maureen: thank you, stephen. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton wants some answers after the washington monument's latest shutdown. the monument closed yesterday because of a faulty elevator. and the park service says it will stay closed tomorrow. she notes this is the fourth closure during tourist season. she says the public deserves an explanation. national park service officials. there is no word on when the monument will reopen. should the name of jefferson davis highway be changed? yes, is the recommendation from a commission that spent the past year examining the role of confederate memorials in alexandria. other recommendations include considering request to rename real estates -- rename streets named for confederate figures but they don't remember removing the appomattox statue. the group will consider the recommend next month. coming up at 6:00, the new problem facing thousands amid historic floods in louisiana. and the local efforts to send help. plus, an image spreading around the globe. a child sitting st

maureen? maureen: the cost of borrowing money may increase chairman said the fed is moving to raise interest rates in light of a solid job market and improved outlook for the u.s. economy. and inflation. however she stopped short of giving a timetable for the next rate hike. leon: coming up on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- a home that works to help teenage mothers is now facing intense scrutiny from the neighbors. some of them are saying this place attracts crime. maureen: plus, new cases of outbreak hepatitis a tied to smoothie. the cafe that confirms a worker there was infected. leon: intense questions for head start. one of the biggest school district says the program will go on as planned but they are giving up the federal funding. that amounts to millions and millions. what happens next? we are looking into it. doug: are we going to get a break from the heat and the humidity heading to the weekend? i will let you know the numbers coming up next at "abc7 news at 6:00". announcer: you're watching

maureen: thank you, stephen. police in anne arundel county are wondering now if a serial killer could be in the county jail. christopher scheibe charged with killing holly smith this past may. her body was found near the annapolis mall. scheibe is also charged with the 2012 killing of jessica lee. her body was found behind a shopping center in pasadena. lee's grand mother says scheibe's confession to both crimes provide little comfort. >> i hope he burns in h so he can't hurt anybody else. maureen: investigators are not ruled out that slibe slibe killed or other -- scheibe killed or hurt other people. classes started this week at the virginia commonwealth university. there have been three alleged sex assaults already. the most recent was reported happening last thursday. it happened at residence near the school and all three victims met the suspect. leon: today was back to school day for a number of local counties including prince william, loudoun, charles and montgomery county schools. for the students and the d

maureen: thank you, brad. work continues to restore power to office buildings near 18 and l street in northwest d.c. underground transformer fire knocked out electrici course with it, air conditioning. early this morning, the fire also disrupted 911 service for sprint customers around the region. pepco does not yet know when service will be completely restored. we are on storm watch tonight. today marks one week of our heatwave. we are under a heat advisory until 8:00 tonight. and we are also watching the chance for isolated shower or storm. let's get to chief meteorologist doug hill for the outlook today. doug: it was a cooler day. we only hit 97 for the high today. the severe thunderstorm watch county by county is being peeled off. it's still in effect for montgomery county north and eastward. but in the next couple hours a lot will go away. not many storms out there. a complex not severe running through central montgomery county. weakening as it goes eastward. it's laying down a boundary as it goes. there c

maureen: miscue sounds good. what a great day today. doug: you know, with the temperatures coming up, humidity coming up, it's summary. but it's not horrible out. kind of horrible a couple of weeks ago but we'll get through this. the weekend is dry and warm. if you have outdoor plans at the beaches and the mountains it should be good for the weekend. time lapse for the weather bug camera high above nationals park. through the day, scattered out. the question with the clouds, are victory approaching or clouds of o-4 approaching? hope for victory clouds. first pitch at 7:05. the o's coming to down again. here is what we have tonight. beautiful, warm, late august weather. 89 with the high. 71 is the morning low. the sun will set at 7:48. dew points are up. that is how we measure moisture. if you watch me, you will know i ke points are in the 70's and the temperatures in the 80's or higher it feels humid. that is the story now and will be for several days. the outlook overnight, the mostly clear skies. temperatures drop. with the overnight

maureen: turning to the forecast. a lot of people hitting the roads or finishing travel plans for the coming holiday weekend. but there are changes in store ahead this week. here is chief meteorologist doug hill with the latest. doug: much cooler, dry weather by the end of the week. it looks fine for the weekend. travel offing the beaches we'll cover that in a minute. look at this. gorgeous. sunshine, 88 degrees. a wonderful evening out there. through the evening hours. it will stay in the 802's until after sunset. overnight the rains are 68 to 75 degree -- the range will be 28 to 75 degrees. we have showers and thunderstorm on thursday. beautiful weather arrives. we are busy two tropical disturbances. the bigger more threatening one brewing over the gulf of mexico. that could be tropical storm hermine. hurricane watch already up on the west florida coast. a lot to share with you. leon: we will be here for you. a week from today is notorious for bad traffic but this year's terrible traffic tuesday might not be to bad.

