goldberg. let's watch it. >> i want to say to hell low to you with all the letters in the alphabet. >> no more oprah. there was virtue gertrude. [inaudible] she was the most famous woman in america you never heard of. >> the press dubbed her the first lady of radio. >> you are one of the first person i've ever known. how do you get justice ginsburg to talk about the. >> i was at the residence and i went up to her and i said justice ginsburg another heroine of mine, she said i love the film and then they said now i'm doing a film on gertrude byrd and she said all next to. [inaudible] that was my hero. i interviewed her and have a little clip from her. the funny thing is i came here to go to law school but thanks for the washington bar. [inaudible] now the world has these four films. the day i interviewed her, i emailed everyone i knew in a said aviva finally made it to the supreme court. >> you are the daughter of a holocaust survivor. >> okay, you see my 5o1c3 is my mother's maiden maiden name.

jeff goldberg explains. jeff: construction theft may not be new to loudoun county. >> it has been happening a long time. jeff: this is different. >> it seems more blatant. jeff: he is overseeing the construction of 50 homes at virginia manner. last night, thousands of dollars in windows were taken from the some. is there are deadlines for these houses. if large quantities of materials are stolen during construction, it sets us back. with a lot of eastern lot in the western part of the county still rural, the boom is happening here at a rapid rate. the lot in county sheriff's office has recorded 153 cases of construction property theft this year. most happening this summer in chantilly. say that these are striking at night and on weekends, mainly targeting residential sites, but some commercial, and even three schools before they were finished. hopper wiring, lumber, and roofing supplies just some of the missing materials. >> we believe there is a smaller number of individuals involved, but we are not ruling

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live in the newsroom, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: thank you, jeff. american the patrol was struck by a roadside bomb. this happened today in southern afghanistan. six afghan soldiers were also hurt in the attack. this bombing comes a day after the u.s. officials say they sent 100 troops to the city to fight the taliban. the name of the soldiers -- rather the names of the soldiers have not been released yet. president obama toured a baton rouge suburb today. the region recovering from the trills of gallons of rain that pounded louisiana. 13 died and more than 60,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed. the president had a message for the people of the state. president obama: we are heartbroken by the loss of life. there are people who are desperately trying to track down friends and family. we are going to keep helping them every way we can. leon: the president also brushed off criticism that he was late in coming to the region. instead he praised the response and the coordination of local, state and leon: residents of an explosion in silver spring a

jeff goldberg is live with more on what he found out. jeff? press conference between the chief of police for fairfax county and also the sheriff wrapping up about a half hour ago. still a lot of questions. we do not know the answers to them as the investigation continues to unfold. we did give an accounting of what authorities say happened last night. here is video of the press conference. it was about 10:00 last night that authorities say a 29-year-old hispanic male was a patient at fairfax who had been released. security guards brought into a bus stop near a parking garage, and then apparently the hospital got two calls about a man at the bus stop which would appear to -- with what appeared to be a weapon. it was actually a metal signpost with a sharp end at the end of the post. the man was having a mental episode. security from the hospital arrived, and the security guard was struck by the metal signed by this man. then a sheriff's deputy who was in the area assigned to the hospital showed he attempted to calm the situation and deescalate t

as the hole grows in size, so does goldberg's anxiety. her biggest fear is the exposed gas lines. >> we have all the gas company people out there to start shutting off gas lines around the area. you break a water line, you get water. you break an electric thing, you might get a live wire down there. but gas explodes. so we got the gas turned off pretty darn quickly and that's why there were no explosions in the surrounding area. >> the neighboring streets are shut down to traffic and about 70 patients are evacuated from a nearby hospital. although people in the area are inconvenienced, no one is injured or killed. city and state investigations conclude that the sink hole is caused by the water main break, but there's still debate about whether it was caused by corrosion of the aging main or triggered by subway construction. >> whatever it was, it was a broken water main. not just the pipe but the main. and that water had been coming in for some time before it was detected. >> crews repair the water main, fill the hole with concrete and re

jeff goldberg has more. jeff: construction theft might not be new to loudoun county. >> this has been happening for a long time here. jeff: but this is different. >> it seems to be more blatant now. jeff: derek is the project manager overseeing construction of the 50 homes at virginia manor. last night thousands of dollars of windows were taken from this home. >> challenging >> another case in a costly trends. >> there are deadlines for the houses. if large quantities of material are stolen in construction it sets us back a little bit. >> with eastern loudoun county already built out, and with much of the part of the county relatively rural, the boom is happening here in dulles south. it's happening at a rapid rate. the loudoun county sheriff office recorded 153 cases of construction property theft this year. most happening this summer in aldie and chantilly. sergeant says thieves strike at night and on weekend targeting residential sites but some commercial and even three schools before they were finished.

