she went to a birthday party in southwest d.c. and slipped away to a nearby abandoned row house for a romantic interlude with a friend. three men burst in on them and they robbed the friend and told him to leave. they dragged 26-year-old smith upstairs where d.n.a. evidence indicates two men raped her and someone shot her repeatedly and set her on fire. >> her assaillant has been brought to justice. >> it brought relief but it reopened wounds from the loss of her daughter. >> she was beat and raped and shot multiple times. then set on fire. the images still appear in my head. >> tonight, hill is behind bars charged with murder. d.n.a. evidence linked him to the rape. the other suspect was shot and killed before he could be arrested. while she is pleased with the arrest, smith does not look forward to hill's trial.

and the rehashing of the details of her daughter's murder. but she says she does pray for a conviction. >> nothing would bring her back, but totally getting justice. for what has happened to latroya will make our family have some sense of peace. stephen: hill went by the name rico and suave is behind bars tonight. he will remain there at least until his preliminary hearing september 30. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. the man chargedded with stabbing an miles per hour university student to death on board a metro will undergo a full competency evaluation because that is the order of a d.c. judge in the case against jasper spires. police say that spires stabbed kevin sutherland to death on the afternoon of the fourth of july and he was high on the synthetic drugs at the time and due back in court october ninth. kimberly: abc7 is getting more information on the melt row

train derailment earlier this month that caused commuter chaos for much of the area. we already knew that metro became aware of the track problem weeks earlier but didn't do anything about it. brianne carter is live at the smithsonian metro stop with what else she has learned from the report. brianne? brianne: you mentioned why this happened and talk about metro learning about it prior to the derailment. now we know what metro is citing as to what led up to all of that. that non-passenger train derailment that happened between this station here, smithsonian station and the federal triangle. new details into what led up to it all. these pictures show the damaged track and equipment after the august 6 derailment that according to a report released today was caused by human and equipment failure. >> someone needs to be accountable for sure. brianne: the report released said it happened when the rail fasteners failed to hold the train in place, causing the

train to spread and wheel axle to drop. operating the vehicle designed to inspect the track, detected a level black defect. level black means the issue requires immediate attention. according to the report, the operator deleted the problem so it was not addressed. the operator and a supervisor has since resigned. >> people mick mistakes. >> figure out the checks and the balances. they need to overview the whole system from soup to nuts and make sure it doesn't happen again because it's problematic. brianne: metro says it is still looking into how the problem continued to go undetected despite track walkers inspecting that area of the track on multiple occasions. >> i am concerned. that is why i've chosen to be drive in or mix it up. brianne: we understand all of this is still under investigation.

meanwhile the board reviewing policies and safety changes that they are looking into as well. we do understand that this will be part of the big public meeting that is scheduled for september 3. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. kimberly: abc7 giving you a chance to see what is in the derailment report for yourself. you can read it right now on our website. wjla.com. scott: we are also tracking tropical storm erika tonight. look at the tv. jonathan: this is video from the de station of the storm from domenica. 12 people are confirmed dead in flood-ravaged communities with 20 more people missing. those numbers are likely to go up in the coming hours or days. there are also reports of villages being under water. no estimate yet on how many people have lost their homes. erika put a bullseye on south florida. it has folks across florida rushing to fill up the gas tanks and prepare for the

storm. rick scott declared a state of emergency and doing it ahead of a possible monday landfall. kimberly: a lot can change with a tropical storm or a hurricane between now and monday. so for the latest report on the storm and the tracks let's get to the meteorologist steve rudin. steve, if you plan to go to florida next week, would you change the plans? steve: i would deter that plan. and maybe do it later next week. we have a little bit of good news here with the latest forecast that just came down about five minutes ago from the hurricane center. 5:00 update has the winds at 50 miles per hour. wind gusts at 63. it is picking up speed moving to the west at 18 miles per hour. let me show you the track of the storm. latest track continues to shift a little further off toward the west. that is good news. notice how it will affect most of florida. maybe not as a hurricane or a tropical storm. just as an area of low pressure that is likely to drop areas of heavy rain along bringing gusty winds. it could impact part of our