maureen: thank you. still ahead at 6:00, a former al-qaeda recruiter is now on staff at george washington university. the reason he was hired and what he says he wants to accomplish. leon: also ahead an infant locked inside a hot car saved with a sledgehammer. the retired police officer in the right place at the right time and with the perfect tool. >> first, donald trump meets with mexico's president. key part of the trump border wall not discussed next at "abc7 news at 6:00". great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. timing's important. comcast business knows that. that's why you can schedule an installation at a time that works for you. even late at night, or on the weekend, if that's what you need. because you have enough to worry about. i did not see that coming. don't deal with disruptions. get better internet installed on your schedule. comcast business. built for business. maureen: a retired police officer turned hero in new jersey

maureen: a big celebrity here. doug: we're watching the showers and the thunderstorms, flash flood watch for the metro and beyond. showers and storms along the mountain will move eastward. track them to make sure they don't become severe. that is what steve willdo. he will keep a close eye on the storms to update the beach outlook for the weekend. >>> tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. fire onboard. more than 500 passengers and crew told to abandon ship, racing down chutes, more than 100 injuries. >>> the raging wildfire tonight in the west. the state of emergency at this hour. more than 80,000 residents racing from their homes. and in the south tonight, the death toll from the floods. authorities say the worst devastation in this country since sandy. >>> breaking news. brazilian authorities ordering american swimmer ryan lochte and another swimmer not to leave brazil, amid new questions tonight about their story of being robbed at gunpoint. and this surveillance image. is the order too it w

maureen: thank you. police are looking for a hit-and-run driver that struck and killed a pedestrian in northwest washington. it happened 2:30 this morning at new hampshire avenue and m street northwest. just south of dupont circle. police hope someone recognizes the car in this video, that they say has serious damage to the front. they say a man crossing the street at the intersection when he was killed. today donald trump's campaign chairman paul manafort resigns. this comes after intense scrutiny of manafort's relationship with the pro-kremlin elements in russia and ukraine. earlier this week the republican candidate reduced manafort's role in the campaign bringing in a new campaign manager. trump's former campaign chair that manafort helped force out said it's the right m >> the campaign should never be about the staff person. it should be about the candidate. this reflection is all the focus back on mr. trump. maureen: trump spent the day looking at the damage from louisiana flooding. democratic pres

we'll tell you how $5 can go a >> thanks so much, maureen. i think we should, fingers crossed, be able to keep it as dry as we can through the morning. we're tracking showers and thunderstorms for all of you today. we'll be around 80 for a high. really, all day showing the possibility of a passing shower. perhaps a few rumbles of thunder. mid-70s at 9:00, 80 degrees at 5:00 today. yesterday we hit 88. the truth is most of you are waking up here at 6:00 a.m. the last way. we've got a lot of cloud cover. as we zoom in, we're seeing some showers. what we've noted here over the past hour now is that we've seen a lot more over the lake. some are indeed pushing inland. thankfully no thunderstorms, just some light rain showers in most cases. wet roads will slow you down. we all know how it works. as we track ahead on future view, we'll see chances not only this morning but into the work today and speaking of all of that, make sure you're packing your umbrellas and grabbing them and taking them out the door for you. we'll get a look at your commute r

wisdom and maureen. slight delay going to cause a ripple effect obviously but it is all in the name of safety overall and reliability. we're working towards goals here, general manager paul weidefeld made the monument basically saying that metro is rebuilding the schedule so they can really accommodate additional work on the inner lockings that is be crucial because that is where the points where trains change tracks and the extra focus on those crossover tracks is important because a rail car to derail near platform. you may recall in july at the east falls church station last month. the incident obviously raised a lot more questions about safety. and then you couple that with reports released by the fta ordering metro to take that he is steps to address safety concerns, it's prompting schele here's how things will be impacted. surge 7 as you mentioned is underway between shady grove and twin brook. supposed to end thursday, that will extend through sunday. keep in mind until this friday no red line tra

tucker barnes, maureen umeh. >> i'm going? >> holly morris, allison seymour, erin como, kevin mccarthy, they're all going to be out for the zip trip. grand finale this friday and apparently it's breaking news to maureen umeh she'll be at the zip trip friday. >> everything is breaking news i'll thereby what time did y say. >> we'll fill you in on the details later on. >> man, okay. >> 4:55 is the time now. glad you're in the know on this hi gary mcgrady what's going o on. >> summer is almost over, right? >> almost. >> here you go. friday morning it cannot be any better. it will be gorgeous. here we are this morning, 9 at 8 a.m., dry, warm by lunchtime 86. late today, 9 0. don't worry there's not going to be a lot of humidity. feeling less you'd than yesterday afternoon so you know. let me show you here's 7 day -- woops i meant to show you 7 day forecast. there. there's the 7 day forecast. my bad, story, 90 today and 9 tomorrow and warmer and look what happens temperatures tumble friday. high temperature only 82. really that's g

