tonight, it is all hands on deck as the d.c. police chief tries to crack down on crime. and find out why some students in northern virginia will not be back to school until a week after labor day. and the starters usually see the most time in the preseason game, but rg iii will not see any playing time against the ravens this weekend. >> from abc 7 news, this is a

breaking news alert. jonathan: breaking news from hagerstown, where the police are investigating a hit and run involving a tractor-trailer. a woman was driving northbound on interstate 81, just south of halfway boulevard, when her car was rear-ended by a silver tanker truck with the word side, causinghe her car to spin out of control come hitting a second grade. the first truck cap to going. we know the driver and passenger in the car were taken to the hospital. we don't know the extent of their injuries. we will get you more information as it comes into our newsroom. keep in mind to avoid that area. tonight kicks off the latest call for all hands on deck in the d.c. police department, the weekend is to get officers on the street as the district sees a spike in crime like we have not seen in years.

richard reeve is live in northwest with a look at the police chief's initiative. richard: jonathan, this is like , more footitzkrieg patrols, more cars on the streets. this idea,nts like the police department and its union are in disagreement. this first night of all hands on deck, a shooting in northwest. neighbors say they heard a single gunshot at 7 p.m. arriving officers found a man with non-life-threatening wounds. residents say incidents like this are a sign that more uniforms are needed on the street. >> what they are doing, yes, i approve of it. i think it will help. >> it's great to have the police on patrol, foot patrol, great for them to do their jobs. the all hands initiative means virtually every available in petty officer will be working weekend shifts. 2:00effort began at about

friday afternoon and will continue 48 hours straight. it starts as the city is grappling with 103 homicide since the beginning of this year. last year at this time there were 72. that is a 40% increase. >> if you are a criminal and know the police are going to be out en masse, are you going to be out? you are forecasting where you are going to be. reduction in 10% crime. visibility is a large part of policing efforts and a key component of prevention. as you heard, the police union is not happy. officers willt of have to do back-to-back shifts. they also say there will be so many officers on the weekend, there will be a vacuum during the week. have plenty of officers to do these operations. richard reeve, abc 7 news. right now, maryland state police are looking for a convicted rapist to has been on

the run. 49-year-old james noris has been on the loose more than 24 hours. he disappeared in hyattsville yesterday while on a home visit from the state hospital where he is a patient. hours ago, officers offered a $1000 reward leading to his arrest. >> i made sure that the windows and doors were locked. 5'7", 170norris is pounds, last seen wearing a black jacket with stripes on the and new short sleeves, balance shoes. we have more information about the on air ambush in virginia. alison parker and adam ward were shot wednesday morning. today, the bridgewater a shopping plaza was reopened to the public, a makeshift memorial sitting in front of the chamber of commerce visitor center where they were killed. the woman who survived the

shooting was the chamber of commerce chair, vicki gardner. she said that she never saw the gun man before the shooting started. she was shot in the back once and is expected to survive. the police say that vester flanagan fired 17 shots at the trio before leading the police on the chase into northern virginia and taking his own life. virginia governor terry mcauliffe visit at the roanoke television station today where alison parker and adam ward worked, meeting with friends and families, saying that he plans to introduce gun control legislation. it isor mcauliffe: senseless, and we will do everything we can to keep our community say. yesterday governor mcauliffe said he supported universal background checks for every just in the united states. ews parents in stafford county may have feared in the past few weeks but tonight the school district made it official -- the new high school not be ready on time.

the first day of school is being pushed back to september 14, all because the contractor did not meet another deadline. the school system is working on a plan to figure out when the students will make up the time that was lost during what should have been the first week of school. a picture to ignite outside. we are creeping closer to fall. steve rudin is here with a check of the overnight forecast. these are perfect temperatures. steve: it feels like that right now, but wait until the end of the weekend. summer will make a comeback and we will feel the difference. llesaithersburg, 72 du and manassas, middle 70's quantico, cooler off to the west where the skies have cleared an elevation is higher. the satellite radar, not a lot going on. early tomorrow money, the farmers market, grabbing a cup of coffee, walking the dog, no problems. grab the sunglasses, you will