let's check in with lee goldberg, who is in for jeff smith tonight. >> kind of a best case scenario. usually a steamy day like this, a code front is coming. interruption. brief lightning and gusty wind. partly cloudy in new york city, still humid. that is the dark skies off to the south. it feels like 100 in tom's river. 90 in poughkeepsie. that's where we haven't seen as many storms. you can see the line north and east of new york city. jersey shore as well. that cell is going to tremble right now. showers are weak especiallying over sufficient -- we can ening over suffolk. clear in new york city now. no problem there. the focus will be the storms over central new jersey and i-95. middlesex, parts of somerset over the next couple hours. we had an inch of rain over suffolk. you can see over the next hour, it's 195 and the east end of long island. things are quieting down in the evening hours. if you're headed out, early thunderstorms. partly cloudy to clear for the rest of us. humid early. we will dry out late. much more comfortable in just a you for now. >> thank you, r., lee. >>> a

jeff goldberg is live with more. wasn't it at one time one of the most expensive properties for sale in the area? jeff: yeah. no question about it. i spoke with the party promoter set to host the party this weekend. he says they are canceling it because of the negative publicity surrounding the property. here it is. it is on cambridge road. the northern section of arlington. you might see, it looks unkempt these days because two months ago it was foreclosed on. but the parties have adopted here anyway. over the past several years the home has been the scene of big, big bashes. organized by promoters, advertisedded on social media featuring d.j. food, drink, pool and stubbing views of the potomac river. the recent party happening saturday night. it could be a turning point in the situation. a fight started at the party sunday morning and it continued to the road leading to a drive-by shooting in mclane at the corner of dolly madison and kirby road in mclane. a vehicle pupped up to another and shot -- pulled up to anot

jeff goldberg is live in leesburg with the latest in this investigation. jeff? jeff: well, michelle, leesburg police confirming the female jogger involved in this incident was off-duty sheriff deputy for the loudoun county sheriff office. physically she was unharmed. thankfully. emotionally, not surprisingly, she is shaken by the experience. this is where it happened this morning. what a noteworthy of the section of the w&od trail, this is a busy section of the trail with bikers, joggers and people on t away of the center of town. this is a sketch of the suspect the police released this afternoon. late 40's to early 50's. 6'1", 6'2", weighing 130 pounds. the woman in her early 30's jogging along the trail when she was approached by an unknown man displaying what appeared to be a boxcutter. woman was able to run away and the suspect did the same. the two never physically coming into contact. the woman calling 911 almost immediately and police responding quickly. including a k9 from leesburg police department and also the loudoun county sheriff office and helicopt

. >> it's the world's most interesting rube goldberg device that i've ever seen and it's all powered by man here. so he starts cutting some onions and he begins to collect his tears in that funnel and it goes down and -- >> great oh, wow. messes of tragedy fuelled with your very own tears. >> that is a low level edition. >> how about the letter liquor. >> when he cuts the onions he has the knife attached to something that starts moving another rube goldberg device but if you notice -- >> he just uses basic stack of notebooks to go around the corner of that envelope. >> this is the exact opposite of occam's razor. >> the most simple solution to the most complicated problem. in this case the most complicated way to take care of an easy task. >> will it seal -- >> yes, yes. it's going to fold over, right? >> let's see. >> oh! >> fantastic. >> oh, this is a lot of time on his hands. >> tricks no longer the sole property of children and serial magicians. mexico where soldier puts a frisbee way out to the water but this is not just frisbee, not ultimate frisbee. it is the newest sport not

goldberg says it took less than 5 minutes to make this easy alternative. just remember four key components. a rainbow of whole fruits, none of that added sugar. also vegetables. >> yellow tomatoes, some blueberries, some red peppers and some grapes, so it's got plenty of color. whole grains and protein power. like her turkey and provolone in whole wheat pita. as for the drink, juice gets a big no often you're not getting real juice. >> sugar water with varying amounts of juice and they tend to be juices of low nutrient content. erika: dr. goldberg says stick to water or low fat milk. and yeah, throw a cookie in for dunking. treats are ok have your little one pick one out of several you make sure it is in bite-size pieces because that makes them more inclined to eat it. emily: sounds good, thank you. how you could double up and pack your lunch at the same time. a bear caught on camera in new hampshire. the treat getting the animal's attention. randy: dramatic video of a police officer struggling to save a man's life. is approaching. emily: standing up the h