area come the middle or the late part of next week. 82 degrees closer to home. a beautiful evening at gaithersburg. the same at reagan national. 80 at andrews. a few clouds out there. it stays dry for tonight. temperatures, the ballpark. the game starts around 7:00. the temperatures fall from the lower 80's to the middle 20's. talk about the rest of the weekend to give you more details on erika as she continues her way closer to florida. all of that coming up in a few minutes. kimberly: steve, we will check back with you then. we are learning more about the bicyclists killed in a montgomery county crash. that happened before 6:30 this morning in the 6000 block of massachusetts avenue in bethesda. the driver of a chevy malibu hit a bicyclist now identified as timothy holden. holden was a retired navy seal. he died there at the scene. the accident remains under investigation. scott: a manhunt underway in frederick for three men suspected of stabbing two people in front of their

child. this happened not far from an elementary school. maryland bureau chief brad bell is joining us live with the progress on the manhunt. do they have any leads on this, brad? brad: they don't. they are looking for the suspect. you see the black here? this is the fingerprint dust on there. the crime scene investigators just left here an hour ago. and as for the suspects, they took off running this way and that is the last anyone saw of them. with three violent suspects on the run, police bring in a bloodhound to track the getaway route. the officer with the assault weapon goes with the dog and the handler just in case. before long, the dog loses the scent. >> we only know three hispanic males leaving on foot with the faces covered. brad: the trio stabbed a man

and woman in their own home in front of a very young witness. >> i hear crying. somebody was crying. brad: that was 8:20. a neighbor who doesn't want her face shown tells us for some reason the victims went outside to the parking lot. when they went back to the ground floor apartment they walked into an ambush. >> as soon as they entered the apartment, i heard the scream. blood everywhere. i called the police. >> the man is critically injured and the woman suffered non-life threatening injuries. according to the witnesses and the police sources an 8-year-old girl saw the whole attack. >> sad that the little girl has to see it happen. >> a shock. never been close to this. certainly be keeping a closer out on it and who is around.

brad: for what happened in here police tell us they do not believe it was a random crime. they believe the suspect likely knew the victim. we are told it's a possibility it's gang related. brad bell, abc7 news. kimberly: two days after the deadly attack on two journalists in roanoke, virginia, there is visible signs of the scene that the horrific shooting are now gone. new wooden planks have been installed on the bridge water plaza deck. businesses in the area reopened today. we are hearing from the husband of the sole survivor of that attack. vicki gardner. her husband spoke to abc news. tim garder says he was watching on tv as his wife was shot in the back. tim: the surgeon said a few more centimeters she wouldn't be alive or walking. he shot three times. he missed twice.

she doe to the ground. kimberly: -- doe -- dove to the ground. kimberly: garder said he tried to keep shooting her but the gun didn't work and he took off. jonathan: at this hour, the d.c. police are out on the street in full force part of an all hands on deck push to fight back against a surge in violent crime. part of the proposal to make the streets safer that is meeting a lot of resistance. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is joining us with why the plan to fight back is getting the pushback. nobody would have thought they would get this pushback? sam: it depends on the details. as they say. the devil is in the details. they used to have these all the time. this is the first this year. another tool in the city's effort to fight growing homicides including as you were mentioning a plan the mayor unveiled yesterday that has drawn some opposition. after what some call summer of

crime, bowser's plan to stop rising murders in the city, 103 at last count, met with the boos and cat calls yesterday. the $15 million 13-point safe plan gives more funds for security cameras and would allow police to search home of parolees convicted of violent crimes. >> we should do all we can to make sure they have no access to a gun. sam: searching of homes of people not charged with anything new set off a number of people. >> what is the criteria in place to make sure someone who is letting a friend over family member will have the ability to have their home searched as the home of a felon? >> there are a guns in the city. the guns are in a lot of people's home. sam: anticrime activist martin molten supports the plan. >> it's thoughtful and she has been listening to people in the community across the city. >> i will not be shot down

because i'm telling the truth. sam: after yesterday's reaction the plan is not getting an easy reception. so right now it is another all hands on deck weekend here in the city. ain that used to happen a lot when the homicide rate was higher. but right now the homicide rate 103. as of august 28 is just two less than the 105 in all of 2014. reporting live from northwest washington, sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: sam, thanks. coming up for us at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- stories of survival. >> g.p.s. and went north. jonathan: stories of survival ten years after hurricane katrina rips across the gulf coast. kimberly: plus, one of the men who stopped a would-be attacker on a train in france tells us what he saw. the moment he realized what was happening. jonathan: the big reveal at the national zoo is we learn whether the new panda cub is a boy or a girl. and who the daddy is.

