it's been a little bit more than a year since alison parker and her photographer was shot and killed live on tv. 41-year-old lester flanagan was named the shooter and killed himself during a police chase. parker's parts maine to vote yes on expanding background checks on privated gun sales and transfers. right now the law in maine only requires background checks at licensed dealers. >>> no one should have to go through what we've gone through, what other parents orloved ones that they've lost through gun violence. >> alcides: they were getting pushback. opponents say the measure does nothing to keep guns out of the restrictions on everyone else. >>> your favorite charity could lose money. up next, how they're targeted. >>> talking halloween. how you can use this holiday filled with calories to actually help you lose some weight. we'll have that and a whole lot more. stay with us. amendment 1 protects consumers from scams, promotes safe solar, because amendment 1 stops their subsidies. amendment 1 ensures that if you don't choose solar, you don't have to pay for those who do. amendmen

parker and adam ward last august. so he wrote a song. and six months later, he's releasing forever on the air, a recording he hopes will honor their memory. wdbj 7's jody seal -- joe did he seal is here with more on that. they started in the 1960s. his latest song, forever on the air, includes the talents of many people, including former miss virginia, courtney garrett, roanoke legend james powell, and our own chris list. >> tommy holcomb said he was numb after hearing the news on the morning of august 26. number one, how could something like that even happen? and how you could it happen here? and how could it happen on my hometown station? it was like unreal. >> the next day, he began writing the song, forever on the air. and it really affected me. i don't know, i just wanted to do something. the song includes local singers, background vocals from james howell. instrumental track. >> courtney glare he is sings the lead, now a law student. she says she was honored to be a part of this project that honors alison and ad

andy and barbara parker, parents of our fallen colleague alison parker, say they are disappointed by the deal. andy parker/gun control advocate: "governor, i understand the nature of politics and the need for compromise...but you should not be willing to be - to recognize conceal carry permits from states with weaker standards." governor terry mcauliffe/(d) virginia: "not everybody is always going to agree, but you know what my job as governor is to do what's in the best interests of virginia citizens, how do we make ourselves safer. this action makes us safer." twenty survivors of gun violence sent an open letter to governor mcaullife asking him to reconsider. a special election arranged for the next nelson county commonwealth's attorney. but one man is already announcing his candidacy. blue ridge life magazine reports daniel rutherford made the announcement today. he unsuccessfully challenged anthony martin in 20-11. martin submitted his resignation earlier this week because he has accepted a job in the private sector. controversy continues over hillary clinton's private emails tha

most recently you might remember this one, the shooting death of a television new reporter, alison parker. the suspect then shot and killed himself after a police chase. in the past five years, 20 work here in the bay area, you might remember this man, danny thompson junior, he was changed with three counts of attempted murder. >>> breaking news right now a stand off in washington state ended with people being shot and then the suspect killed himself. officials negotiated with the suspect for three hours before entering the home and finding the bodies. >>> lake police spoke to victims of a shooting. >> the first thought in your mind is that you are going to die. >> reporter: this man thought driver at the red light but the next thing that he nose he was facing a gun. >> i would have shot me. >> reporter: the car jacker let the man go, it turns out he picked a bad car to steal, one equipped with gps. >> we found out that he was a one man crime spree. >> reporter: one of his victims was a detroit tigers pitcher. he came out to find the missing. he said he thought it maybe blew up in the win

today marks one year since w-d-b-j reporter ''alison parker''.. and her photographer ''adam ward''.. were shot and killed on air.. alison was interviewing the head of the city's chamber of commerce... when "vester lee flanagan" opened fire at least eight times.. flannagan was a former reporter.. who was fired two years earlier... today -- the station plans to hold a there will also be off-air tributes to both alison and adam's lives. alison's boyfriend "chris parker" -- remains at the station as an evening anchor.. he won't be there today -- instead taking some time off with family members and close friends.. (vanessa remember those monster long lines, at airport security a few weeks ago. they're gone. part of it is: summer's over... and fewer people are flying. but the improvements started before then. t-s-a beefed-up staffing... and three of the nation's biggest airlines-american, united, pitched in to fund that effort. and airports hired contractors to pick-up bins and direct lines, so t-s- a workers could focus on screening. (jen new this morn