i'm meteorologist lee goldberg. last week at this time it was 92, feeling like over 100 today. we didn't reach 80 in new york city. 79 degrees, even felt cooler than that with the breeze. right now we're at 69, clear skies, and a nice north wind around 10 miles per hour. as the temperatures dropped three storms that we're watching right now. you've heard about fiona. now tropical depression 7 turned in to gaston. we'll have the tracks on all three. your weather out the door tomorrow morning, 64 degrees. your 7-day accuweather forecast just a few minutes away. >>> a grand jury today indicted a college janitor for first degree murder in the fatal shooting of an imam and his associate in queens. 35-year-old oscar morel continues to be held without s they walked home from a mosque in ozone park on august 13th. prosecutors still have not given any possible motive and morel does not face hate crime charges although many in the contradict's community blame islamophobia for the killings. >>> first on channel 7, a family in newark demanding an apology after they say an innocent 10-year-

we have aimee freeze in for lee goldberg. what can you tell us? >> it's hot, but i love it. some places got to 90 degrees. and this dry heat is exactly what we would expect in the summertime. so serving it up just before the changes come in. we're going to see humidity returning to the forecast already. a southerly flow coming in and that's what drags chance for showers. we're a handful of degrees warmer than yesterday at this same time. our daytime highs have come in. 89 degrees for laguardia is the high temperature. 87 for ice live and the clouds will come in -- 87 for ice live and clouds will come in and curve the edge of the heat we have. the pattern will continue to be -- weather coming up from the south. that will be an increase in the humidity. showers and thunderstorms and after midnight we could see light showers and the bulk of the rain will come together. on the future cast you can see that well. later on tonight, we see the clouds come in and those overnight turn into a few showers. early on tomorrow, it looks like the biggest threat is north and west of the city

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i'm meteorologist lee goldberg. clear skies out there tonight. empire state building looks great there in purple, orange, and green. that's for the fedex cup playoffs. it was jordan spieth flipping the switch earlier today. 69 degrees, 44 for humidity. barometer is on the rise. high was 79. average high is 82. there are your sunrise and sunset times tomorrow. a little cool-ish in the morning. very comfortable in the a nice breeze. this is the coolest night since july 3rd. we'll go down to the low 60s, 50s in our suburbs already. humidity is on hold till later in the week. might be a thunderstorm late week. a lot of areas could go dry through the weekend. fantastic final weekend of august. the only problem we have is the tropics are heating up. more on that in a moment. it's already 54. 60, armonk. 62 in howell. 64 out the door tomorrow. 50s suburbs. mid 70s by noontime. screaming outdoor lunch. lots of sunshine in the afternoon. just light wind tomorrow and a high near 80 degrees with the low humidity. it's all about this big area of high pressur

live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: sad it's the last one. thanks. checking the top stories now. the washington monument will be closed for at least the next ten days. elevator cable broke loose wednesday prompting the closure. there were two separate issues last week not related to the latest with the cable. alison: rockville native and olympic swimmer jack conger is back on american soil. he landed in miami this morning with his teammate gunnar bentz. ryan lochte, conger, bentz and jimmy feigen have all been under fire, of course, after brazilian authorities accused the swimmers of fabricating the story of them being robbed at gunpoint. lochte issued an apology on instagram today. jonathan: after interviewing more than 100 people reconstricting the gas meter lines and digging by hand through four stories of charred debris, investigators believe that it was a gas leak that caused that explosion at a silver spring apartment complex last week. during a news conference today. seven people killed in that blast. alison: and covering metro tonight, and wo