>> 24 hours later, federal, and local almost still searching for a sex offender that went missing in a visit to the neighborhood yesterday. i'm mike carter-conneen. coming up, new details on how i'm mike carter-conneen. coming up, new details on how

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jonathan: epicenter in the riot in april. burning c.v.s. the demolition crews leveling this place. the store was looted and set on fire following freddie gray's funeral. he died in police custody and as a result, the officers are facing criminal charges. those who were there today and in april each time a part of the store kept coming down they could smell the burping building. they are building -- planning to rebuild on that corner. kimberly: manhunt for a convicted rapist. james norris disappeared yesterday on a home visit in hyattsville away from the state hospital where he is a patient. mike carter-conneen joins us live with where that manhunt stands. mike: kimberly, in the last

hour they provided me a copy of a court order from the past april. judge allowed for continued release. the first visit in july went without incident. but yesterday on the 4000 block of warner avenue in hyattsville fled from the department of health employee following him. how the residents are feeling very nervous. >> i heard and i made sure the doors were locked up. >> the residents are frighted and frustrated and they want to know how a convicted sex offender in the care of the state department of health could go missing in the neighborhood. >> how did he just escape like that? >> no guards with him? >> the maryland state correctional officers are looking for norris. they used a bloodhound along the b.w. parkway with a retake warrant issued for the

capture. >> that is crazy. that is alarming. we have kids in the neighborhood. it's dangerous. mike: at the elementary school they were aware of the manhunt and they held a lockdown drill with the students and the staff in morning but because they received no instruction by the police to do otherwise, the children were allowed outside for recess. no matter the age, the residents want norris back in custody and they want an explanation. >> this is scary, too. especially when you have kids. >> take a look at the screen. norris is 5'7". 170 pounds. last seen wearing a black track jacket with white stripes down the sleeves. blue jean and new balanced sneakers. he has a lengthy and a violent criminal history including decades of battery, rape and assault going back decades. if you see him, police urge you to call 911.

hyattsville, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. jonathan: it's a boy. they were running around yelling it. the surviving twin panda cub is the son of the zoo male panda. tian tian. kimberly: tian tian. jonathan: that's what i thought. its twin who died earlier in week was also a boy but so far no name suggestions for the little guy. he will officially be named in a ceremony 100 days after his birth. they will drag this thing out. it will be big. kimberly: your mandarin is limited to one word. what a gorgeous day. celebrate a panda or do anything else. steve: exactly. a beautiful evening. a lot of football games tonight and soccer games. if you are looking for a pet there are two puppies on my twitter account. lost dog rescue, non-profit at the fair lake petco, a bumper crop of puppies tonight.

6:30 to 8:30. jonathan: it's puppy weather! who knew? steve: find a home for them. let's talk about the weather forecast. it looks great out there. this is national harbor. just a few clouds. if you are planning on barbecuing tonight. you are concerned about the clouds. don't be. because absolutely no rain will fall tonight. i promise you that. if you have a football game, bring a light jacket. especially if you are going later past the 10:00 hour. 82 at reagan national airport. it's wonderful. winds out of the south/southeast at 6 miles per hour. the only bad thing i can talk about now is the ragweed. if you are suffering from it with the sneezing and the itchy eyes and the coughing, it's in the high range. it will continue to stay that way at least for the next week or so. this is prime is for ragweed. mold, trees, grass. otherwise not as big of a problem. 82 in gaithersburg. 84 in frederick. 81 in hagerstown. same in winchester. we will see the temperatures fall from the 80's to the

70's. eventually the 50's and the 60's with a little bit of patchy fog. the dew point level, measures the moisture in the air. now beginning to increase. yesterday we had the dew point in the 40's. now they are in the 50's. for the weekend, we are talking upper 60's to lower 70's. that is typical of what we normally would see around here in washington. at least for the end of august. the coolest air is north of us. warmer air to the south. this is going to move off the coast to bring in the added heat and the humidity with a slight risk of a shower or thunderstorm. west of d.c. come sunday afternoon. i don't think it will amount to a lot. for tonight, nighttime lows, the north and the western suburbs we fall in the middle to the upper 50's. inside the beltway, 64 to 65 degrees or so. upper northwest. chevy chase, 66. mainly clear skies. a bit humid and some of you may see patchy fog but nothing to bring travel delays come early tomorrow morning. i want to give you another