after alison parker and adam ward died last summer, tommy holcomb wanted to do something to honor them. the song, forever on the air, is the dashiell has more on featured the talents including former miss virginia courtney garrett, roanoke singer jane powell and our own chris hurst. how could something like that even happen, and here and how could it hometown station. it tommy holcomb the morning of august 26th. the next day he began writing the song, forever on the air. tommy holcomb: it really affected me, and i just wanted to do something. and since i do music i wrote this song. the song includes a chorus of local singers, background vocals from jane powell and chris hurst. nashville musicians provided the courtney garrett sings the lead. miss virginia 2014, now a law student at liberty university, and says she was honored to play a role in the tribute to alison parker and adam ward. courtney garrett: those two people left an incredible legacy behind. the work that they did and the lives that they touched. and that track will hopefully be memorabilia, just a reminder that they are c

parker and adam ward. their former co-worker... shot and killed the two journalists then later turned the gun on himself. a georgia police officer risked his life trying to save a man trapped in a car on fire. take a look! the body camera shows a man sticking outside of a window... screaming for help. the officer eventually pulls the man time.the man was one of two people inside the car. the driver of the burning car died from the accident. a 35-year-old co-pilot is behind bars after reportedly showing up to work with a blood alcohol level seven times the legal limit to fly a plane. the man was set to fly out of traverse city, michigan yesterday morning on a charter plane. but, the pilot noticed his partner was acting strangly in the cockpit and troopers pull over a mother driving drunk in west virginia. in the backseat was a baby covered in vomit and its own filth. one of the troopers got the baby cleaned up and took care of him until child protective services arrived-- the baby is now with a legal guardi

the tourism official alison parker was interviewing was that shooting. >>> folks in part of the midwest are seeing more severe weather today. take a look at the dangerous and downpours that snapped trees and power lines in indianapolis. this comes after an outbreak of tornadoes earlier this week about an hour north of indianapolis. >>> he is an inspiration to his students and tonight they are finding a way to give back. how they are teaming up to help a high school track coach on his road to recovery. >>> a chance to go behind the badge. what local poce officers are li but how did we end up here? his mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u.s. now there are. while uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. trumenba should not be given if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose. most common side effects were injection-site pain, fatigue

the name of reporter alison parker and photographer adam ward were added to the wall along with those of 18 other journalists killed while covering if -- the news in 2015 and their names and photos join 2,200 others on the memorial. leon: a big week in the race for the white house. former secretary of state hillary clinton needs just 23 delegates to become the first woman to lead major party ticket. she is expected to become the democratic nominee when the polls close tomorrow night. clinton and senator bernie sanders are still campaigning in california tonight. sanders says he hopes to upset clinton in the stit and give the campaign -- in the state and give the campaign enough momentum. there are reports that obama may wednesday. buzz need is ending relationship saying that donald trump is opposed to the freedom of the site employee in the united states. they go on to write, "we don't run cigarette ads because they're hazardous for our health and we won't accept trump ads for the same reason." they say it is a business decision and won't affect the coverage of the trump campaign. the

." >> i'm alison parker and -- alison parker loved telling everyone who tuned in to her morning news show what was happening in roanoke, virginia. boyfriend, chris hurst. >> she had this thing about not wanting me to watch her because she thought that she'd mess up. >> neither chris nor alison's parents, andy and barbara parker, were watching last august 26th, when her live interview with a local chamber of commerce executive was suddenly interrupted by gunfire. >> say that is what -- [ gunfire ] >> not sure what happened there. >> 50,000 people watched it happen. we did not see it. we never will. >> you never will see it? >> never. >> alison and chris had met and fallen in love at the station where he works nights as an anchor. he was asleep at home when a few minutes after the shooting, a wdbj staff member phoned chris and told him he needed to come in. >> i believed in my heart that she was dead within minutes of waking up that morning. it was all taken from me. way too soon. eight times killing alison and cameraman adam ward. adam was 27. alison 24. >> she was beautiful. she had

