>> breaking right now from japan, explosions in tokyo. this was caught on camera and posted on youtube. the blast happened at 1 a.m. local time. >> a man run over and killed by his own lover. the possible motives, coming up. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] getting an update on the twins. a progress report after one day of checkups. the other big celebration tonight. the news at 6:30 starts now. >> this is a breaking news alert. >> we have breaking news to tell you about out of japan. forosions rocking a depot

the u.s. army near tokyo. the blast happened at 1 a.m. local time, meaning just around noon here. it lasted for around 15 minutes. this is what we know so far -- this appears to be 25 miles outside tokyo. the army says that this was not a hazmat storage facility and that the depot does not store ammo. the pentagon is speaking out and saying that on-base firefighters showed up to stop the fire from spreading. as far as we know, no one was hurt. stick with abc 7 for the latest on this. a man in laurel hit im suv. the driver? his own girlfriend. we are finding out from police that this was no accident. kevin lewis has the details right now. kevin? kevin: hey there, kelly. this couple was screaming at each other and minutes later his female lover was in hot pursuit

is the man ran for his life. the outcome was deadly. a lover's quarrel, ending with deadly consequences. police believe that a woman driving this silver suv intentionally ran over her partner, pinning him under the truck. hitting him so hard the cars airbags the ploy. pose a perez saw the aftermath. wrench to pick up the car. theythe ambulance can and checked the paulson he was gone. crash investigators spent hours on the scene. they placed yellow markers besides important evidence, including this baseball hat. allegations that he cheated on her. police are now trying to find out whether that is true. >> there was a man and a woman having some sort of domestic dispute.

at some point the man left the residence. the woman left in a vehicle. at some point she struck him with the car. >> 30 minutes ago firefighters used industrial sized airbags to lift up the suv and remove the man's body. detectives took her into custody and they are questioning her right now. another development out of prince george's county. a firefighter killed in an early motorcyclee -- wreck. crashing with another driver in the 11,500 block of laurel-bowie road. he made lieutenant 2009. the other driver also died on the scene.

officers arrested nine moorman earlier this morning, bringing the total number of suspected john's arrested in the past month to 224. many of those arrested are from other states. not, today marks four years since a magnitude 5.8 earthquake rocked the area. led to lengthy repairs of the washington monument and national cathedral. there were no deaths and only minor injuries. shaking was felt as far away as georgia and illinois. and sunny skies temperatures in the low to mid 80's, plenty of you have been getting outside to enjoy the nice part of the weekend. weathermore from the center with more on what's coming in the week ahead. heat ande more humidity combined to start a school day for some people coming out. here, a beautiful day, beach boys at both trap, the nats

winning a series versus the brewers. real-time temperatures already dropping back into the lower 80's. clouds midday,e holding temperatures tackle little bit. humidity is up ever so slightly. in the mid-60's he starts to get humid. beautiful night with temperatures back in the 70's, clear skies. speaking of that school day forecast, 66 tomorrow with higher humidity to make it feel comfortable. frederick county has the best chance of getting some showers and possible shut -- possible thunderstorms. the seven-day outlook tracking that brain activity and the rest of our seven days is just a few more minutes away. kellye: all right, thank you devon.

that sound is music to the years of d.c.. a panda giving birth to two panda cubs this weekend. the national zoo was already marking another celebration. diane joins us live with the celebration tonight. >> so far we are told that the giant panda cubs are doing well here at the zoo. this is only the third time that hasant panda in the u.s. given birth to a set of twins. it was all caught on camera here. even though the giant panda cubs were not on display at the national zoo, there was no shortage of excitement as they celebrated her second earth day with a fresh and frozen fruit cake. many came to the zoo the day after she gave birth to twins just to be a part of it all. video of the firstborn giant panda cub during its first

exam. the court -- the cover treat this morning was the firstborn. one was kept warm in an incubator in the hopes of increasing survival. the frequency hinges on whether the mother allows it. >> the goal is for each of these cubs to spend precious time with their mom. >> i was like -- come on, we're leaving. let's go. the newest about additions, she convinced her parents to book a flight from new york. >> i teared up a little bit. giant pandasd that give birth to twins 50% of the

time. the gender will be determined at a later time. the national zoo, celebrating the second earth day. a traditional frozen from sickle cake. this came with some of her favorite fruits -- treats. of anys staying on top developments for the d.c. growing family of -- panda family. tomorrow is a big day for a lot of students. back to school time for d.c. public schools. howard in frederick county's, a full list of school start dates are on her website. wjla.com. still to come, a weekly tradition with special meaning. a show of support today for a formal -- former president

battling cancer. what are they saying about that heart stopping takedown? as theyow-flying drills practice with gyro copters.

kellye: it's been three months since a man landed a gyro captor on the u.s. capital. d.c. airspace future low altitude intrusions they pled not guilty to six criminal charges. .ew details from paris tonight the man taken down just seconds before the suspected terror attack on a train had been on the radar for months. this is three americans that stopped him are reunited. david has the latest.