update. 5:00 update on the tropical storm erika. this is where she is located now. this is puerto rico. it is going to slowly drift toward the west at around 15 miles per hour. make that 18 miles per hour. it will eventually make landfall. it will move over cuba to slow things down a little bit. notice as it moves across florida this isn't until monday, tuesday, wednesday next week. it will lose the characteristic as a tropical storm and becomes low pressure. but still rain and gusty winds. if you have travel plans or have family there, they will be in for a rough go for a good two or three days. here is forecast closer to home. wonderful. perfect. hardly any clouds tomorrow. we may see a pop-up shower or a thunderstorm. but don't worry about it. only 20% chance. the beach forecast shows the temperatures around 80 for

rehoboth beach. look at the seven-day outlook. back in the 90's. 92 on sunday. 92 on monday. we will keep the lower 90's come tuesday and wednesday along with the heat index values that will make it feel closer to the middle to the upper 90's. summer, it is not gone kimberly: the humidity will stick around. jonathan: aren't you happy that summer is sticking around? >> absolutely. i'd like it till november. steve: the pools are open late because labor day is so late this year. plus-plus. kimberly: a former president goes back to the big easy. reception for the former president george w. bush. jonathan: ten years after they fled, survivors share the stories of finding a new home in washington. >> next the hero's welcome for the national guardsman who helped stop a terror attack. the moment he realized he had to act. that is next.

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starting at $79.99 a month, guaranteed for two years. for a limited time get $400 back with a two year agreement. call 888 get fios or go online. get out of the past. get fios. jonathan: the story that made headlines across the globe. three americans and a briton fighting back against a terror attack. a man was going to carry out a terrorist attack but they stopped him. today the second of the miles per hours returned home to a hero's welcome. very cool. brandi hitt shows us the reunion. brandi: welcome home a hero.

alek skarlatos' family welcomed him. >> it was unreal. i was so grateful for everyone that showed up. >> in the exclusive interview with abc news, the army national guardsman said he and his two childhood friends on vacation together saw a man suddenly appear with an ak-47, his first reaction was trying not to die. >> i immediately recognized what was happening. i just thought there is no way. no way this is happening right now. we just acted. i didn't have another conscious thought for the next few minutes. brandi: spencer stone who underwent surgery to reattach his thumb is still undergoing treatment in europe. anthony sadler a 23-year-old college student was honored in their hometown of sacramento wednesday. >> all of us felt pride. brandi: the men have become international icons receiving the highest medal from the

french president. barack obama reached out to comend and congratulate them on the courage and quick action. all three humbled. >> it's overwhelming. i didn't expect this to happen. brandi: the big mystery, what will the heros do next? in the u.s., stone and skarlatos are up for the airman's medal. but not known if sadler who is a zillion will be honored -- civilian will be honored with a reward. brandi hitt, abc7 news. jonathan: hope he is. that would be nice. coming up, neighbors take action when they see the suspicious van parked in front of a home. what they discovered. kimberly: local police officer's act of kindness spreading across the internet. jonathan: the lasting effect of a newly ordained priest hope we all get from pope francis' trip to d.c. kimberly: the hurricane katrina survivors who call d.c. home share their stories of survival. like this one from a mother who threw her family in a car and never looked back.

>> i heard on the news, say goodbye to new orleans. and it just -- i went through my heart. because i thought that is a horrible thing to say on the

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former president george w. bush dancing in a school rebuilt in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. the former president is visiting gulf coast one day ahead of the tenth anniversary of the catastrophic storm. now there were protesters during the former president's visit that didn't like the government response. in this case, that school's library was rebuilt with funs from laura bush foundation for american libraries. for many, rebuilding in new orleans was not an option. approximately half the city's population had to evacuate during the storm and never went back. d.c. bureau chief sam ford found some of those one-time evacuations who came to the d.c. area and ten years later they still call d.c. home. sam: katrina may have happened ten years ago but it's like yesterday for violet lee of maryland. >> at that time i had a 2004, two-door honda. we had eight people in that car. sam: rory now of ashburn, virginia. >> crowded with three cats, two dogs, four kids and a mom

and a dad. sam: and warren murphy who now works in d.c. but stuck on the new orleans street back then. >> they were running, scatters, left and right, trying to figure out which we way were going to go. sam: among the evacuees flown from fema to d.c. where they stayed at the d.c. armory. the women leading the families out by car remember how kind people were along the highways. >> realized he gave us four brand new tires. free. and $20. sam: for the man who told lowe there was no gasoline available in the town. >> he looked inside, saw my parents and saw the kids and went take my car. just take my car. i have a full tank of gas. wherever you can, you can return it. >> i was like no, sir. i can't do that. i can't do that to your car. sam: murphy stayed in the superdome two weeks remembers the worst. >> seeing people commit suicide, seeing what people got, the females got raped.

