>> as you take a look at the scenes from earlier tonight, we have several new breaking news developments in the unrest in ferguson. get this, we're learning "the new york times" reporting at this hour that a private autopsy

on michael brown found that the teenager was shot six times, including twice in the head. earlier tonight police used tear gas after they say protesters threw molotov cocktails at them. can you see this was the scene. a wild one earlier today. these are live pictures from ferguson, suburb of st. louis. kerr few is supposed to begin in just about an hour and a half local time. let's get more now from abc's marcy gonzalez. >> again tonight officers are trying to clear the streets. curfew back into effect, people disregarding the curfew. officers in full riot gear, smoke bombs and tear gas. the ongoing outrage in this community sparked by the shooting death of unarmed teenager by an officer last weekend. during a rally today, the captain in charge of keeping the peace here shared his sympathy for his parents.

i wear this uniform and i stand up here and say i'm sorry. >> tonight officers who killed him and the officer is still in hiding as the investigation continues. protesters say they won't back down on their demands. >> i know this will at least last until an arrest is made. that's the primary reason why we're out here protesting. >> marcy gonzalez, abc news, ferguson, missouri. >> of course, we will continue to monitor the situation there in ferguson. back here at home, d.c. police continued the search for two men accused of carjacking and shooting an off-duty police detective. that detective was shot four times and abc7 cameras were the only ones there as a search warrant was executed at the home of one of the suspects. >> our cameras were rolling outside this home in southwest d.c. wednesday evening as teams of investigators carried out a search warrant at the home of 27-year-old romeo hayes, a suss spkt in a wild overnight

shootout and attempted carjacking. it began at 2:45 in the morning. off-duty d.c. police officer was driving in her own car when somebody in a burgundy nissan altima with new york plates started shooting at her. her vehicle was struck and she followed this vehicle, perpetrator's vehicle in an effort to get the tag. >> the group got away. their next stop southern and pennsylvania avenue southeast, another off-duty d.c. police officer in his own s.u.v. were sitting at a red light when they opened fire again. >> he was struck multiple types, hit by gunfire and car struck multiple times. they continued to ram into the deck's car. >> shot four times thifere also briefly tried to follow the gunman but the group headed into prince george's county. officers there chased the car back into d.c. >> at some point we know it goes down around r.f.k. stadium. >> the wild ride came to an end in northeast d.c. two men bailed out of the car,

our cameras captured the arrest of the third. romeo hayes, who faces charges f assault with intent to kill. >> the highest-ranking american soldier killed in combat since vietnam has been laid to rest. burial service at arlington national cemetery for major general harold green. he was killed nearly two weeks ago when a gunman opened fire inside a military training facility near kabul, afghanistan. general green lived in falls church. he's survived by a wife and two adult children. loved ones are marking three years since a rockville man was kidnapped by al qaeda in pakistan. warren weinstein was working as a consultant. family and friends mark the anniversary by placing yellow ribbons on trees in weinstein's neighborhood. maryland congressman john delaney issued a statement calling on president obama and the state department to do everything they can to bring

weinstein home. when teachers in st. mary's county go back to school this fall, they say they won't be doing any extra unpaid work. unhappy with their current pay, teachers say they don't expect them to supervise after-school activities or even homework. when schools reopen monday, the student-teacher relationship will be a very different one. teachers plan to put a stop to all of the extra izz for years from assigning homework to working overtime or volunteering for extra crklar activities after hours. >> definitely really involved in the extracurricular activities. it meant a lot to my high school career. >> the back-to-basics concept as it's called was born out of frustration and by social studies teacher shawn sayers. >> if we need to take more time to make sure kids are successful, great. but i don't want to see teachers stay 5:30, 6:00 when they get into the building at 6:30. >> the union said teachers are

increasingly spending too much of their on money for supplies and plenty of their own time on school work without getting the added pay. >> when i fist came here in 1988, education was 51% of the county budget. today it's 37% of the county budget. who do you think is making up the huge percentage? >> the school district says right now it's hard to tell what impact this protest will have on the system. but many parents think it will be at the detriment of the children. >> we made a choice to be a teacher. everyone makes their choice. no one forces anyone to choose the occupation. >> teachers in st. mary's county aren't the only ones doing this sort of protest. this spring mcclain high school teachers announced they too would stop extracurricular activities. the state of virginia is days away of making a decision on same-sex marriage. what will happen if the u.s. supreme court doesn't intervene? and a travel alert for reskin

fans. how metro's taking the trains to monday night's preseason game. >> looks like there may be rain showers coming into the game. i will let you know when i'm tracking the train coming to where you are. the forecast in a few.

>> in the week ahead metrorail will stay open an additional hour following the preseason game monday night at fedex field against the browns. rider should enter at the boulevard or largo town center

no later than 12:10 tuesday morning to make sure they make the last blue or silver line trains to springfield or east. entrances at other stations will close at normal times but riders will be able to exit at all stations. unless the supreme court intervenes, virginia could begin issuing marriage licenses to gay couples on august 21. a federal appeals court denied a request to delay its ruling, which struck down virginia's same-sex marriage ban. supporters of the ban say they will ask the supreme court to stay the ruling. and on saturday, you're invited to the first birthday party at the national zoo. visitors will receive fun treats throughout the day and get a chance to create a birthday card for the giant panda. one years old. they grow fast. >> coming up -- find out why some men say they're facing thousands of dollars in fines just for helping people in need.

and devin is here with the work week forecast.

