kellye: another check of the forecast? devon: you may not run into a lot of raindrops, just cloudy skies and cool temps. 63 the high.

that will feel tremendous if we get a little bit of sun to help. net week 70, but this time next week and may be the best weather of the next seven days. kellye: we will get there.

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] kellye: more than 1800 people are dead and hundreds are missing after the earthquake near nepal. reporter: without warning, the shockwaves hit nepal. >> the ground shook quite hard. reporter: a massive 7.8

magnitude earthquake hitting the himalayan country. the capital city of kathmandu crumbling, scenes of devastation, houses disappearing into piles of rubble, really just temples and historical monuments in pieces, everywhere people running for their lives. shaken residents then jolted by aftershocks, the terror returning again and again. >> every time it let up, it can't coming. reporter: forcing hundreds of thousands to sleep outside as a desperate race unfolds to pull survivors from the rubble, troops arriving with taxes and shovels. the help coming too late for many of the city, and also in the mounds where there were massive avalanches. and bearing mountaineers beneath them, one of them a google executive.

google said in a statement, "we lost one of our own in this tragedy." the heartbreak growing as more bodies have been pulled from the rubble. kellye: a little more than a year and a half after the shooting death of 12 people, the navy yard took another big step in its recovery. diane cho has the rededication of the building. diane: here at the washington navy yard, all of the employees once displaced by the tragic shootings in 2013 have now returned to the place formally known as building 197. >> 19 months ago, we lost 12 shipmates, members of our navy family. diane: today marked the official dedication ceremony for the headquarters now call the humphries building, named after joshua humphries.

>> we have gotten stronger. now we are back where we belong. diane: about 400 employees returned to this building two months ago on a weekly basis. that process was completed at the end of march. this woman said the memory of the tragic events still haunt her. >> sometimes it's hard. i thought i would be over it, but you cannot help but remember it. diane: the building also has a memorial to those who died in the shootings. >> we will think about the future and still remember our friends who were lost. kellye: scaffolding will soon go up around the virginia state capital of richmond. a project will take about five months. there will be asked your repairs, painting the 225- -year-old building, and surrounded complex. problems plagued these -- the

problem-plagued silver spring metro station could open in several months. they hope to turn over the facility to metro in june. the last of the work will take six to eight weeks to complete. and a new push to begin construction on the purple line in maryland. the project would run from bethesda to new carrollton. governor larry hogan is expected to make his decision on the future of the project in about a month. chris papst explains that business leaders say billions are at stake. >> probably the worst business dilemma is small business could be put into. chris: deborah's small business has thrived in this silver spring shopping complex for 22 years, but the past fee years she has been in limbo. she wants to expand, but cannot. the proposed 16-mile-long purple line would run through her

storefront affecting her and 600 other properties. >> we would like to potentially sell our business. nobody in our right mind -- nobody in their right mind would do that. >> for the 1.5 million, 2 million people who live in this area, there is a larger good. chris: and that greater good can be found in this new study by a frederick-based transportation company. it estimates a purple line will bring 25,000 new jobs, increase household income by 2.2 billion an increase robert he values by an estimated 12.8 billion. >> the overall communities will be far better off with having this wonderful transit opportunity. many of these businesses will be better off in a new location. kellye: coming up -- an unexpected neighbor at some area

pools. why parents are fighting this. devon: and when the rain ends and the full forecast.

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kellye: tsa has new rules for reading airport personnel -- for screening airport personnel and workers. airports were were deuce access

to secure areas and employees need to go through background checks every two years. the changes come after a baggage handler was arrested for smuggling guns on the job. tsa said that travelers left behind a lot of change at virginia airports last year, more than $33,000 in coins unclaimed. travelers left about $22,000 in change at dulles international airport. tsa recovered nearly $9600 in coins at reagan national. schools and montgomery county are considering building a cell phone tower at another school. kevin: 11 montgomery county public schools have cell phone towers on their property. if approved, this would be the 12. this parents coalition of montgomery county argues schools with high poverty rates are more likely to get stuck with the

antennas. 81% of the cell phone towers are at schools where at least a third of students are eligible for free or reduced meals. that in perspective, less than 5% of students at walt whitman high school in bethesda which successfully fought off construction of a cell tower are in financial need. >> they are going up in the poorer neighborhoods in the baltimore city, anne arundel county, and the same trend is occurring across the state. kevin: but they contend that the program makes money. administrators insist that they listen to parents telling us, "if the community does not want a tower at the school, it is not built there, plain and simple." >> plain and simple, the community did not what this tower edits up. the fact is this community did not want this cell tower and it stands behind us. kellye: still ahead -- for

decades, engineering was primarily known as a men's field but that is changing. and the forecast.