need them all day. 8:00, near 70 degrees, 10 degrees warmer noontime, middle to upper 80's daytime highs. the heat index will make it feel hotter. the heat and humidity is back sunday and monday. more on that, plus more on erika. jonathan: more tails about how and why a metro train derailed earlier this month. the report said the incident was the result of equipment malfunction and human error. real fasteners failed to hold the rail in place, allowing the train's axle to slip off the rail. mentor also said an inspector noticed the problem early in july, flagged it for attention, but accidentally deleted it from his report. >> i'm concerned. that's why i've chosen to be there drive in or mikx it up. jonathan: the inspector and a supervisor have resigned. mexico is trying to determine

how the problem went undetected despite -- metro is trying to figure out how the problem went undetected. he spent years as a navy seals, but an accident at home took his life. the bethesda man was on his bike on massachusetts avenue when he was hit by a car. roz plater is live in bethesda what the reaction from his family and friends. this is so sad. we are is very sad, and told he was very active in this community, activism in his church, well-liked. lots of neighbors have been dropping off flowers at the spot where the crash happened. tim holden spain years as a navy seals and a counterterrorism expert for the navy, but his life and distinguished career came to a tragic end early friday morning. he was not far from his bethesda home when he was struck and killed. >> he was my rock. a huge loss. roz: montgomery county police say he was heading east on

massachusetts avenue when a car traveling in the same direction hit him. how and why is been investigated. it happened in front of this person's home. >> we just said a prayer for the person who was injured and the person who hit him. we are heartbroken for the situation. had launched a second career as a high-tech executive and was the chief strategy officer at a company. his coworker said, "we are devastated by the tremendous loss of this quarter and national hero. we have lost a dear friend and valued colleague." but his family will missed him most. the us described as a devoted father and grandfather. -- he is described as a devoted father and grandfather. >> funny to be around and humble. to be a navy seals and be as humble as he was is just incredible. it's terrible tragedy. the police say the major

crash reconstruction team will turn its findings to the state attorney's office to see if charges will be filed. we will follow that. live in bethesda, roz plater, abc 7 news. jonathan: coming up -- down and out. find out if robert griffin iii will be back on the field against the ravens tomorrow night. plus -- ♪ jonathan: he's got the moves. bush inresident george new orleans a decade after its lowest point. first, break out the cigars.

jonathan: it's a boy. the revelation today from the national zoo about the surviving giant panda cub, one of two born saturday. smaller cub did not make it, dying of consultations from pneumonia. today marks 60 years as a turning point in the civil rights movement.

till disappeared while visiting family, his body was his body wrapped in barb wire and weighted down by a cotton gin. today, people gathered at a church where his body was later displayed for the whole world to see. 1955, they say that he violated social code. the only two people to face charges in his death were acquitted, but the case galvanized the burgeoning civil rights movement. cvs that became the focal point of the riots in baltimore was demolished. the company says it wants to give the location a fresh start. the pharmacy was ransacked, looted, and set on fire the days death inddie gray's police custody. six officers are still facing charges in that case. marks 10 years since

hurricane katrina devastated new orleans. what initially overcame the levees, flooding st. bernard parish, leaving those who are chosen to stay in the city straight it. the storm is considered one of the worst national disasters in u.s. history, killing more than 1800 people and causing more billion in damage. it was also viewed as one of the low points of president george bush's administration. today he returned to the big easy to help celebrate. bush: hurricane katrina is a story of loss beyond measure and a story of commitment and compassion. i hope you remember what i remember, and that is 30,000 people were saved in the immediate aftermath of the storm. jonathan: the former president also visited mississippi to honor first responders along the gulf coast. tonight, the pragmatist of dominica says tropical storm erika set the nation back 20

years. at least 20 people were killed, hundreds of homes, bridges, roads wiped out. reports,silverstein florida is bracing for what the storm could bring here. chuck: this is what they fear in florida. wind from tropical storm erika hammering the dominican republic. >> the rain is starting to get heavy. [screams] it wreaked havoc, washing out roads and bridges, at least 20 dead, at least 200,000 left puertot power in ou rico. >> it will create large problems. florida's westp coast. governor rick scott declared a state of emergency. governor scott: we don't know how much land it will go over and how much water we will get. chuck: and this warning --

