saturday, kirk cousins was backing up robert griffin iii because of his concussion against the ravens. less than 24 hours later cousins is the starter for 2015. not because of injury but based on performance. this thursday, the rgiii roller coaster. cleared and then uncleared for the concussion and now he is out of his starting job and kirk cousins is in. >> i felt like the roles were defined and i was competing for the backup. but you also understand you are battling if every spot. nobody's job is safe. robert: today gruden emphasized that the change was due to kirk's performance it, not robert's. coach gruden: what he has done in practice and o.t.a.'s opened our eyes. he has proven to be the best quarterback on the roster. he's a compliment to kirk not the other guys didn't do this or that. i just think kirk played so well he earned the right.

robert: espn said that redskins are pushing for the end of their ramp with griffin but ownership is holding on. gruden: i like griffin. his future with the redskins is what it is. there are no discussions about letting him go. we're going to plan on maying with the three quarterbacks. last year we used all three. the door is not shut on robert griffin. he is a redskins players and he has to compete like even else. robert: a source close to the situation tells abc7 robert griffin iii is "content." and that he wants to stay in washington. another normal day in washington football. leon: yeah, right. kimberly: content is one of those safe words. isn't it? twitter was not a safe place for anybody. it went wild as the news spread that cousins would be starting the season for the skins. our diane cho picks up the team coverage with fan reaction live from outside fedex field in landover. diane, what are you hearing? diane: it didn't matter who we

approached about the story, as soon as we told them what it was about, it seemed even had an opinion on it. donna howard has been a redskins fans for more than 30 years. and year after year, she says it's the same song and dance as the excitement builds in the preseason and followed by disappointment. >> i'm ready for a winning team. no matter what. whoever wants to play and win is who i'm behind. diane: the team says rgiii went down with a concussion in the preseason and still going through the league's concussion protocol. but head coach jay gruden made it clear today the decision to make kirk cousins the starting quarterback wasn't based on rgiii's inch but rather cousins's performance. >> i he he deserves a start. it's fine. no problem. >> at the end of the day, something had to be done.

if this isn't doing it, you have to get somebody that you think can do it. diane: but harold thinks other factors affect his performance on the field. >> if you watch the game, you know rgiii is in there and the lineman just stood up and watched. diane: overall a few people told us they were disappointed by the decision today, most peak we talk to said they didn't care who was in the position. as long as the team starts winning in the future. diane cho, abc7 news. kimberly: for another nfl team the judgment says it will be a day or two before they issue a ruling about the suspension from the nfl. the new england quarterback and nfl commissioner roger goodell both in a new york courtroom for arguments in the case today. goodell suspended brady for

four games after allegation of the deflated footballs in the american league championship game. leon: football weather. feels like it. kimberly: a little humid. leon: yeah. kimberly: but for the last day of meteorological summer i guess it's about right. right? >> right on target with the temperatures in the upper 80's in many spots. this is a live look at the sky. this is what it looks like across the area. the temperatures are starting to climb. 90 in fredericksburg. 86 at dulles. 87 at reagan national airport. yeah, on top of that, increased moisture content in the air has measured by the dew point temperatures and they are high enough that it feels warmer than what the thermometer indicates. tim call of the summer and -- typical of summer here and what is coming our way. tonight is partly cloudy, muggy, mild. most areas inside the beltway are above 70 degrees.

outlining could be low as 27 by tomorrow morning. the cloud cover this morning moved out of the metro area. rain showers moved out. lingering showers north and west of the metro area but they will diminish heading to sunset. the next couple of days is all about the heat and the humidity in the 90's. we will talk more about that. kimberly: i'll take it, doug. we have breaking news. head to the newsroom and get to jonathan elias. what is going on? jonathan: we have an area a lot of folks if they are heading home they want to avoid. news chopper 7 going on, water break in glenmont area. you can see from the video this is turning the intersection to a pond or a river. the road actually looks as though it is buckling under all the water that now is going underneath and over the top of the road. they have closed the area off. this is jutson road. this is a residential area. not far from a school over