>> so this should be a fairly soggy week or at least that's what we're getting. if you look at the seven day. >> a lot of people coming in, put online, no getting around it here. storm chance of rain every single day. and it's likely you're not going to have rain -- i know you're thinking what's going on here? i can at least track the first round of rain with a clear,

easy-to-see storm system southwest of the region. let's get a live look outside of the nation's capital. you see a knife that looks awfully pretty pink outside. pink cover that moved back in, reflecting some of the city light. some of the different lights, halogen, other light sources to give up, shades of color to it. that's what i'm showing you here, cloud cover. and we will also see what that's done to night time temperatures as well. get back to what was saying, the first system much easier to see in the sat late radar and that first round of rain but not heavy rain, scattered shower activity here and there. 88 washington for the high today. closed near 90. feel like it to you. you probably most noticed humidity back in full force. still at this time of the night with clouds out in such higher humidity that's been around a week or so. 81 in washington still 70's and dew point temperatures not far behind with high humidity courtesy of the system starting to stream in the cloud cover first. you see rain shower activity around it now?

not a lot of it as we go into the big-picture forecast over the next couple days, early morning time frame. watch the rain depicted here but that's mainly morning hours. overnight monday into tuesday. and i don't think that's too bad of a forecast. again this is a brief shower coming in. you will not get a lot of rain out of this event. it will rain. and you will be wet if you happen to be out in the early morning hours at some point but not a lot of rain stacking up. low temperatures tomorrow mid-60's to 70 but awfully humid. an isolated shower after 5:00 p.m. tomorrow night, first chance of off and on scattered shower coming in. clouds will hold temperatures down. definitely will be humid. overnight into tuesday, off-and-on scattered showers but not heavy storms. pulls away, maybe shower to linger but mostly cloudy skies. overnight tonight cloud covers

here, 60's and 70's and humid night, mild and human start tomorrow. ice lawsuited shower overnight tomorrow and next round of scattered showers coming in torme morning. -- tomorrow evening. kind of around kickoff but don't think it's deluge or hefty thunderstorms in and out. here's the seven-day forecast i was getting to, yes, rain chances every day. 80% chance overnight tomorrow but chance of storms is how you greet wednesday, thursday and friday. and rain cover over the weekend. >> thank you, devin, appreciate it. some men in d.c. say they're facing thousands of dollars in fine just for helping people in need. the people who wrote the tickets say they're protecting the most vulnerable citizens. here's a story you will only see here on abc7. >> cars line up outside safeway. carolyn long often gets into one

for a ride home and helping hand. >> we need these people to bring us home. >> one thousand, one thousand, 20 bucks. >> for providing a senior citizen a ride home and accepting a tip. >> she gave me two tickets for me one ticket for $100 and one for $25. >> we never had any complaints for so long. to me i say it's unfair. >> ray joseph also got thousands of dollars in fine for giving a grocery customer a ride and taking a tip. >> we don't charge anything. some people may give you something for riding them home. >> the taxicab commission sees it differently. there was illegal activity that this private vehicle was acting as public vehicle for hire. >> commission says the volunteer drivers are not always properly ensured or licensed. a representative says they also don't always have the best intentions. >> they say, well, you know give me some money and i don't have

money. well, i need $10 to take your bags out of my trunk now. various skenals. >> carolyn long said the help zpwhets carrying groceries up her stairs is well worth a few dollar tip. >> they have 87 steps to go up when i grocery shop and i often sotimes have four, five bags and case of water.

>> a free wedding to be given away. couples have until the end of the month to say why they're a perfect match, because that exists. winners get their ceremony, cocktail hour and reception for up to 175 guests at arena stage that includes arena, decor, lighting, flowers and cake. it's part of the promotion for arena stage's production of "fiddler on the roof. " a winchester police dog is in the running for national heroism award. coda, 7-year-old german shepherd, is the only local dog up for the american humane association's 2014 hero dog award. john gonzalez has more on coda's ack of bravery. >> coda here is trying to paddle his way back to duty. winchester canine was injured in january while apprehending a burglary suspect inside this home. >> we were in that area when we encountered the individual. >> officers found an intruder in the attic's crawl space.

coda found a second. >> he apprehended that subject and they got into a little bit he fell to the floor below. >> coda fell eight feet landing hard and signaling his elbow in half. his partner heard his cries but first worked with another officer thooned cuff the suspects and before she could get to coda, he already climbed back up the stairs, despite barely being able to walk to make sure she was safe and the mission complete. >> incredible feeling because, you know, no matter what he's going to have my back. >> due to his bravery, coda is one of the eight finalists in the american humane association 2014 hero dog contest. it's up pot public to -- up to the public to select a winner. vote online once a day through september 15. after three surgeries and many months of rehab, coda's still working on his strength and conditioning but she says he's anxious to return to duty just

like the night he was injured. the eight finalists receive $1500 to go to charity and first place winner announced in september will receive $5,000 more. if coda wins, the money will go to canine for cops. to vote for coda, go to wjla.com. john gonzalez, abc7 news. >> we wish coda a lot of luck. devin willñoñí