tonight found six hours after rescued. fair favrm country police say they were contacted by child protective services because there was a court order calling baby months mother unfit parent. flora was at the offices sometime tuesday when they went to take custody of the infant they could not find imer one of them. van outsi

have more on what it could mean in just a few minutes. >>> maryland governor larry hogan will not attend the republican convention. instead, he will head to the 40th annual jay miller crab and clam bake in chrisfield. hogan has already said he will not be voting for donald trump. >>> a water scare is developing at the u.s. capitol. house lawmakers and their staffs will be allowed to take free blood tests. doctors are looking to see whether elevated lead levels in the water are affecting anyone who works in the capitol. they shut down the water after tests showed lead levels slightly above national standards. >>> in a few hours, we're expecting a major announcement about a product recall from the consumer product safety commission. we don't know what's being recalled, but we're told it's something that kids and adults use. once the announcement comes out we'll send an alert to your nbc washington app. >>> new overnight, nobody waking up a multimillionaire in morning. that means you still have a shot at winning. >> six numbers. friday's jackpot could be $508 million. play on, americ

school or live around the university of maryland. there were three late night robberies. this is in college park. the first is at tiding hall. happened around 10:00. the second was in cause hall n that case, the thief showed a ann's hall. in all of the instances, nobody was hurt. we still don't know if anything was taken or what exactly was taken. all we know is that some of the suspects were reportedly wearing dark black clothing and a dark mask. this is a story we'll stay on top of. aaron, back to you. >>> if you're driving along route 50 near bowie this morning, you may hear loud explosions or see thick black smoke. they are re-creating a plane crash scene for a movie near the freeway airport. filming is set to take place through friday from 10:00 in the morning to 6:00 in the evening. >>> 4. 367891. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. >> tom is here with four things to know about the forecast. look at the radar. >> yeah, right now getting lingering showers far southern maryland. they're moving across the eastern shore, pulling away off to the north aas wednesday morning. got

moved in on a hyattsville, maryland apartment. and came out with a baby in a cart. look at her. a few minutes later, put the mother in handcuffs and canceled the amber alert. tonight, viewers on social media, asking questions about why they took the baby from the mother. she said she doesn't want to misjudge the mother without knowing the entire story. wusa 9 reporter andrea mccarren is the one who called police with the address beforic braking news. -- breaking news. now you will tell us why you made the call. >> reporter: the decision to call police right away was easy. basically, the health and well being of a 6-week-old baby was at stake. what had happened, like any reporter, we were covering the story on foot. going door to door, looking for people who knew this mother. >> uh-huh. >> we met somebody who told me privately, he knew where they were. so we moved forward. he was uncomfortable calling police. in fact, very reluctant to call police, out of fear. he asked if we would. >> okay. the back story. so were you still the reporter at this point? and become a concern? a mother yo

tomorrow. get to the business of nomination, the roll call votes. maryland, dc participate into that.ha then on to nomination speeches.i live in cleveland 2016 republican national convention.o >> tom real quick, we know todae there was a little beaconing forth with l the whole nominatiw process, can you briefly explaii what happened becausefe not n everybody was happy about it. >> reporter: i'm so glad youter: asked me that. t this is fascinating to me cause i'm, the policy committee meeting they set the rules for the convention. con what they wanted to do was change the rules. the rules right now when you come to this convention you have to vote for who you were elected, they wanted to change it, free up for delegates toeg vote for whoever they wanted, they tried to do it, it failed they had a little bit of wordsf fight on the floor ultimately never trump is never more. >> we like the explanation. thank you very much, tom fitzgerald rnc. >> security is very tight theret in cleveland. and there are plenty trump protesters and supporters who rally and exercise their right under o

moving through maryland and into some of the suburbs. some very heavy rainfall within this line that's moving through eastern maryland. it's moving to the east at 20 miles an hour. that's going to put it in elkton, northeastern maryland at 5:34 and by 6:00 in baer, delaware. this is the line that could cause flooding. we're issued a first alert and extended it for philadelphia, new jersey, delaware and the sushsz. we'll get sunshine also. there is something missing in the seven-day forecast. we'll talk about that when i'm back in ten minutes. jessica boyington, in the meantime, has your first alert traffic. >> thanks, bill. we're watching 95 right now. while most of the dnc checkpoints have cleared out of the way, we are still watching for police activity around the broad street on and off ramps. you can see those flashing lights right here. all traffic moving along just fine by the scene right now. something to watch out for, at least be cleared out of the way by midday today. look for police activity on 7th and walnut street. in chester county, there's a road obstruction reported on

client a former foster child in maryland who have this issue happened him and when he was placed in foster care right after his mother died he was moved around to several different places and couldn't find permanent placement for him. then his brother dies. they locate his father and his father was a potential resource for him. his family is dying and the foster agency realizes they are entitled to a survivor benefit. they never tell him they are applying for the benefit. then they were taking that. they struggle ever since. to think about conserving it. he never have a driver's license. they might have provided an immense connection to his deceased parents. not just the money when a parent dies it could've provided that. instead the state took it. in many states one of those benefits. the list goes on. and they obtained some contract documents. they are described as the resources on a conveyor belt and be described as a units again with the revenue generated mechanism. it's who gets the most money. a goal of increasing the penetration rate of children whose resources can be obtaine