maureen was just admiring the moon. it's 81 degrees outside on wednesday, august 17 and >> we want say good morning to you, i'm maureen i'm. >> i'm wisdom martin. we're enjoying the gorgeous moon but we know that it's hot outside and there could be more storms. right, mike. >> you're absolutely correct. you should be doing mi job. >> i'm going to leave that to you, i'm going to stay in my lane that's may objective for this whole year. to stay in my lane. >> i'll stay in mine then. >> that's nearly a full moon out there. it's like 98%. it's tomorrow morning we have the full moon out still bright, brilliant and beautiful as you start the day but this is rather sticky. 81 degrees to start the day, were he have a number of days in dc this summer above 80. that's not typical, we don't do that a lot. 73 if gaithersburg, fredericksberg, leonardtown good morning to you you are hot and sticky as well. satellite and radar all clear, it will stay that way most of the morning, the north you see clouds and showers, that's a frontal

but friday is maureen, to answer your question in a round about way definitely looks like near perfect day as temperatures are low 80s. couple spots in the upper 70s with sunshine and dry conditions. how nice will that be. great out there this morning, too, westminster 66. baltimore 67, gaithersburg at 64. here in town we're middle 70s. you notice pretty much everywhere out in the suburbs it's low to mid 60s. it's not a bad morning out. there few clouds. we warm up again upper 80s to low 90s again today and later this afternoon will be feeling on the hot side. little humidity. not terribly bad. but, again, this should be the last day in the 90s for a while. now, think 9 owes come back again next week. after we get through today we head for 80s. it looks like it still looks like it will be a pretty nice holiday weekend coming our way. we'll be talking about that through the morning hours, of course, rights now a lot of traffic to get to on this wednesday morning. erin como is back with that, hey, erin. >> good morning, gary, 4:36 now and you're right a lot of team coverage. anjali hemph

maureen-- >> all right, definitely an event to check out. f0 >>> still ahead, why hillary rodham clinton was briefed by the fbi over the weekend. >>> and touring paisley park. when you can visit prince's estate and how much it at the the lincoln summer invitation sales event from the moment you take your foot off the brake, the brake stays engaged and you stay put. taking the legwork out of stop and go traffic. and even hills. that's the more human side of engineering. hurry in for limited time offers during the final days of the lincoln summer invitation sales event. lease a lincoln mkx for $349 a month or get 0% apr for 60 months >>> welcome back. italy observed a national day mourning yesterday for the nearly 300 victims of wednesday's earthquake. they held a state funeral for 35 of the victim, most of them from the same town. mourners cried and held each in girl. f0 >>> hillary rodham clinton has received her first national security briefing as the democratic presidential nominee. as the former secretary of state, she routinely attended

maureen, it's a beautiful morning out here. they had rain in previous year bus this year, it ses absolutely perfect. back to you in the studio. >> that's right. and as michael mentioned, you are right along the lake so you still have a cool breeze. perfect morning for this. thank you. >> reporter: you can see my hair. >> you look great, as always. we will catch up in a bit. >>> whether you catch a leg lamp or a squirtel is up to you. the christmas story house is hosting an event this weekend they are hosting a lure party allowing trainers to catch and battle all day. folks have to buy a ticket and take a tour of the house. the first 75 registered members win a special leg lamp gym badge. >>> coming up, helping to fight the zika virus. what florida governor rick scott plans to do to minimize the disease. >>> and last-minute travel. why a late summer vacation is as affordable as ever. >>> welcome back. an arrest has been made in the shocking murders of two nuns in mississippi. a 46-year-old rodney sanders has been charged in the

-thr wisdom and maureen back to bk you.u. >> 4:33 is the time. in maryland a lawsuitawsu challenging a 2011 redrawing of the state's congressionalsiol districts will be allowed toll go forward while state officials are arguing that itguh should be dismissed.mied >> the suit argues districts were redrawn to dilute the power of republican voters inten the traditionally blue state. s the next step now in the casehes of the trial before a three a te judge panel but that likelyt thl won't happen before december. br >> time now to check in see in s what's happening outside withde our weather. weath good morning to you mikeu mike thomas. thomas >> good morning to you wisdomtoy martin. good morning maureen.. >> hello.el. >> happy friday eve i guess isyu what we're calling it now. n >> we like to call it.l it. >> good weather week coming upg but the heat is back. back. i got a little bit of goodttleio news for the weekend.eekend. we'll get to that in a minute. n i want to start with today. tod the heat is coming back. unfortunately the humidity isthi with

wisdom and maureen >> thank you very much. 5:41 is the time. this morning a maryland restaurant is reaching out to help residents displayed by the apartment fire in silver springs >> raised nearly $18,000 for the montgomery housing partnership. the funds will help provide stands to those to help them rebuild >>> people in reston can get hour delivery known as prime now, it also launch a service in other parts of northern virginia including herndon. grocery to household products. northern virginia prime is available from 8:00 a.m. to midnight seven days a week. that's good information for you. >> yes, it is. if you use amazon >> stay with us, back in a moment. ♪ deadly hit-and-run on m and new hampshire avenue northwest. it's the second fatal hit-and-run in as many days, what police are looking for morning, trying to gather information, not a lot coming out, but again a deadly hit-and-run, details coming up in a few minutes. >>> we have details coming up right now in regards to our weather forecast, mike thomas is here with that as we take a l