sam: they never went back. she worked for ten years in the apartment complex in maryland. she got a job in virginia, met a man and remarried. she is also a grand mother now. he married a woman here, lives in laurel and works as a security guard in d.c. but new orleans is still a big part of their lives. lowe's art made from katrina abandoned cars. lee's mardi gras stuff, the gumbo and the saints. to set up the interview i called numbers starting with 504, new orleans. >> never lose that. >> never change it. >> you can chase people out of new orleans but you can't take new orleans out of your heart. sam: i'm sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: that is why they are wearing all the saints gear. see? west nile virus in bowie there. the work is going to focus on summer seth neighborhood. that is where someone was

bitten and stayed sick. a west nile diagnosis has not yet been confirmed. the spraying will begin this coming tuesday. kimberly: a suspect is now in custody of the murder of latroya spill. hill is behind bars. smith was rapedded before she was shot and her body was set on fire. another suspect is at large and a third suspect died. jonathan: d.c. police have all hands on deck as they try to reverse a rise in violent crime. every available officer will be assigned to street patrols. there have been 103 murders in district since the beginning of the year, two less for the total of all of last year. kimberly: metro says this month's train derailment was caused by human error and equipment failure. in a report released today, metro says the fasteners failed to keep a rail from

spreading. it says an inspector had detected the problem in july but mistakenly deleted the information from his report. maryland school superintendent is resigning. she took the job in 2012 is moving on to be the president and the ceo of future ready columbus, a non-profit that focuses on early childhood education. the maryland state board of education appointed deputy superintendent jack smith to replace lowery or an interim basis. jonathan: still ahead for us here at 5:00, how community members took action after a suspicious van showed up in the neighborhood. kimberly: plus the act of kindness that has a local police officer becoming a viral star.

steve: the weekend is finally here. daytime highs saturday and sunday.

the feels like temperature is warmer than that. especially toward the end of the weekend and next week. by sunday we may see a stray thunderstorm or two. headed out to redskins game tomorrow. the temperatures will fall from the 80's to the middle 70's. we will look for a dry evening tomorrow night. beach forecast looks excellent. rehoboth beach and ocean city, highs around 80 to 82 degrees. water temperature in the upper 70's. just a little bit warmer. the further south you go. saturday and sunday the outer banks of northern carolina. the temperatures are lower 80's and a chance for pop-up shower and the thunderstorms that shouldn't amount to a whole lot. we will keep you updated on tropical storm erika coming up

scott: i'm scott thuman in the abc7 newsroom with a view of what is winning the web. this will melt the hearts of parents an gamers because of this little boy's birthday. we will show you here. he is cheerily a big fan of transform -- he is clearly a big fan of transformer s. the parents got him a cake. he blew out the candle. there is a lever on the side. there it goes. the chief optimist prime taking full form here. after he hits the lever the

birthday cake doing the own transforming. if you look closely you can see the head pop out of the cake at the end. so far, no companion video on how to do this yourself. the same youtube channel has other behind-the-scenes clips. it's probably not far behind. a lot of parents probably want to deliver something for their kids. see happy reaction there. from amazed young minds. jonathan: i'm thinking to myself it's a head case like that when we were kids i withoutn't want to grow up. kimberly: i just realized what a horrible mother i am. scott: have a birthday every other week if this were the case. jonathan: very cool. kimberly: prince george's county police officer is recognized for an amazing act of kindness. corporal jay atkinson noticed a woman in the hyattsville station all alone. he soon found out she was a victim of domestic violence, recently homeless with a 1-year-old daughter and had nowhere else to go.