governor scott: make sure that every member of your family is with you, do you have a plan. chuck: across florida, traffic jams at gas stations, probable water a hot commodity. some shoppers found empty shelves, others lucked out. >> a lot of places are out of water. i took a chance. chuck: not everyone walked away happy. >> i'm the upset. there is no prep. area: the best case and has it weakening into a tropical depression before it hits florida. jonathan: steve rudin is joining us. i know you have the latest about the storm. steve: some good news here is it's not coming ashore as a hurricane, looks like right now, and it will get weaker as it heads over cuba the next couple days. we are talking up at something that will happen here monday and tuesday. we have the whole weekend. this is what erika looks

like right now. cuba is on the left-hand side of the screen, not missing cuba, which rips up the storm. this is the latest track, the wind at 45 miles per hour just over haiti. the next couple days it will eventually reemerge off the northern coast of cuba and stay in the gulf of mexico, but this time putting further off towards the west. yesterday at this time it was off the east coast of florida, now further west. we will watch this in the coming days, but right now looks like a big rainmaker for parts of north florida and southern georgia as we move into early next week. for us, a much different story in washington. days weeautiful few have had, 73 degrees right now at reagan national airport. the wind out of the south at five. the humidity, we can deal with this, not bad, comfortable, but that will change as we move into

the next couple days. high today, 83 degrees. the average is 85. if your allergy is bothering you, ragweed is to blame commonality high category. nighttime lows in the upper 50's northern and western suburbs. closer to the district, 60 to 65 degrees with patchy fog developing early tomorrow morning. in thefog mainly mountains, off to the west. nothing that will cause delays tomorrow morning. it will burn off quickly. the futurecast, tomorrow afternoon, sunglasses, absolutely, you will need it. we may have a few stray showers across the shenandoah valley, but not amounting to a whole lot. the same thing sunday. even warmer air across the mid-atlantic. we are talking highs in the lower 90's. the feels like temperatures even hotter. 88 the high tomorrow, mostly sunny, warm and humid, the wind out of the south that 4 to 8. the beach forecast looks great,

water temperature 80 degrees, air temperature lower 80's. warmer on the outer banks, 82, 83 degrees, a chance of pop up thunderstorms. the seven day outlook, we are talking 90's sunday through wednesday. will feel more like the end of august. the humidity, the heat index value will likely make it feel even hotter than that. jonathan: when it gets quite this we start thinking football and we start thanking about the skins. the redskins, rg iii in the preseason game against the ravens, it will not happen. sports is coming up.

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today's athlete has replaced the high ankle sprain is the injury that is the hardest to determine for a medical staff. a day after being cleared by one doctor, another has ruled robert griffin iii out of tomorrow's game against the ravens, saying he needs to be retested in a couple weeks time before a firm conclusion to determine if he can return to game play. this, my friends, will be a story that does not go away anytime soon. remember those bryce harper comments? this rotation is sick, where is my ring? veryis proving to be premature. forget the ring, this team may not make it to the postseason. nats in florida. max scherzer, what is wrong? for thinning, taken deep. bryce harper looks at it but it is gone. the solo homer makes it 4-1

miami. that was the winning run. the marlins win 4-3. the good news is the mets loss to boston, so the lead is still 6.5. that is the good news, but, matt williams, what is wrong with max scherzer? good.williams: he feels his location may not be as good as it was during the winning streak he had. it's about winning series and playing good baseball. let the cards fall where they fall. makethe orioles looking to up ground in the al wild-card race. homer, but where the ball ends up. hits the cameraman at center field, he does not flinch. the team today announced they will not be giving away the jayson werth bobblehead they plan to distribute sunday, the

bobblehead of the iconic walkoff in 2012. stop laughing, jonathan. the team was not happy with the final product. the first 25,000 fans sunday will receive a voucher for a new bobblehead on an off-season day. action against the phoenix mercury. , 24.ngton the mystics win 71-63. spieth is about to fall in the golf rankings after failing to make the cut. is your new number one golfer in the world. rory beingfeel about back on top? jonathan: jordan spieth is a human being. tonight, solitudes stolen.

jonathan: trending now on a prince the story of george's county police officer who paid for food in a hotel woman and homeless her one-year-old daughter. great guy. and the maryland department of agriculture says its plans to

spray for mosquitoes in laurel this weekend against west nile virus. a perfect place for peace and quiet can be tough. a benedictine monk in rhode island thought that he found the perfect spot. he likes to sit atop the wind turbine at the private school where he works. 175 feet in the air. a drone found him. the person who owned the drone was on vacation from california. he is that the video online, spreading like crazy. hether byron says

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