. >> i'm maureen umeh. >> today is august 31. where did the month go. >> gary mcgrady standing by with the weather forecast. erin como has traffic issues and we'll be talking about issues for you this morning. >> 5:0 1 let's goat breaking traffic news. >> as we were saying major road in and out of d.c. shut down after a pedestrian was hit overnight. "fox5" anjali hemphill is along the sutland parkway with the details. good morning, angly. >> good morning, guys, we're on branch avenue ramp to sutland parkway. they are not letting you on alabama exit other side of naylor where the accident is at right now. no one is allowed on to sutland parkway and you can see the cars coming down the other way. these are cars rerouted off of sutland parkway at branch avee side of naylor road at alabama avenue. now, why is this happening? there's a crash westbound lanes of sutland at naylor road and it's actually got traffic in both directions blocked at this point. police are working that crash. it happened after 1:00 this morning a car hit a ped

i'm holly morris.or 'm and i'm maureen umeh. i today is going to be a wonderful day. a lot of kids already back toale school and of course thateha humidity back.ack. mike thomas will be here toe talk about it.lkut i erin como will talk about the we have something you may see that you should not be alarmed about.out >> annie yu joins us with whatwt you should be wear of before you go outer the door. d >> heads up morning commuters. don't be alarmed if you see a sa huge number of first of fi responders and fire apparatuspps equipment near the pentagonhen later this morning.r th the pentagon and firstd responders are gettingsp together holding a mass casualty exercise fromro 9 o'clock this morning until 1 o'clock. it's going to be on the north n side of the pentagon.en the exercise will involve a simulated helicopter crash and a a fire.a and the scenario may be visible from the virginiaa state highway routes 27 and a 110 with a lot of police and and emergency response activity inec and around the pentagon mall. ml the pentagon says this is ayss a way for first responders

colin kaepernick is speaking out and explaining why he won't stand for the national anthem >> maureen kyle has your reaction this morning. >> a lot of people reacting to this over the weekend, kaepernick talked to reporters in the locker room for nearly 20 minutes. he said friday night's decision to sit tout national anthem won't be the last time. take a look. in case you missed it, see him there sitting on the bench when everyone else is standing. he says he's sitting to stand with people being oppressed. he says there's too many injustices and the to change. he doesn't care how many endorsements he loses from this. teresa posted on facebook. this country has a long, proud history of protesting and standing up for what you believe in. we don't have to agree, but it's his right and every american's. >> jackie says standing during the national anthem is showing respect, not necessarily views for president and administration but those that fought, live with memories of war, and those that died protecting our freedom. those purchasing a jersey and burning it. this is something we're goin

bye, maureen. >> also out on the web claire hux table is coming to empire. actress felicia rishard who played the mom on cosby is set to hit the mega trauma. she will have occurring role as take digs mom. season three kicks off september 21. >> sitting in traffic jams may make you sick. researchers say pollution which gathers inside cars during traffic jams and relates is 40% more than amount when actually moving. scientists suggest keeping windows closed and keep recirculating the area to reduce the pollution. doing that can reduce your hazardous level of air pollution by 76%. >> mailing a taxi could become more complicated and that's because taxi drivers are required to speak eng learn. they went away with long standing english pro efficiency tests and it will make it easier for imgrant that can't get jobs to get them as taxi drivers. critics including some drivers argue some are not designed to interact with passengers and read street signs. >> and it may only be tuesday but we're looking forward to friday. that's because it's our final zip trip of sgln i

maureen ---- >> whose been waiting. bee >> the world has been waitingldh for frank ocean. >> honestly i had forgottenorgot about highmen hate to say him. >> metallica has a new albumlbum coming out today.od >> the time is 9:41. 9 we're back after this. >> metallica. ♪ ♪ >>> our man of the hour kevin te mccarthy is on the road and joining us i believe from la. l. you're in la-la land. good morning, kevin.. >> hey, good morning maureen. m. everybody good to see you guysog this morning. i'm in los angeles.. interview the cast of mechanic less surveillance ruch.veil jessica al ban jason stay sontas this morning i saw the moviehe v last night. n i'm very excited to be here. h i've been hearing you guys tease the frank ocean thing allfrocea morning it's fantastic.ta >> i know a lot of people aret o excited. ex personal i i'll be honest i forgot he forgo wasn't on the scene until this i morning when i heard he had a new album coming out. >> yeah. >> yeah. what's fascinating about thisngo album boy the way he last night wen