>> three american friends reunited. spencer stone, talking for the first time since takedown. stitched up and out of the hospital, his arm in a sling. wered his friends traveling by train from amsterdam to paris when they heard a gunshot. me on the hit shoulder and said -- let's go. >> stone ran in first, tackling the gunman, ev as they walk back. >> it seems like they just kept catching more weapons left and right. >> the box cutter nearly severed his thumb. the injury did not stop him from saving another life. 22-year-oldhows the shirtless, tending to a passenger bleeding from a gunshot wound. >> i did not feel my other injuries. i was bleeding but i

did not know that they were that bad. >> that man survived. so did the gunman. identified now, seen here hog-tied. beside him, his ak-47 assault rifle. >> european authorities say that he has been known as a potential threat. france put him terrorist lost -- terrorist watchlist in 2013. the 25-year-old was stung by the talk of terrorism, saying that he only planned to rob people on the train. >> he seemed like he was ready to fight until the end. so were we. after: just days announcing his battle with brain cancer, jimmy carter is back doing what he loves, teaching sunday school. this is something that he usually does 40 weekends a year.

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kellye: a lot of kids are wondering what the weather will be like tomorrow. devon: a lot of kids will be disappointed. stop in some areas. back to school, frederick and howard county's. then you go towards the district get it looks like rain likely right there. high temperature in washington today, 85 degrees.

a bit more humid, starting to have more of that cooling back into the region. the actual water vapor with emitted he is in the air with invisible water to us. sparking with the help of some elevation and widespread scattered showers in the appalachians. the next cold front on its way will pass through by tomorrow evening. the heat will pick up the humidity. storms projected across the front? not too many. fromy into tuesday another passes with a round of dry air coming in. it will be a while before you get more. we will reset the forecast and go back overnight towards tomorrow morning with the exact same outlook. lower to mid 60's. probably towards sunrise the suburbs. 70's downtown. humidity will be back up a little bit. storm activity with projection a

little bit for futurecast with some help in the mountains, a better chance for a shower or possible thunderstorm. moving out towards the metro and the evening time frame, look for showers. you could still get a sprinkle or a widespread shower. it will mostly be about the heat and humidity making a return. on the eastern shore they should redevelop once again. lower 90's coming in. we have got a westwind coming in tuesday behind the front. that is one of the dryer winds that we can get. mid to upper 80's in washington and with lower humidity it will feel pretty comfortable. as i just said, chances for rain monday night, without anything out of it and will feel wild. not until this time next weekend will there be another chance for the rain to come back in. before we got the rain on thursday night, lawns were

starting to get brown in some spots. if you're going to water, do it late at night, conserve the water. starting tomorrow morning on "good morning washington," we are giving away miss trip for you just the america competition in new york city. including $1000 in cash. watch for the secret word to enter for the contest. there is not much time here. get involved.s to another good reason to watch the am show. >> what about the secret word for the washington redskins? kellye: good news? happy to hear it. >> the offense should be showing off some of what they will be season.at this they are determined to be on the field and run the offense against the ravens on saturday. the latest on number 10, coming up.

>> and now the toyota sports desk. itert: it doesn't feel like because of the injury and uncertainty, the redskins or two and zero in the preseason. great news, robert griffin iii cleared to practice today. all concussion tests passed. he in the team are moving closer to the all-important third dress rehearsal preseason. clear thed he can concussion hurdles so quickly? >> i have no idea. he went to the necessary step as implemented by training staff. so far he has taken the necessary steps.

chances to see a neurosurgeon, we will wait and see. offenses,ilt on great orange crushes and purple people eaters. bugs atre will be no all. bradford has had knee issues, but come on, what about the option play last night? he took a cheap shot. the read option means the quarterback is a runner. .ans are going to lose interest if they don't get this together in tackle football. yes.

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