. >>> we got amy freeze in for lee goldberg. it is hot out there. >> it really is hot. >> it feel loose s like you can -- feels like you can cut the humidity with a knife. >> if only we could cut it out. we just had the next -- the national weather service extend the excessive heat warning back into new jersey and philadelphia. the numbers across the entire region are ve is a live picture. look at the shade over central park. a few of these clouds are darkening up in some spottings. s. there could be a shower or gusty thunderstorm. certainly enough heat to crank our temperatures to 91. that was the top temperature at central park and we're currently at 89. now heat advisories, we've been noticing this all day, it started in the boroughs until 8:00 p.m. on saturday. a.m. on saturday morning. now they added in the excessive heat warning until sunday night at 9:00 p.m. i think these warnings and watches are going to change up because of the intensity of the heat, especially at night. we're not cooling a you have. this is prolonged

meteorologist lee goldberg is here now with a check on the accuweather forecast. >> no question. we have a few showers that are trying to get in to the area. but we do not have any flooding imminent. we do have a flood watch that's of northern new jersey. but the severe thunderstorms, heavy downpours, they're happening a couple hundred miles off to our west. that's where they stay for the early evening hours. we're fine for any evening commute or evening travel. we'll have to monitor the downpours coming out of eastern pennsylvania. may try to dive in to northwest new jersey, let's say warren county or hunterdon county over the next few hours. we'll start to direct our attention to the suburbs where be nice and quiet. 78 degrees right now. if you're headed out this evening, look for 74. take the umbrella for a stray shower but also downpours that may develop to the north and west. complete 7-day accuweather forecast is a few minutes away. >>> you can download our free abc7ny app to try live radar on your phone and get the accuweather forecast any time of the day. >>> faced with a

so we shall see. >>> meanwhile, hi lee goldberg. how is it out there? >> reporter: i mean, it is amazing. it is amazing. i mean, august is just on a roll here. we have great welt, with like obstacle -- weather, with like one little obstacle over the weekend and then we are right back on track. we'll look at the manhattan skyline it looks hazy from this camera but really a deep blue sky out there right now. temperatures in the upper 70s. the humidity at 56%. we started out the week with humidity closer to 70%. a south wind around 7. the pressure is on the fall and a couple of degrees higher than yesterday. water temperatures in the upper 70s the beaches are nice and warm too. in west hampton. inland numbers coming in just a tad higher. these dew points around 60, i mean that is bordering on pleasant levels and it looks like the real spike in humidity will be delayed. i thought maybe by tomorrow afternoon a low humidity until tomorrow night when the humidity spikes. during the day tomorrow, lots of sunshine, a few patchy, high clouds around, once again lo

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[crying] goldberg, 42, driver. shot in the left shoulder. rosemary, 37, secretary. shot in the left knee. 29, part-time teacher, forehead grazed. three innocent civilians were wounded by a good conscientious police officer. the explanation is simple -- he had the wrong weaponry. a shotgun is the wrong weapon in just about any situation where you can expect innocent people to the nearby. in a busy area like this, too many elements you cannot control and may not even notice. a suspect shoots at you. you shoot back by instinct with any weapon you got. the officer made his mistake in taking the shotgun out of his car in a situation where there were people everywhere indoors and out. most cops get a fair amount of practice with their sidearm but they don't fire a shotgun very often, unless they are hunters. they don't know about what happens after they pull the trigger. just as important. they know when to take the shotgun out of a police car. a double shell is nine pellets, each about the size of a 32 caliber projectile. the four buc k has 27 pellets. many of the types

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live in falls church, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: thank you. 7 on storm watch as some residents in louisiana are returning home for the first time since floods ravaged the area. killing at least eight and leading 30,000 rescues. the damage has been done. some 40,000 properties have been impacted by the flood. some say the damage is worse than hurricane katrina. >> everything i had is gone. everything. everything. >> it's the end of your life. end of your world to start over like that. we work so hard for it. >> tonight the governor of louisiana is requesting to expand the state disaster declarations as the floodwaters are moving downstream. causing rivers to overflow and jonathan: i feel so bad for the folks. it's so widespread. we are talking thousands. doug: even though hurricane season has been easy so far. the national hurricane center updated last week and still expect robust late august, september hurricane season. keep your fingers crossed and say prayers that nothing gets in there tropical wise. you don't need a tropi