that is when the corporal stepped up found her assistance, including distance relatives to stay with and he paid for a hotel room and brought them food and drinks. true example of the officer's pledge to protect and serve. jonathan: those are the stories you love to see. there are so many of those going on out there that go untold. kimberly: glad we learned about that. jonathan: still ahead for us at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- kimberly: what influence does pope francis have on the new priests in our

jonathan: we are a month away from the pope francis visit. along with the physical preparation, a spiritual preparation is on the way. suzanne kennedy explains. suzanne: this is father, freshman year as a perish priest. >> it was a big decision. church calls us this morning to witness a sacred action. >> in june he was one of nine beacons ordained in the

archbishop. >> as a preach, i help people grow closer to god and bring god's gift to the people. >> body of christ. the holy order come in a year when washington, d.c. is preparing for a visit from pope francis. a spiritual leader that he finds inspiring. >> there is something to the way when he speaks, when he writes, you are like yeah, that is totally easy to understand. >> i do enjoy that about pope francis. how accessible he is. suzanne: he enters the previoushood at a time when a number of previouses in the united states is shrinking. according to georgetown university, there are 33% fewer than 1975. this father hopes that the pope will change that. >> hopefully what pope francis is able to do is inspire people to just live out their catholic faith. once that happens, that naturally opens the door as people are growing in their faith to ask what could god ask from me.

suzanne: father accepts the new role with humility and joy in his heart. he says this is a blessing in a year full of great personal milestones. suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. jonathan: pope francis arrives at joint base andrews on september 22. the public schedule begins the next day in a white house ceremony. he will visit d.c., philadelphia and new york city in the stay. time to check things out. friday an, a lot of folks trying to get out of town and head to the beach. jamie sullivan keeping an eye on traffic. james this is not people -- jamie: this is not people heading to the beach but because of sun glare. if you are working past the parkway, the slowing is partially because of the sun glare. let's talk about how slow as we move to the map. you get a better idea. traffic working outbound in the teens. it does start near the capital beltway. on the beltway, the inner loop has been rough. we have had three separate

crashes. three hours ago we had one near river road. we cleared one away a half an hour ago near clara barton parkway. now we have a crash, yes, the third this afternoon. two lanes are blocked so that is contributing to the normal congestion we see on the inner loop working your way toward the northwest corner. you have a slowing, this is good news. the crash cleared away that was on the freierway -- freeway near the tunnel. 14 miles per hour crossing the bridge. outbound suitland parkway, alabama avenue the left lane is blocked. stay to the right to get by. we do have a lot of normal congestion. crashes are still out there. heading to the b.w.i. to catch a flight. 95 is a better option. instead of the b.w. parkway. that is a look at traffic. back to you. kimberly: thank you. you will remember the bears who created their own backyard pool tarty in new jersey. they are back. -- pool party in new jersey.

they are back. having a blast. the mother bear and the cubs making themselves at home in the family pool. now a resident has shot photos of the same pack of bears roaming the neighborhood and rum mudging duck rum -- rummaging for food. they're such a nuisance the state officials are considering an extending hunting season to keep population down. jonathan: they are just having a pool party. kimberly: bummer to go from the beautiful shot of the beautiful bears to talk about shooting them. jonathan: just pack them up and send them somewhere else. kimberly: that would be the humane thing. jonathan: a lake so they can get wet. talk about weather situation. speaking of getting wet, folks in florida bracing for the storm. steve: in florida it's wet. monday, tuesday, wednesday, track over the peninsula. it slows down. but the good news is not a hurricane. just as a tropical storm eventually an area of low pressure. 81 degrees right now in gaithersburg.

79 in anders. a beautiful night here in washington. if you have plans to go to the football game at the local hospital, no problems at all, might want to grab a light jacket and head out the door. mainly clear skies tonight the temperatures will fall. the nationals' forecast tonight. gametime at 5 after 7:00. that is the first pitch. temperatures from the middle 80's eventually to the middle 60's by the end of the game. hopefully they will pull off a win. winds will be out of the southeast and relatively light. forecast tonight is extreme northern and western suburbs. dropping in the 50's. we will see the middle 60's in town. temperatures around 642 to 65 degrees -- 64-65 for prince george's county. the future cast looks like this through the day tomorrow. beautiful. sunglasses, absolutely. all day long. you will need sunglasses again for the day on sunday. maybe a stray thunderstorm. but limited to less than 30% chance. 88 for a high tomorrow.