and a local high- school basketball team holds a special event to honor our co-workers, alison parker and adam ward. good morning, i'm joe dashiell this week, carilion clinic has some interesting events on tap. a basketball game and fundraiser in honor of morgan harrington. and a open forum on drone safety. we'll have wdbj7 mornin'. isread we waken up to patchy dense fault this morning rita see that let's of my about nine o'clock until been the morning commute could be a bit tricky if you spots with visibility down will quarter of a mile or less still some clouds and drizzle today the were tracking a strong cold front the will bring a line of rain make even a rumble of thunder tomorrow as a moves through over over the timi it could be a few more days before i- 77 south is completely re- opened in carroll county. an incident involving several vehicles damaged a bridge yesterday near exit 14, which is for hillsville. crews were able to open one lane there earlier this morning. the right lane will not open until workers can finish fixing the bridge. the detour has been removed. danville

alison parker and adam ward were in the middle of a live report for roanoke tv station when they were they injured a woman in that attack and the station held a moment of silence in the newscast. in south africa, the prosecutor trying to get a harsher sentence for oscar pistorius lost in court. he shot and killed his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he claims he mistook her for a computer and the prosecution said six-year jail term is shockingly lenient. the defense argue the legal process has been exhausted. next for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- back to school season across the country. one midwest district is going high-tech. >> this app will provide security. jonathan: the app for parents that could help put the michelle: for some kids riding the school bus is going high-tech. jonathan: parents are saying about time. some schools in wisconsin now have a bus tracking app for parents. it's the my stop app to keep an eye on each bus and where it is as it picks up and drops off children before and after school. the school district is spending $30,000 for the app service. parents can downloa

. >> new tonight, wdvg reporterepr alison parker and adam ward were among 20 journalist honored. theory dedicate the policemene moral to those who died while covering or pursuing news and information.form parker's mother and father were in attendance for today's dedication. >> they were merely covering ace enough piece at smith mountaints tan lake.ake but, they make no mistake, they were vick tills of terrorism. that senseless gun violence brings to this country thatnt claims 90 people every single day. >> parker and ward were killedld by former coworker vested lee flanagan who ambushed them last august during a live news segment. >> busy week in politics beginss with more primary scheduled tomorrow. trap p making headlines an sit down interview with the presidential candidate you may not have heard. ronica cleary is here with the round up of all political headlines you may have missed. i was so into this third party candidate that it just blew me up. i want to take about that also first donald trump and a little flip up here. >> what people are saying abouty trump rider now what

we are also remembering the life of wdbj7's alison parker. the for alison foundation is setup in her honor in the performing and visual arts. you can find more information about that at for-alison- dot-org. some much-needed improvements are coming to the boys and girls club in danville. we'll tell you where the money for the projects is coming from. and, there's some good news for people who might be thinking about starting a new downtown bedford. regionwill looking out live through our mill mountain camera across the roanoke visibility chilly though watch up from the melting yesterday so that re-froze on the roadways overnight thirty two roanoke twenty eight lynchburg twenty eight danville as he head through the new river valley blacksburg reporting thirty two degrees bristol thirty 34 charlottesville 32 washington dc at thirty four finding relatively quiet conditions on the satellite radar maybe a few fairweather clouds here and there other than that we should see good amount sunshine today so far this season how much snow we've seen ronald

to honor alison parker and adam ward. their former co-worker shot a turned the gun on himself. off-air tributes for parker and ward will also take place today. earlier this month the station finished a memorial to parker and ward outside the building./// ((dave courvoisier)) >>> in south africa... paralympian oscar pistorius will not get a harsher sentence... despite a prosecutor calling for one. pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend.. reeva steenkamp.. on valentine's day 3 years ago. he claimed he mistook her for an intruder. pistorius was sentenced to quote "shockingly lenient". prosecutors can still petition south africa's supreme court of appeal./// ((christianne klein)) >>> the airline industry is seeing record profits... and now it looks like employees are benefitting. most are getting raises. american airline pilots got a 23-percent pay hike last year. united airlines pilots won a 16-percent pay hike. 30-thousand ground workers for american will recieve raises ranging from 15-to 55-percent. after employees at all the major u.s. carriers endured years of pay cuts, layo