. >>> i'm lee goldberg. what a beautiful day again. low to middle 80s. upper 70 at the beaches. and temperature check at 11:00, the numbers have been in the low 70s and the humidity has been staying low. a beautiful day after a start of 70 degrees. the problem comes on saturday with thunderstorms over a few hours. the rest of the weekend accuweather forecast is just a few minutes away. could potentially carry the zika virus. health officials say so far no mosquitoes in our area have tested positive for zika. >>> and an encouraging development in the battle against zika. three experimental vaccines have been shown to protect monkeys against infection. hiking trails. crudely made booby traps designed to injure and maim. there were wooden planks with nails sticking out of them. hikers are warned to be on the lookout. >>> call it modern day hot wiring. new at 11:00, thieves going speed away. tonight we talk about what you need to know. >> and he opened his mouth and got slugged in the face. hello! it's our new intern, bart's first week here at td bank, he's a robot from one of those

we have lee goldberg outside with a look at the forecast. what do you think? he can - >> it doesn't feel like mid-august today, lee. >> no, it feels great. welcome back to you, liz, as well. >> thank you. >> the wind is awesome. it's comfortable. high energy winds. that's the first time in a while where you think let's go for a down. it feels spectacular and we have a nice week ahead. let's go outside and check out central park. central park film festival underway. marcus garvey park tonight and they'll introduce the school of rock near 124th street. i'll be out there late they are week. very an a nice evening shaping up. temperatures at 76, but the humidity is nice and low. pressure on the rise. high pressure over us the next couple of days and the high only and it's base side queens at 79. hollis at 81. bronx in the mid-70s. look at the cat scales. monticello at 68. 80 in islip and 80 in bell more. 88-degree numbers down to the shorelines. a sharp in the -- 30 miles-an-hour wind at jfk. you'll notice the breeze through the early evening hours, but it the dew

that the need to step up and start paying more for the defense it sounds like what he said to jeff goldberg about the free riders so there are some interesting he does key into the issues that have appeal and hillary clinton will have to offer a persuasive counterargument to that and i think that everything i know about her where she comes by and believes. in some ways she's the ideal person to articulate the case because she fervently believes and has kind of the experience and in a way maybe the argument would be at a higher level if you get past the slogan the high-level argument is i'm the person who wants to preserve and defend this post war order and trump will question the need for that order and maybe start dismantling it. >> he may be a lot closer to where the american people are in terms of being against the establishment and this hasn't worked so let's try something new. there are a lot of cross karen karen's. i need to run only because i haven't written it yet and i have to prepare for this. i'm going to excuse myself while mark stays with you to buy all the books you're going t

jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: thank you, jeff. terrifying moments for a massachusetts neighborhood. a tornado carvedded a path of destruction four football fields long. the storm touched down at 3:00 in the morning which is when most people were fast asleep and inside their homes. nearly 40 of them were damaged. all are said to be salvageable. no one was hurt or killed. michelle: closer to home now. residents of ellicott city are racing against a critical deadline. in a couple of hours main street will be closed for three weeks to let crews repair the two-mile stretch of road de flooding. it's a hard task for folk trying to work through the debris in their own homes. >> my front yard was washed away. i have trees down. six tons of dirt i bought on saturday. michelle: the area will remain open until 7:00 tonight. leon: right now nearly two dozen wildfires are taking a toll on the firefighters in nine different western states. in california, after days of bad news, finally some good news for people around san bernardino. the blue cu

. >>> i'm lee goldberg. what a beautiful day again. low to middle 80s. upper 70s at the beaches. and temperature check at 11:00, the numbers have been in the low 70s and the humidity has of 70 degrees. the problem comes on saturday with thunderstorms over a few hours. the rest of the weekend accuweather forecast is just a few minutes away. >>> pesticide spraying is underway in new york city to combat a type of mosquito that could potentially carry the zika virus. health officials say so far no tested positive for zika. >>> and an encouraging development in the battle against zika. three experimental vaccines have been shown to protect monkeys against infection. >>> a frightening discovery on booby traps designed to injure and maim. there were wooden planks with nails sticking out of them. hikers are warned to be on the lookout. >>> call it modern day hot wiring. new at 11:00, thieves going high-tech to hack into cars and speed away. tonight we talk about what you need to know. >> and he opened his mouth and in the face. what george zimmerman said at a restaurant what george zimme

jeff smith in for lee goldberg. he has the forecast outside. >>reporter: what's interesting, july in the tri-state area wasn't that far below average. recent leave wave and the humidity outrageous. today not too bad. central park, a beautiful view. i love to go to the park with days like that. 85 today. humidity down to 46%. winds gusting up to 16 16 miles-an-hour. it's a northerly wind transported a much dryer air mass from canada in our direction. 85 is your current high after a morning low of 77. a couple of degrees above average. a rethundershower after midnight causing one one -- showers over new york city and points south. it could be a lingering shower until tomorrow morning and we clear things out. it heats up into the weekend. nothing like what we have had the past five to 7 days across the area, but temperatures approaching 90 by friday and the humidity on the uptick as well. that will bring monday. and real extended relief. one of the nicest air masses we've had all summer coming into the picture for next tuesday into wednesday. accu