this is allison seymour.mo that is steve chenevey and thata is maureen umeh. >> where is holly. >> she's off.>> holly has got the morning off.ng >> ahead this morning how longmo it will takern to make kevin mccarthy lose his breakfast. >> he's been riding rollerol coasters at sick flags for justj about the last three hours or so. and it's all in honor of rollere coaster day.ter we'll check in with him one more time as he wraps up his epicc morning. >> the only thing that makes yo more uncomfortable on stealn ea roller coaster when it's 100 degrees and that hot breezeb smacking you in the face.ng y i temperatures pushing centuryen mark again. more humidity and that combotom means another risk of severe ofe weather late this afternoon. af. we got it yesterday, tucker. tke >> we did. >> thunderstorms rollinghundersg through. how many days now of 100? threr days. da >> three in row of 100.n of 1 six in a row of knife or better. >> unreal. unrea >> okay. >> yeah. >> it's hot.>> >> we win the gold medal foredaf heat and humidity every yearityr around here, don't we?'t >> yeah, we do.e >> we're

>>'t w maureen, 87 now in washington.ao 84 quantico. another steamy start at the dayd warming up very quickly outck ot there with the bright sunshine.. mid 90s. won't 100.. we'll take slightly cooler air, plenty of humidity.idit no heat advisories thisories afternoon. i mentioned the sunshine. sunin we got that to start the day.. frontal system off to the northn and west. doesn't have lot of oomph to it it will sag down into our area a later this afternoon and likelyk to fire up a few scattered thunderstorms maybe some showere activity later today.vity lat i just want to give you heads ud if you've got evening plans p tonight our guidance is trying to bring us pretty thunderstormd complex associated with thatciat frontal system during thesy evening houstrs.u there we are at 8:00 o'clock. notice that looks like the bulkb of the activity wants to moveo v through between aboutugh betweeu 8:00 o'clock and midnight.ndnigh so just keep in that in mind if you're out about later tonight.t we pay have thunderstormor activity.ty. behind the front

wisdom and maureen. man that's right, this happened around 3 o'clock police tell pet us and since then they havehe been working this scene.cene they got the report for a f pedestrian struck. as you mentioned tha st person o sadly did not make it and sond they're waiting for some som daylight to come out -- to o- happen and so they can get a closer look at how this allal happened here.ened h but if you look straightkght ahead, you'll see that redhat mercedes.mercedes. that's been the vehicle they t have been focusing in.g in. the front windows havee shattered and it's sitting sting about 50 feet from a crosswalk s and looks like one of theirke headlights are out. they have ogh a cone right outr front as well but this is thes e only vehicle that we can se from where we're standing thatgt they're sort of focusing in onn but the person was struckwas stc along the 1400 block of ninth street northwest and they'rey're unable to confirm whether the t victim was in a crosswalk or not but for those of you travelin

maureen, we are not open yet, very peaceful morning. but let me know what you want to look for and i'll do pre scouting, maybe shopping for you. >> i have a house, full of empty walls alyssa. i have seen some of the art work featured there, it is beautiful. i think i need to go shopping and go on a spree later today. has you covered. >>> still ahead this morning, heading back to school. how to prepare your child to get back into the routine. >>> and unhappy meal toy. why mcdonalds is pulling an activity tracker from their happy meal. we'll tell you about that, >>> a schmuck break of zika virus is spreading in florida. the florida governor announced there are five new cases. those infected are within a one and a half mile section of miami beach, including popular south beach. now the cdc is warning pregnant women to stay away from miami beach. >> the key here is pregnant women. pregnant women are at the greatest risk because of the risk of microcephaly and other serious birth defects. mosquitoes that can breed in just a teaspoon of water

>> did maureen say 3,000. 3,000 >> she said 2,000. to go with 1500. 1500. >> wisdom what were you yourour guess again. >> 800. >> the correct answer is 897. wisdom martin wins today's goodo day challenge.llenge. >> you're welcome.>> you >> way to go, wis.go, wi (applause).use). >> thank you wis.>> t >> you get --ou get >> he wins another day on thenoy job tomorrow. >> we think. we don't know.no give it some time.e >> would you climb the 900 steps. >> he gets to climb up theclimut monument.monu. >> no. i'm not climbing the stairs, noo >> you're not going to walk 9009 stairs. stairs. >>> that's too much new york too city. >> walking down would be okay. >> this could be real opportunity for d.c. make thisus part of the process for visitors the city wants to be fit, climbi up the monument to the top. top >> nice spin, mo. that is not going to sell. >> no. >> looks pretty from theks p outside, doesn't it.t. >> 9:19.>> 9:19. coming up next, the picture that has become global reminder ofinr the horror of war. >> and speaking of war little ll