. >> at around 6:45 this morning, roanoke tv station wdbj paused to honor alison parker and aaron ward. a year ago the reporter and photographer were gunned down during a live interview while co-workers and viewers watched in horror. a former cowork killed them and later turned the gun on themself. the person they were interviewing was seriously injured but survived. >>> three minutes after the hour now. get ready for a long, hot stretch of weather. temperatures right now are in the 80s if you're lucky. 90s for some storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts is here. that heat index isn't helping things either. >> not at all. we've got the temperature moving on up, as you said. you're lucky if you're in the 80s. we're not finding a lot of 80s, and it's just a little bit after 11:00. what is going on. well, summer is not done with us yet. 90 in manassas, 91 in dulles. 80s out in the shenandoah valley and frederick county, maryland. you factor in that humidity. you know it's hot out there. once you step outside, that humidity hits you like a ton of bricks and this is the number we get. o

a former employee of tv station wdbj opened fire on reporter alison parker and photo journalist adam ward. this happened during a live interview on the morning news there. the shooter took off from that scene and later shot and killed himself. the woman being interviewed at the time, vi also shot, but she did survive. >>> here's an 8 on your side alert, the secret service says they're seeing an increase in cases of phony money being passed around. janelle tell us what you need to look out for so you don't get duped. >>> authorities want people to be cautious about counterfeit money that's going around the tampa bay area. a man in citrus county was just arrested yesterday for trying to pass off fake money at a and a woman went into a belles out let store last thursday and tried to purchase items. investigators say he gave the cashier seven 20-dollar bills that were fake. deputies arrested him last night at a motel. the feds say they're seeing an increase in these cases around the bay area. over the weekend, a local man was selling his phone on a popular app called offer up. but when h

he is the father of reporter alison parker, she was shot and killed during a live on air report near smith mountain lake last year. several months ago go, andy parker posted a facebook message to virginia state senator bill stanley who supports pro gun rights legislation. parker said he would beat up the senator. he later apologized. yesterday a special prosecutor said it would be inappropriate to file any charges. >>> the wife of the anne arundel county sheriff tells wtop that her husband did not hit her. sheriff ron bateman was arrested and charged with assaulting his wife on sunday. elsie bateman's attorney released a written statement and says her husband asked her to leave the house. that's when she says she got into a heated argument. she says her husband did not punch or hit or kick her. sheriff bait than has publicly said the same thing. however, a probable cause told police on the scene she was thrown against a wall and hit in the left side of her face. she does not plan to pursue criminal charges. >>> if you experience a crime in the district, you can now call a 24 hour hel

parker and 27-year-old adam ward were killed by a former coworker who later turned that weapon on himself. this morning the television station in roanoke virginia held a moment of silence to honor those two victims. >> some of the ocean's most beautiful creatures will be kept safe under a new order from president obama. he just expanded a marine protection zone offer the coast of his native hawaii. it will become the largest safe zone of its kind in there world. commercial fishing and new mining will be banned within an area that is twice the size of texas. the national monument is expected to protect more than 7,000 species. >> time for sports now. carlos ruiz boarded a plane and said goodbye, philadelphia. >> yeah, goodbye, maybe forever. carlos ruiz very emotional talking to him this morning as he left his home went to the airport with his bags packed very emotional leaving this city. carlos ruiz says he is sad to leave philadelphia this morning because phillies fans are a part of his family. but at 37 years old ruiz is chasing another world series title before it's too late. >> thanks