i'm meteorologist lee goldberg. we're waiting the -- let's look at the stats with this particular system right now. because its winds are up to 70 miles-an-hour and the pressure around 29, 23 and it's moving to the west at 14 miles-an-hour. this could be the second hurricane of the season. the first one was alex. we'll watch it closely and looking for balance in your digestiv for a non-stop hold o live 2 non-stop >>> 4 stories we're following at four. police in queens investigating the murder of a 30-year-old jogger. officials say 30-year-old karina patrona may have been sexually assaulted man in western new jersey says he came face-to-face with a bear in his backyard. he says the animal used a paw to swipe him scratching him on his arm and hand. police say there's no risk to the public. >>> the search is underway for the driver who slammed no a home in north helden and took off. the driver hit two cars, parked cars. fortunately only no one was hurt. >>> donald trump is speaking to earlier today, trump's running mat

just great. >>> so let's check in with meteorologist amy freeze she is in for lee goldberg. it is beautiful right now. what is going on? >> reporter: average august. you know acceptable august. feel very summer like out here without the extreme discomfort of really hot temperatures, really high humidity. temperatures in the mid-80s will take it. we could have a stray shower or two off to the west this evening. for the most part really pleas ant conditions the next couple of days heading into the weekend. hotter, more muggy. but you can't complain too much about the weather pattern we are under right now. over the park right now, the latest temperature check in central park humidity 53%. a calm wind with pressure falling. high temperature today at laguardia was 85 degrees. through central and southern jersey a lot of 80s showing up. 87 for the lie. we'll see if we can get everybody else back in the hot temperatures by tomorrow, pushing the upper 80s. just a few showers overnight. mainly west of the city and the humidity increases again into the humidity and a really nice weat

jodi goldberg, fox 5 news. alison: still to come, an unexpected place to play 18 holes. steve: where to find the city's newest mini golf course. ontario. what i love about the tempur-breeze bed is it's cool. so you're not too hot, too cold, you're just perfect. sleep cooler, wake more refreshed, discover the new tempur breeze. learn how you can change your sleep by requesting a free sample of tempur material. alison: in fox 5 health news, researchers working on a project that's going to sound crazy. they're looking for volunteers who are willing to be infected with the zika virus to find a vaccine. steve: this begs the question who would want to sign up for that duty? >> that's a really good question. so obviously there's a lot that virus. it is thought that most adults are able to clear the virus without long-term effects. however, we do have some data that can affect adults and developing children. so usually these vaccines or types of challenges are done with a modified virus, which is not quite as strong as the virus that you would acquire naturally. and generally, t

meteorologist lee goldberg is here with a quick look at the accuweather forecast. lee, good to have you back. >> appreciate that. what a great day. look at the breeze out here. it's really blowing at about 20 to the evening hours. lots of sun now. clear sky overnight. wind gets a little lighter late night. it will be in the 50s. maybe a light jacket later on this evening. we'll tell you how long the humidity is going to be on hold. your 7 day accuweather forecast just a few minutes away. >>> new information, a grand jury today indicted a college janitor for first degree murder in the fatal shooting of an imam continues to be held without bail. both victims were shot in the head as they walked home from a mosque in ozone park on august 13th. prosecutors still haven't given any possible motive and morel does not face hate crime charges though many in the islamic community call it islamophobia. >>> two companies are dropping the olympic gold medalist. with him. the swimmer initially said he and three teammates were robbed in rio after the taxi was pulled over by armed

dari: jodi goldberg tells us about a family business that's striking a chord here and abroad. it's tonight's made on long island. ? ? >> reporter: it's not just the guitar player who makes the music. sound actually starts. what goes into crafting them? it's an intricate process the ceo will tell you. he's been manufacturing guitar strings and music accessories for over 40 years. >> in 1973, we decided to do it on long island. and we started and moved to >> rosa has helped make the strings for more than half that time. >> it's a no. 1 priority nowadays. you can't get by without a job. >> reporter: she's one of a thousand employees and credits her job as the reason why she can afford to stay on long island. >> -- i started as a machine operator. they provided me training. now i'm a manager and oversee 300, 400 >> reporter: they work out of this 110,000 square foot warehouse, producing over 7,000 strings per day. the wire mill is where it begins. high carbon steel is drawn into different sizes. each machine makes up to a thousand feet of musical wire a minute. it's moved here to