92 on sunday. the heat index values could feel warmer than that. take you to the seven-day outlook and call for 20% chance of showers on sunday. 30% chance for monday. highs in the lower 90's monday, tuesday, wednesday. a little bit of relief toward the end of next week. summer is not going anywhere. at least not anytime soon. jonathan: nice weather. it would be nice if we could have the redskins with no drama. is that possible? kimberly: no. not possible. >> but good they have the priorities where they need to be. that is honoring our military. jonathan: good for them. >> that is what they need to do. one thing that the washington redskins has done well since they purchased the team is give hop nowhere to then and women who -- honor to men and women who protect and serve the country. burgundy and gold choosing to have the last practice of preseason game number three with the rayens -- ravens at

joint base andrews. the team brought ashburn to them. >> some people go unnoticed but not for people who care and know what they are doing. it's special to me to smile for something that i'm doing. i am thankful for what they do every day. >> that is what this is all about today. the mentorship program and the connections that the players make to the kids as well as the 17,000 members that work or live here at joint base andrews and the families here. so for the redskins to come and give back to us, redskins give back to the military is a tremendous opportunity for us here. >> amen. the question inment folks super busy -- equipment folks super busy. it's up to the mbt bank stadium for visit with the rayens. we have the action at 7:00 p.m.

7:30 is kickoff. injuries plagued the nationals all season long so don't act surprise when you hear. the curly double suffering more injuries. denard span undergoing surgery on the left hip. he is done for the season. it gets worse. the guy who replaced him in center, michael a. tailor, right knee contusion on this crash. in the wall in the seventh inning. he is listed as day-to-day. also in the game, third baseman escobar suffers a right hand contusion. x-rays are negative. he is also day-to-day. aren't we all. nicolemax scherzer on the mound. we hear more from him at 6:00. nationals battling the mets and the injuries, too. jonathan: are they going to make the playoffs? >> who knows. everything has to go right. that is what sports is about. kimberly: thank you. when you see this, you will be asking what were they thinking? this is a van with free candy

painted on it, as you can see. something out of a parent's nightmare. where it was last spot and the motivation behind the bizarre van when we come back.

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jonathan: as a parent, this is the kind of thing that turns our head and makes you unusual. panel van advertising free candy. kimberly: turns your head and makes you shake your head, too. when it showed up in a sacramento neighborhood it had many people hoping it was a trick and it wasn't really offering treats. >> it was too fake to be true. but i did want to get a closer look for sure. >> 12-year-old lawrence bello snapped this photo of a suspicious van parked outside his home. >> get evidence if anything happened. kimberly: lawrence had a gut feeling that the van with blacked out win dose and no license plate could be trouble. >> red writing that said free candy and it had hand prints in red. i think it was supposed to

look like blood but it looked like they were dripping down. kimberly: his mom noticed it at wal-mart and came home to found it on her street. >> it gave me a creepy feeling. kimberly: other concerned neighbors took photos of the van driving around. this picture shows it alongside a school bus. >> free candy attracts kids. it's very ominous as far as it looks like blood. just looks stereotypical creepy white van, no windows in the back. kimberly: word started to spread around nextdoor.com until a neighbor explained -- >> it's a joke. kimberly: it turns out it belongs to a family friend on the way to the annual purning manifest value inness -- annual burning man festival. and they did not realize it would cause concern. >> nice to know if there were a creepy van people would take notice. kimberly: that van has left the sacramento area we are told. good to know that the

neighborhood watch system going on. jonathan: a paint job in the future. kimberly: you know burning man. crazier things go on there than that van. that will do it for "abc7 news at 5:00". coming up next on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- navy seal killed. police trying to figure out what went wrong. how that man is being remembered tonight. >> two bbc reporters saying they were threatened by virginia state police. what happened after the recent chase on wednesday that created another investigation. jonathan: a pharmacy store at the center of the violent riots now gone. what is next for the people of baltimore after a cvs hit by looters in demolished? the news at "abc7 news at 6:00" starts now. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: first at 6:00, new developments from montgomery county. a highly decorated navy seal is dead after an early morning car accident. it happened on massachusetts avenue in bethesda.

roz plater is there live with what we have learned. roz? roz: we are at the site where the crash happened. we are told he was an avid cyclist and killed half a mile away from home. timothy holden had a distinguished career as a captain in the navy seals and went on to serve as the director of counterterrorism and force protection for the navy. he launched a second career working as an executive for several high-tech companies. the police tell us the crash happened at 6:1524 morning and was biking eastbound on massachusetts avenue when he was struck by a car traveling in the same direction. police are still investigating how and why it all happened. his family is heart broken by the loss. >> it's an extremely difficult