. >>> good morning, i'm wisdom martin, i'm maureen umeh. of erin como talking traffic. >>> we got news to talk about. he don't on that transformer fire in downtown washington, dc >> it was quite a scene. here's footage shot by dc fire and ems, place threatening everything. fox 5 melanie al nick is on the scene. >> reporter: we're talking about that bank that happened a little before 4:30. they are investigating to try to figure out what exactly that was. of we saw sparks but fortunately no flames shooting up from the sidewalk. we do still see smart phone rising here, and this is almost first began. but go back to the dc fire and ems video, really impressive flames there, oranges and almost blues in a way shooting up from the street from this underground transformer fire. they were worried about it threatening the buildings nearby, and also they had to go into some of those adjacent building, check them out. make sure nobody was in danger. fortunately there have been no injuries connected to think there wasn't much that dc fire's ems could d

maureen kelly kron4 news. this spike in violence in hayward has sparked a conversation on our website. . with viewers asking what's going on in the east bay town. you can join the conversation too. just go to our website. kron 4 dot com. >> reporter:san jose police. asking for the public's help identifying a burglary suspect that we see in this video. the crime was back in may. but police just released this surveillance video today. it shows the suspect entering an apartment complex community center on charlotte drive in south san jose.he has a purple suitcase. police say the suspect used a pry tool to force his way into the community center. and then stole one of the desktop computers. you see him put the computer in the suitcase. then walk out. anyone with information is asked to call police. a san francisco beach was temporarily shutdown after someone lit two of the beach's portable toilets on fire. the incident happened yesterday afternoon in san francisco's sea cliff neighborhood. at china beach. this is

kron4's maureen kelly explains what has changed in the case. it was after the autospy of 28 year old frank galieica that the medical examiner deemed the death suspicious. at this point they are backing off calling it murder.since the cause of death so far as not been determined. police say homicide inspectors are still working the case to try and find out how the young chef was died. since while it doesn't appear to be a homicide.it doesn't appear to be a natural death either. galeica's body was found wednesday morning in a stairwell at the bloomingdale's inside the westfield shopping center.the remains found in an area not accessible to the public. this all happening just blocks away from the prestigious sons and daughters restaurant where gaelicia worked as a line chef. the westfield shopping center was also the scene of a violent attack on friday. >> reporter:it happened inside a men's room. police say that's where one man was robbed and beaten by three male suspects. who then also beat a second victim who went inside the bathroom to investi

fabulous hair day, maureen kyle. >>> temperatures in the low to mid-50s this morning. these are your low temperatures. look at wooster, started the day at 50. started at 63 downtown cleveland. by afternoon, we pop those temperatures right back into the upper 70s and low 80s. that's where we sit right now. as a matter of fact, i cleveland hopkins airport. warmer temperatures off to the west. the warm air will begin to spread in as we head through the day tomorrow. we'll see temperatures trending upward. along with that, we also get cloud cover and a little extra something coming in the atmosphere. it looks like we can throw some scattered storm chances later in the mix later in the day. then we have to keep an eye out for this thing. this is going to be the storm system that's going to bring us the best chances for showers on thursday. so we're kind of ramping up the rain chances through the day on wednesday, and they will peak on thursday. hour-by-hour forecast takes us back into the 60s by the midnight hour and clear skies will continue for us. we'll start tomorrow wi

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. >> i'm maureen umeh. >> today is wednesday august 24 first day of school in st. st. mary country welcome back to school, students, standing by for us gary mcgrady talking weather and erin como is talking traffic in a bit. >> we'll begin with a check headlines in italy and news that's been breaking all night long and earthquake has leveled towns in the mountains northwest of rome. >> the rush is on to find survivors and unfortunately the death toll is rising. annie yu is in the newsroom tracking latest developments and startling developments coming from the scene. annie. >> good morning to you ladies right now officials are saying 11 people died and there's reports that the number could be closer to 21. of course, that expected to go up as rescue teams race to dig our survivors from rescue area. let's show you footage out of italy right now. hardest hit towns were ama. it rice and kuble. >> the mayor of ama. it rice says the town is not here any more and you can see rescue crews searching for survivors unstable there. and social media blowing up as they're sharing ima

tom: maureen, a lot of riders we're talking are pretty surprised be this. the derailment happened july 29. this is the station platform behind me. where it happened was a train approaching the station that only made it to right there before it left the tracks. this is video from that day. i was the morning of july 29. this caused a nightmare for a lot of commuters. later metro determined that likely what happened was the tracks were in such poor shape that the rails actually became further apart than normal and that led to the derailment. well now, we now know metro police are getting involved in this investigation. we talked to passengers, they thought it was negligence. they didn't realize it might

wisdom, maureen back to you in the studio. >> developing overnight a shooting in burtonsville maryland. >> police are on the scene. here's video as it was unfolding 10:30 last night. sandy spring road. no word yet on circumstances surrounding that shooting. >> meanwhile fbi is investigating a stabbing in roanoke, virginia as possible act of terrorism. >> the suspect wasil for oak attacked a man and woman when getting into their complex. they never have seen him before the people in the apartment said. >> we realized something was wrong around 10:30. we heard commotion inside our building knocking and people talking. >> he was yelling allahu akbar. >> the victims are now recovering. >> dominion customers get ready for bills to get more expensive. starting next month you'll seat increase. dominion plans to bury power lines and it will cost 140 million. the company will charge $6 extra a year which equals out to 50 cents for a bill. >> parents of a teen found murder in a jim matt outside of a high school filed a lawsuit. >> adele officers a personal response for a wedding invitation from