meteorologist lee goldberg is tracking there. how is it looking? >> so far so good with the flood threat. the flood threat is happening outside the -- what's helped us today is you've noticed a lot of cloud cover and a consistent light wind off the atlantic ocean and heavy thunderstorms run away from that marine air. with that said, there's still a flood watch for new jersey and the hudson valley. that's going to go until tuesday. notice what's happening right now, showers over duchess county and heavier downtown spears kran ton trying to inch eastward on pike county. notice how the eastern edge keeps weakening. i don't anticipate any problems with the light summer evening commute. i do think some of those heavier downpours will stream into the the evening tonight. and tonight, they'll make head way a -- you can see that threat does not seem eminent for new york city pointing south, points east as well. we'll look at that. 78 decks. mostly cloudy skies and first at 4:00, 78 this evening. probably going into the middle 70s and cloudy skies ask a str

amy freeze is in for lee goldberg. >> it has been a pleasant day. only a few wrinkles for rain to ha get hot fast. cumulus clouds building up. 83 degrees right now. a stray shower west of the city. not a big deal. most places making in into the 80s this afternoon. poughkeepsie hit 87 for daytime highs. hot weather for tomorrow and the first part of the weekend. we will talk about humidity and chances for showers coming up in the full forecast. but the rest of this evening, past sunset, temperatures in full forecast in a couple minutes. >>> an early accident caused problems out there. they are moving a little bit. let's check in with shannon. >> reporter: yeah. it's only moving a little bit. in the front where the accident was just cleared from, this is the northbound sound. keep in mind, there's the new construction pattern there as well. coupled with an accident, this is not what you need on the bqe. look how far back we're going to . into the expressway. look, this is where it's not moving at all. it is a dead stop on the bqe. unfortunately this i

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jeff goldberg is outside the house. we heard a party scheduled there for this weekend has been canceled. is that true? jeff: that is right. i smoke to a promoter of party set for the weekend and they have decided to cancel the party altogether because of the negative publicity surrounding the home in the past couple of days. 45 minutes ago we saw a couple of guys drive inside the gates of the home. they had nothing to say to us. it's gained reputi epic parties. thousands of guests some paying up to $30 a piece. >> they park illegally on other people's properties and that disturbed us. there was noise, music. >> in the past month this neighbor who did not want to reveal her identity had enough. >> i called police nyst. we have kids. >> things may have reached a tipping point last weekend following another big party on saturday night. a fight started at the home and continued outside at the corner of dolley madison and kirby. two people suffering non-life threatening injuries. arlington police have only been called to the

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live in the newsroom, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: concerns over hepatitis a that is coming to a smoothie chain. michelle: strawberry smoothie cut off strawberry supplier in egypt linked to the disease. we look at how many stores are affected in our area. >> it's a summer favorite that could land you in the hospital. that is according to virginia department of health. if you bought a smoothie at tropical smoothie cafe you could have hepatitis a. there are now 17 confirmed cases in the state. four in northern virginia. >> the biggest thing we are recommending for people right now is that if they did eat smoothies with them from tropical smoothie over the course of the summer they monitor themselves for signs and symptoms of hepatitis a. >> the symptoms are fever, fatigue, headache and nausea. >> the most distinct symptoms are jaundice, the yellowing of the skin or the eyes or dark urine. reporter: the cause of the health alert were strawberries from egypt. >> i'm chief executive officer of tropical smoothie cafe -- reporter:

i'm jeff goldberg. coming up we tell you where it is happening and what authorities are doing about it. jonathan: but first it's not the titanic. but it's another big one. big ship that hasn't been seen in decade. where it is when we come back. jonathan: you are looking at an aircraft carrier from world war ii that went down 65 years ago. the uss independence was deliberately sunk in the pacific 30 miles off san francisco in 1951. scientists have been looking at what is left of the ship using remote operated vehicles. the aircraft carrier still has at least one hell cat plane on the deck. isn't that crazy? also an antiaircraft gun left on the deck as with the planes aboard. michelle: fascinating. check out the next story. this is really mindboggling. a huge pearl was found in the philippines inside a giant clam. when we say "giant," look at that. i could be the largest pearl in the world. they say the pearl weighs 75 pounds. jonathan: how big was the oiser? michelle: bigger than this. it had to be two f