there. so maybe the kids from school or the parents coming home from work. an area to avoid. we'll keep an eye on it and let you know if there are changes. i'm jonathan elias, abc7 news, back to you. leon: thank you. this weekend's call for all hands on deck by the d.c. police yielded 1 arrests and the recovery -- 16 arrests and recovery of 34 illegal guns but there were also 13 people shot as the city tries to stop the violence burgeoning this summer. now an overwhelming number of officers say they lost confidence in chief lanier. stephen tschida is live outside the d.c. police headquarters with a look at that side of the story. what are you hearing? stephen: leon, the fraternal order of police says its members have lost confidence, that they are tired of chief cathy lanier's authoritarian leadership style and crime-fighting tactics. the chief for her part says she won't respond to an anonymous survey and we want to point out that this no

confidence vote was done on an all hands on deck weekend when a lot of officers who thought they were off for the weekend or on vacation forced to work. >> the rank and file made it clear. they are fed up. overwhelming show of no confidence for police chief cathy lanier in an online police union vote. roughly a third of the union members participated. >> we are hemorrhaging police officers. we have a toxic work environment. stephen: some officers are displeased with the chief's response to the spiraling homicide rate, dismantling of the vice unit and the crime fighting efforts such as the police tents manned 2/7 in violence prone neighborhoods. the vote stunned some city residents who suddenly are reassessing the chief. >> she has done a great job in the past but time to move on. >> high capacity magazines, multiple rounds fired from multiple guns. stephen: cathy lanier historically enjoyed sky high

approval rating among city residents, despite the union members vote. she still has plenty of support on the street. >> i think so far she has done a good job. there are issue but i don't know if it's her fault. >> 1,22 voted no confidence and 22 voted they had confidence in the chief. stephen: the no confidence vote was symbolic but she did receive a ringing endorsement today from mayor because bowser who says she gives the -- mayor muriel bowser who says she gives her, her complete support. leon: crime tend continues in d.c. police looking for a cab driver accused of sexual assault in 3200 of highland place northwest in cleveland park. the investigators say a man attacked a woman in his car early sunday morning. the only lead that the police

have now is the colors to the taxi, red and flag. kimberly: we are following a developing story we hope ends well here. this is south of south africa where the search is on for a g.w. student. nicholas upton last seen sunday night. we're live on the g.w. campus with the latest on the investigation. brianne carter, what do the school officials know about the hereabouts? brianne: they are working close with the authorities to figure out what happens. this is the first day back to class for so many here on the g.w. campus. we understand many of them tonight are concerned. on the first day back to class, many are thinking of nicholas upton. >> hopefully they find him. brianne: university officials say upton went missing while swimming, while traveling in south africa. he was studying abroad and traveling traveling in a break from

classes and last seen swimming in the east cape province sunday night. >> crazy. i lived in south africa. i don't know where exactly he was but that is tough. >> especially if he was like in the wildlife area. >> he is on the roster of the men's rowing tame and also a member of the kappa alpha order the fraternity he pledged last year. on the k.a. fraternity facebook page it posts asking for information about the missing brother. in a statement the fraternity said our thoughts and prayers are with our from terpty brother nicholas upton and his family and friends -- fraternity brother nicholas upton and his family and friends. >> this saddens me. >> that was the share of the sentiment by many on campus.

we understand according to the university officials they are working closely with those overseas in south africa. brianne carter, abc7 news. kimberly: visitors are visiting at a high school near roanoke to pay tribute to the t photographer adam ward. ward's family asked viddors at salem high school to wear the color of his favorite team, virginia tech and salem. he was a develop graduate of salem was shot -- 2007 graduate was shot and killed on live television along with alison parker. the gunman vester flanagan later killed himself. coming up next at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- >> we have been over and over. kimberly: trying to find what has been lost and how you can help a mother desperately searching for a misplaced necklace. leon: later, the work week may be beginning but folks are looking ahead to next weekend.