as much as they see liberal biest and they're losing people like maureen who is pretty favorable. >> maureen has been extremely fair to donald. >> we had different waves of press overreach or underreach. like, for example, you could argue that candidate obama got great press to the point of unfair. >> you could argue that. >> make my point, please. joe, i'm trying to make a point. >> didn't vote for him were dismissed as racist. >> if you could please, i am trying to make a bigger point. some would argue that that happened. definitely an argument -- >> what do you mean some would argue? just say that happened. don't be hillary clinton, just tell the truth. that happened. >> honestly, okay, now we're going to argue this. i think, actually, i think, actually, to go back wn obama first announced his candaens for the presidency of the united states, everybody laughed. everybody laughed, including this set. okay. when we were in new jersey, i was laughed off the set. >> mika, the majority of the campaign -- >> i want to hear the point you were trying to make. >> for the majority of the ca

maureen kelly kron4 news >> vicki:happening now. a san francisco church is pleading for the return of a two-thousand-year-old relic that was stolen. the pastor at saint dominic's catholic church says the thief can give it back no questions asked. >> reporter:kron four's ella sogomonian explains how the treasure was stolen. there are no security cameras inside at the alter where the relic was housed in a glass case. so the church is hoping whoever took the relic will bring it back out of the goodness of their heart. arrests in california have hit an all time low. despite an increase in crime. there were 52 thousand fewer arrests in 20-15 compared to the previous year. that is the lowest rate since the state started keeping records in 19-60. the public policy institute of california believes the fewer arrests are due to the passing of proposition 47. that initative. which was approved by voters in 20-14. reduced penalties for certain drug and property crimes. the falling arrest rate comes even though the state department of justice sa

maureen kelly kron4 news. the naked donald trump statue is no longer standing in the castro district. coming up. what happened to it. and where the statue could end up next. plus. another statue has popped up in san francisco. but this one has a whole different meaning. how the city. is paying tribute to legend who gave us."i left my heart in san francisco." and police in the east bay. are investigating a deadly shooting. >> grant:how the city of berkeley is handling its first murder of the year. in the east bay. >> reporter: and the killer was long gone game-high just. press conference today to defend >> will: will get any details what they think that the metal still alive when paramedics rushed him to a hospital injuries are too much. at this point it'll have a solid description of the shooter either don't know or not saying i had the murder. >> vicki:the advocacy group is concerned that ramero is being set up to be dismissed and that the video will support her case. >> vicki:the naked trump statue which pop

in san jose maureen naylor, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> recent terror attacks overseas have also struck close to home for students at uc berkeley. 19-year-old tarishi jen was a student at cal killed july 1st in a terror attack in bangladesh. she was there for an internship when gunmen stormed a restaurant and opened fire. two weeks later leslie was killed in nice france for a study abroad program. >>> breaking news, a new development involving controversial and embattled bay area judge aaron persky. he is being taken off of criminal cases. the santa clara county superior court says judge persky is being reassigned to the civil division at his request. a statements released minutes ago says, "judge persky believes the change will aid the public and court by reducing distractions that threaten to interfere with his ability to effectively discharge the duties of his current criminal assignment." you'll recall judge persky is at the center of criticism over his sentencing a former stanford swimmer brock turner who was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman at a campus fraternity pa

maureen naylor tells us many of them are having trouble with the cost of living. >> obviously this was a fun first day of school activity. >> 35-year-old courtney teaches 7th grade and knew in the 2nd grade what she wanted to pursue. >> i was fortunate to carry out my dream. >> the sunnidale native is and her husband is finding their dream to own a home hard to realize. >> it doesn't seem like it's going be possible in this area. so we actually have considered moving and looking elsewhere outside of the bay area. >> the number of applicants is surely smaller than it was five years ago. >> the superintendent of the school says to help teachers with the high cost of living they're starting to work with landin a start up started by two graduates. they offer to have investors cover half of your down payment in exchange for depreegsuation. >> the people who -- beappreciation. >> they can be the -- depreciation. >> the unified school district says it's starting salary is $55,000 a year. which is about half the median santa clar ra salary -- clara salary. it loosed transfer rules and is offer

august 30th is the date.he d i'm holly morris alongside of o maureen, steve and wisdom.m >> also ahead this morning, thee colin kaepernick drama not going anywhere yet. yet everybody from the read skipser head coach to donald trump tonap the white house weighing in onwo his decision to sit out the o national anthem.nthem >> let's talk about thisbo gorgeous weather we're in storeo for the hot and humid day but bt the summery left could be inuldi here in time for the weekend. focus tropical weather if you'rr planning on a holiday weekend. e tucker barnes with our first o r check of the forecast.he forast. i said gorgeous weather it is a nicer day today.od >> you said everything.verythin hot and humid, gorgeous,geou something about the tropic.ro >> a mixed bag.ed b take what you want.t >> here's the deal.e's 90 today.90ay. >> okay. >> and then we've got cooler and drier air for the end of theor f week. >> there you go. >> something for everybody, ri setght?hi >> holly called it.. >> if you're a big tropicalropil storm lover we have those, too. all right? 78 now in washingt washington. hum