until then, live in falls church, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. tonight the city of fairfax will try to move on from the drug and the sex scandal involving the former mayor. scott silverthorne resigned from office last week after being arrested in a meth-for-sex bust. tonight city council will meet to approve a date for a special election to fill the open position. that begins at 7:00 at city hall. we expect new information this week on what started the massive apartment fire in silver spring. senator cardin and ike leggett is touring the site. amy aubert is there. what came out of the meeting, amy? amy: you are right. the officials met with the residents of the flower branch apartments her at the shelter, a little before noon today. they told us one of the biggest concerns they heard is the need for permanent housing. county executive ike leggett calling the meeting spirited, open and transparent. we spoke to neighbors this morning who tell us they came to the shelter to seek help saying they are still having trouble sleeping at night. we are tol

jeff goldberg joins us now from the scene with more. tff: ongoing investigation as this man, a 20-year-old man, remains barricaded inside his home with possession of a firearm. off.son court blocked a huge presence from fairfax police and fire and ems on the scene. take a look at video from the ground and howard or so ago. the call came in at about 9:00 this morning. a man barricaded himself inside this phone. family members were inside the home at the time. they were able to safely get out. that is good news, but the man is still inside barricaded. huge presence from fairfax county police. the swat team, hostage negotiators, and immobile crisis unit are here. meg, first of all, what can you tell us about what is happening with negotiations with this man as he remains barricaded inside the home? >> we are attempting to make contact with him so we can bring him out and result this issue safely. jeff: this all started? >> it started just like you said. we responded about 9:08 a.m. this morning for a man that was emotionally distressed, an

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jodi goldberg, fox 5 news. steve: great to have a hobby you're passionate about. it. steve: indeed. what can you say? alison: we'll see you back here at 10:00. here's ernie with what's coming up. >> keep it here for the latest news coming up for you. plus tonight, you don't want to miss this story. if you're thinking about buying a house or if you own one, how long will these really low interest rates hang around and how can you take advantage? great advice coming up. we'll kick off our tasty international food week, starting in delicious queens. 6:00. introducing dunkin's new cold brew coffee, steeped slowly in cold water for small batches with an ultra-smooth, full-bodied flavor. discover the craft of cold brew today and keep on. for the road. for the ride. for the early mornings... long days... and late nights. for the love. ernie: it's monday night. good evening, everyone. i'm ernie anastos. we thank you very much for joining us. we start tonight with the murder queens this weekend. police are getting ready, we understand, for a news conference in a few minutes to discuss that c

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fred goldberg, a former commissioner says that as an audit prevent donald trump from releasing his tax returns. he has a new suggestion for donald trump in an article for cnbc, he wrote donald trump can and should immediately release the first two pages of his form 1040 along with his schedule a for the past 20 years. this will tell us how much he makes, how much he pays in taxes and how much he contributes to charity, releasing this information will have no impact on any pending or future irs audit of trump, zero none, joining us now fred goldberg who served as assistant secretary for the treasury and tax policy and commissioner of the irs during the administration of george h.w. bush. first of all, i just want to know that we have no proof that donald trump is actually being audited. and because of privacy laws, it is impossible for the irs to confirm that he's being audited. >> thanks, lawrence. thanks for having me. that is correct, although that i believe that his advisers did issue a letter saying he was under examination. i think it is fair to assume he is. >> i've read that let

jodi goldberg, fox 5 news. dari: i have to tell you, nick, i felt a little fall in the air. kerry: a little chill. dari: a little brisk. nick: we talked about this. and there you go. we stopped at 79 for the day. a fair amount of clouds from time to time, but the humidity not a big factor and not much rain either. we could use more rain. we got a good soaking over the weekend. but none coming over the next couple of days. should be some beautiful days ahead. 70 the low this morning. 84, 69 is where we should be. we won't get to 84 tomorrow. it will be the end of the week when that happens. 100 for the record high. they were some time ago. 5:55 sunrise and 8:10 is sunset. 74. the dew point has dropped to 60. not too humid. wind north-northeast. it has gotten breezy. a bit of cloud cover and the pressure at 30.10. it is falling a little bit. high pressure will be ridging in to give us nice weather over the next few days. take a look at fox 5 sky guardian. only showers are off by reading, pennsylvania, and a few north of scranton. that's about it. we don't expect any 79 in the