find out how many could be traveling for labor day. kimberly: a new student at a new school encounters scary new problems. we will tell you what the school system is doing to help after abc7 started to ask questions. >> this is the firsts day of class. montgomery county tells us it needs more money. i'm kevin lewis in wheaton. up next, why higher property taxes may be the

looking forward to having fun and making friends. >> it's back to school in prince william county, earlier than usual. traditionally schools in virginia start the day after labor day. but the county signed a waiver to make up for snow days. about 87,000 students are enrolled in prince william county schools. students went bag to school in most maryland counties today. in montgomery county school officials took an opportunity to make a plea to the state. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis shows us what they are asking for to help your kids. >> we are facing a very, very tough economic challenge. kevin: mcps is dealing with record breaking enrollment but not enough to add more

schools. >> we have added 20,000 students since 2007. that is enough students to fill our largest high school, blare high school. six times over. >> the temporary solution is trailers. wheaton school has half a dozen alone. >> we have a burden of lots of people wanting to benefit from the opportunity of our outstanding public education system and tax base not growing as fast as our enrollment population. >> they are pushing for more state fund in hope to regain reputation of being maryland's best school district. >> i brag continue -- constantly about the school system. but i can't continue to hold the flag up unless we are prepared to provide resources we talk about. kevin: a coalition will make a return trip to ask governor hogan for more money. if he says no, montgomery county will likely make the unpopular decision of raising

your property taxes. in wheaton, kevin lewis, abc7 news. kimberly: but kids don't worry about that. you have shared your favorite pictures heading off to school for the first day today. lisa hopgood sent us this photo of emma before she left for her first day of kinder garden at arcola elementary school. that can be filled with tears but it look like a happy one. dee hutchison shared this picture of isabela as she entered fifth grade. i think her shirt says, "keep smiling." you can share back-to-school, breaking news, weather photos or video with us by sending them to pics@wjla.com. leon: the tears are usually mom's. not the kids. kimberly: i don't remember taking a picture on the first day of school when i was a kid. leon: because we didn't take pictures of every little thing we did back in the day. kimberly: they just drop kicked us off at the bus. doug: now that the kids are older i wish we had more

pictures. smack head long in a pattern to get to us 90's. muggy. time is on our side. if you don't like the hot and the humid weather, september begins tomorrow. the pattern is down and the average high to 84. meteorological summer ends tonight at midnight. looking at frederick, maryland, temperatures in the mid-80's now. not a lot of cloud cover during the day but it has been slow to decrease. i will tell you around 3:00, we saw the back edge of a cloudiness moves through. we broke into bright and sunny skies. frederick has a few clouds. shower not far from frederick. it's 91 in stafford. 88 in the district. 86 in leesburg. 88 in silver spring. the moisture content higher the heat index, the way it feels is warmer than the air temperatures. it feels like 94 in stafford. now 90 in the district. we are coming through a dry

stretch in the capital. we are a little below for august. for the length of meteorological summer we have had 18 inches to give us a month and a season-ending 7.786 inches surplus rainfall. if we don't get rain soon it could change. we're hot and humid for the next couple of days. radar, kirby, west virginia, to across the line. west of winchester. area of showers there. more dissipating now moving to western section of carroll county. the numbers are the mid-to-the upper 80's. the moisture level high enough to make it feel warmer. that is the story past sunset tonight. inside the beltway we think the temperatures will stay above 70 degree mark. a few outlying areas could be down to 62. no rain. partly cloudy.

back edge of the cloud cover that zoomed out mid-afternoon. there it was around lunchtime. it moved out. showers on the back side. you know what? it's pleasant outdoor weather. closer to sunset and the temperatures dip a bit. all the moisture moving off the coast for now. the temperatures across the eastern part of the country. some areas are cooled by clouds and rain. other areas especially west. the heat building. that is moving in our direction. all because of the high pressure that is moving in the next few days. so tomorrow, 93 degrees. hot and humid. no mention of rain for the forecast tomorrow. but wednesday we will see a 30% chance in the lower 790's -- lower 90's. by the time we get to friday approaching front could give us the best chance in workweek of the scattered showers and the storms. right now for the holiday weekend it looks good. saturday, sunday, monday is partly to mostly sunny and mid-80's. we hope it holds. leon: weekend is nice and sweet. all right. gas prices on the move ahead of the holiday weekend. kimberly: plus, wait until you