kellye: a computer glitch yesterday met freeze tarbox coffee. -- a computer glitch yesterday

met freeze starbucks coffee. the issue was with the cash register, happening during a daily menu refresh. devon: like the movie "independence day," with the mothership. missed my free starbucks. we start with the rain. the rain has held off a better part of the day saturday. it held off until saturday evening. bethesda leesburg reporting sleet, even towards bristow, but the last of this wave of rain is done. there is a second wave of rain to the west. just late rain tomorrow morning. stormwatch 7 live doppler radar

the last of the fading rain moving through. for the 10-miler, a little bit of cold and a headwind. these are the high temps today 53, 17 under the average high. warmer weather to the west. that sparked some severe thunderstorms. clusters of storms that could give us the second wave of rain will be in and out by 7 a.m. the track is just south of the warm front. the big picture, the rain coming in tomorrow breaking clouds, any sunshine this time of year will bring the temps up. northwest wind gusty, 15 25.

then the slow trend back up. the futurecast, most of the rain to the south. north and west, a break in the clouds come into the 30's. it is not necessarily record cold, but tomorrow we hope to break out with sunshine. even though the high temperatures are still under average, compared to today sunday will feel nicer. enjoy the day, throw the ball around to the back yard, there will be some soggy grass, but mostly cloudy monday. northwest wind 15 25. it will feel chilly. temperatures in the 60's, then 50. it will feel cooler because the wind in the cloud cover. the seven day forecast, most of this is positive.

rain chances, lingering showers to the south. monday, a 20% chance of a sprinkle. wednesday and thursday, the system mainly should track to the south. then we finally create the temps back to the average, 70. maybe this time the following weekend, nice weather, back into the 70's. kellye: a gradual increase. two 15-year-old girls are sparking interest in engineering among their peers with a program that focuses on the fun behind the science. they are this week's harris' heroes. alison: these girls are learning about agricultural engineering but it's not your typical classroom. >> it goes past the plants, and then back down. let's get started. alison: these sophomores start

at the young women in engineering club at the start of the year. wearing goggles and armed with power drills, they constructed a gardening system, getting a hands-on lesson in engineering. >> in class there are lessons so we are trying to provide a projects, resources, opportunities, and connections. alison: connections, like this engineer who provide support. >> it's a different atmosphere when you are comfortable with the people you are within everybody has an opportunity to have a leadership role. alison: the young women are not intimidated to ask questions or try something new. >> i did not know how to do anything hands on, and how i'm doing this. >> i've made lots of things and it's really cool. alison: that is the goal of this girls-only club. >> the more competitive we will

be as a nation. >> we can do this. leon: leon harris, abc 7 news. kellye: construction and automation have been completed and the girls are growing tulips for their mothers for mother's day and for a nursing home. coming up, a massive bike recall. lets say this is your tv and these are the channels you pay for with cable

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kellye: a 7 on your side consumer alert, trek bicycles has recalled nearly one million bikes sold over the last 15 years. a quick release lever can interfere with the brakes, causing the wheel to stop turning or break off. one writer has been paralyzed. trek is fixing the bikes for free and providing a coupon for bike accessories. kraft's macaroni and cheese will change. it will no longer contain artificial preservatives or synthetic color. it will look the same, but it will use color from patrick up and tumor rick -- color from paprika and tumeric. comcast is scrapping its plans for a merger with time warner cable. the merger would have joined the two biggest cable companies in

the u.s. prince george's county honored its most outstanding public servants this week. mike conneen introduces us to the men and women involved. mike: august 16 2014, is a day that clarence black and paul berg will never forget. >> we think back about how dangerous the situation was. >> we just try to keep the community say. mike: they were among the handful of officers responding to shots fired, pursuing a gun man. through it all, the suspect had his three-year-old daughter in the car. >> unfortunate, she was killed by the father, but they did not know that. they were only worried about trying to save her. mike: this was the 30th annual prince george's county valor awards. >>'s support for us to thank

them every day because there are acts of bravery that nobody hears about. mike: they recognized heroic actions across five county agencies -- police, sure, fire and ems, homeland security, and corrections. other recipients included a nurse to help a female inmate deliver a healthy baby girl before emt's arrived, and firefighters help those on the jokers jinx roller coaster at six flags last year that was stalled. >> they are my heroes and i just like to get the chance to shake their hands. mike: at a time when police departments are facing mounting criticism and complains, these officer say it is nice to be recognized for their dedication. >> unfortunate it is a small handful of officers nationwide who give us all a black eye.