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in the meantime we say goode sy morning to you.mo thank you for joining us.r jo i'm maureen umeh.i' >> and i'm wisdom martin.'m w today is august thursday august erin como has traffic butffic first we'll talk to mike thomas.om >> wisdom we had some strongad storms rumble through and it a came through rather late. taking a live look outside.de again most is calm, a fewew areas around the region seeing a couple of showers but for the most part today is goings to be a much more quieter dayay than it was yesterday evening. g all right, let's take a live l look at me and say gooday g morning.mo good morning to you. to you. we are keeping track of allrackf the damage and everything thatit happened last night.ppened las i do want to mention that withhw all the storms that come that through you would expect some ee sort of relief temperature-wise. not going to be the casee the unfortunately.fo humidity still very high outut there.there. 75 degrees right now in in washington.ington 72 at gaithersburg 73 at baltimore and as the sun comes m up all that moisture thateha dropped thunderstormsorms

>>maureen kelly: a small but potent and more of what they believe to be the light sentence handed down to brought turner to the santa clara superior courthouse in downtown san jose the boxes or and did nearly symbolic of the 1.2 million signatures they say they collect all the on-line petition website come all the way from florida to the man that california legislators take action to remove a judge from the bench she believes is biased. >>maureen kelly: the petition drive is set for another was delivered 01 maiden signatures to the state commission on judicial performance to remove from from the bench is also a movement to recall the jurors from the bench at the paulo out to court house is in support of judge was only a few hundred signatures most come from public defenders to said the other side is sending the wrong message he is expected to release a little more than one month from today on september 2nd he was sentenced to six months in jail with good behavior he will only have served three months. >>vicki liviakis: 300 extra firefighters are battling the silver honest and parnell a

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kron4's maureen kelly was there. >>you don't know my but you've been inside me >> reporter:rape survivors and their supporters took turns read a letter written by brock turner's victim out in front of the state building in san francisco. >>i wanted to take my body off like a jacket and leave it in the hospital with everything else. >> reporter:it's the same letter that jane doe read in judge persky's courtroom.which then went viral for it's haunting description of her ordeal.not just of the rape.but also of it's legal process she had to endure. >>i technically couldn't prove that damaged me.almost broke me >> reporter:the protestors held a giant pink slip with persky's name on it.today the delivered a formal compllaint to those on the commission on them once again to remove judge aaron persky for the light sentence of brock turner. >>judge persky has shown a clear bias for men of privilege for those who abuse women >> reporter:the group has delievered their letter.it's the thrid time they have been here.having droppe

grandma maureen is temporarily bed rind at a rehab facility. an ambulance transports her to dialysis. they ahe remember theed the family she had growth return. >> we haven't heard from >> reporter: the ambulance facility said the place was locked up when they arrived and the family drove there. >> i called 911 and i said i can't believe i am about to report this but my grandmother is locked inside the dialysis center. >> reporter: the firefighters transported maureen to the rehab facility. erica is a nurse and cannot wrap her head around someone forgetting her grandmother. >> i am in health care and this has to be accountable for this. this is absolutely not okay. >> reporter: i he reached out to the facility -- i reached out to the facility and have yet to hear back. katie brace wbz this morning. >> that's something. >>> well today marks one week since the murder he have a. of -- murder of vanessa marcott. police have received 600 tips investigators are now looking for a man with scratches, cuts or bruises who is in the area of brook station r

kron 4's maureen kelly spoke to the woman's husband. and to the mayor, who is promising to take steps to prevent accidents like this from happening again. hopefully no one will get hurt like my wife again. jen kong tan.who goes by the american nickname tony.and mayor ed lee talked to the media after the mayor's visit. here's a snap shot of the bedside meeting. in the middle is tony's wife choy ying zow, who also goes by the name emma. the mayor came to visit ella after she was transferred here to laguna honda hospital. emma was left paralyzed from the waist down when she was hit this roughly 100 pound tree branch has she sat and watched her two daughters play at the playground at washington square park in northbeach. the city's rec and park department sent an arborist out to double check the tree after it happened.and all of the trees in the park. they say they've determined that the tree is healthy. after his meeting with emma and tony the mayor says the city is doing to do what they can to prevent what he calls a freak accident. >>:th

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