the new exhibiwill includell inc alison parker and adam ward. w they are the reporter andeported cameraman duo from wdbj in wdb roanoke virginia killed on theit job last august. aug >>> week long farewell underarel way in louisville, can can kentucky to remember the greathg muhammad ali. his body returned to his hometown sunday.unda hundreds gathered for an for interfaith service andin mourners also paid a visit to his childhood home. a public memorial is set foret friday. all the details reportedly ror have been planned by ali b himself.himself. the funeral procession will goo down muhammad ali boulevard.al former president bill clintonlli and billy crystal who used to u do a great impression of muhammad ali will deliver the t eulogy. the service will be streamed online many.onli >> denver broncos cornerbackk aqib talib recovering aftering being shot in the leg at a dallas nightclub over theight weekend. he's expected to be released from the hospital today but isoy not expected to be with the b team when they visit the whitehw house today. us b

, the parents of alison parker, reporter in roanoke were shot and killed along with the cameraman a little over a year ago during a live shot. mr. and mrs. parker i know members. would you please stand and be recognized? [applause] thank you for being here. a senate filibuster is usually designed to block a vote on a piece of legislation. but connecticut democrat chris murphy had a difficult we orchestrated a 15 hour filibuster in june. his objective was to give senate republicans to allow votes on measures to prevent suspected terrorists are buying guns and require all gun purchasers to be subject to background checks. weapons buyers candidate background checks by making purchases at gun shows and online. eventually the republican leadership agreed in the filibuster into. while the loss of those votes, murphy had made his point. and murphy has continued to make a point. in philadelphia he spoke on gun control at the democratic national convention and his promise to raise the issue again and again this fall with the white house and congress at stake. murphy has emerged as a vocal supporter

journalist adam parker and adam ward were today. a former co-worker took their lives then later turned the gun on himself. the company recently completed a memorial outside the station's entrance. >>> the judge who gave a stanford student six months in jail for rape will no longer hear criminal cases. the judge has asked to leave criminal court and instead be assigned to the civil division. the move comes as he faces tough criticism for his decision in the brock turner case. first he sentenced turner to six months in jail after the on three felony counts on sexual assault. prosecutors had asked for six years. >>> funerals will be held for five people killed in a massacre in alabama. 27-year-old derek gearman is charged in the horrific crime. he admitted to killing the five people because they were shielding him from his ex-girlfriend who accused him of abuse. he spared her life and that of an infant but kidnapped her and drove to mississippi before turning himself. >>> protecting kids from secondhand smoke that's the idea behind a p

alison: but mike carter-conneen reports all the construction has an impact on the pedestrians and the bicyclists trying to share road. >> super annoying. >> dicey if you are a pedestrian. >> a total mess. >> with the sidewalk closed outside the "washington post" building many pedestrians are walking here. >> you are either going to get hit by a car or a bike. >> despite many signs here, the pedestrians continue to use the temporary bike lane on 15th street. >> even a shouting construction worker is not enough to stop some pedestrians. as a result there is an awkward dance between those on foot and those on wheels. >> to be honest i ignore it when i'm a pedestrian as well. otherwise you have to wait for the light to cross the street. >> according to ddot more than a thousand cyclists peddle through here each day. >> greg billing the the washington area bicycling association says a bad situation is going to become work when the crews eliminate the barrier on l street to force bikers in a shared lane with a cars for the length of the project expected to last two years. >> we see a differ

. , six.a, six, benjamin alison, six. we all have children, we have grandchildren and i won't forget that day because my grandchildren at that time were five, six, seven and eight years old. and i have to steal myself to be away from them because when i looked at them, i began to cry, because it can be anyone's child, anyone's grandchild that will lose their life, one child every single day is killed by gun violence in the united states of america. they leave families, they leave siblings who are unable to even cope with the sense of loss and these families have tried to channel their grief by the newtown promise, why are we here today? we are here today to say, universal background checks, no-fly, no-buy. it's as simple as that. and as my colleague from rhode island said, we should ban assault weapons. we should ban them. that's what occurred at sandy hook and several other tragedies. the american people sent us here to vote. that's what you have done. demand that this congress vote on this issue, debate it and vote. and