hear what the prince george's county police officer becoming a sensation online told abc7 about his awesome jump roping experience. >> a driveby shooting yesterday. a child is hit on a neighbor's front stoop. 'm sam ford. that story is coming up. leon: but first a look at what is coming up

leon: former maryland governor mandell who passed away sunday will lie in statehouse wednesday. he served governor as 1969-1977. the run ended after mail fraud and racketeering conviction but many still view him as state leader after that. he spent 19 months in federal prison until president reagan commuted his sentence. he was 95. kimberly: tonight a 13-year-old girl is recovering after being shot in southwest d.c. this happened last night on k street. we have the latest on the investigation. was she the intended target, sam? sam: no, she was not the intended target. this is a situations that young girls on are on a stoop. guy being chased. he goes by them and runs in an apartment and one of the children is shot.

a horrible situation. the scene was chaotic starting with a driveby shooting with a young man who ran to get away to a house where the 13-year-old was taking extensions out of a neighbor child hair. the child's mother says that the young male ran past the girl trying to escape more bullets. >> he came inside. through the backdoor. >> in the front and out the back? >> yes. she came to side of the house and she was immediating as well. sam: three girls out front. she was hit in her leg. >> she was trying to get in the house. >> residents point to the local young male thinking they were feuding with other males from the complexes here in southwest.

>> the shooting took place, i tried to get out. i'm in bad health. sam: this took place around the corner in prad daylight. people were terrified. >> there is no safety here. the only thing that protects us is god. that's it. sam: for tonight they brought in a portable surveillance came ra to check the area out -- camera to check the area out. yesterday there was no police around here or surveillance around here. so the driveby took place. they put up a camera and hope if it happens again they will have a better idea who is doing it. reporting live, sam ford. leon: thank you, sam.

coming up at 5:00 -- >> i don't play these things. this is just lucky really. leon: better to be lucky than good. find out who this man stumbled upon that paid off for him. kimberly: plus the president on his way to alaska but not without a bit of controversy in tow. >> less than a week in the new school year an incident involving a weapon in a classroom. i'm brad bell. when we come back i will tell you why the victim's family is

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. kimberly: tonight "7 on your side" after a man contacted us concerned about how his niece was being treated at school. now the prince george's county school system is taking action. maryland pure row chief brad bell is live in capitol heights to explain what happened. brad? brad: at "7 on your side" we often hear from people who don't know where else to turn. that is the case with regard to this incident that took place friday at central high school. the family that contacted us says a girl was menaced, threatened with a stun dun in a -- stun gun in a classroom. the high school junior was only four days in the new school year at central high when it happened. in a full classroom. a brief argument with a ninth grader. words at first, then the ninth grader pulls outs a stun gun. >> showed how it work and threatened to zap my niece in the neck. that was just heartbreaking.

>> it made her terrified to the point she is not enthused about returning back to school. she doesn't feel safe to walk in the halls. >> the girls and an uncle are outraged by what happened friday an in central high they are speaking out. that met with administrators but are still unsatisfied. >> it bother mess a student gets in the school with a weapon. >> the school district issued a statement saying, "this type of behavior is not tolerated in the schools and the most likely consequence is expulsion." the victim's family hopes that is the case but doesn't ease their worries. >> she is terrified, scared. she is scared of retaliation. >> a spokesperson for the school system assures us that they are going to do everything they can do in the case. they have talked about expulsion for the student who brought the taser/fun gun in classroom and -- taser/stun gun in the classroom and they

say they will be reminding students zero tolerance for weapons. a back-to-school night coming up where families will be in the school. it will be talked about at that point as well. central high school, brad bell, abc7 news. kimberly: thank you. check the top stories right now. kirk cousins is in. rgiii is out. jay gruden says cousins is the starting quarterback and is more because of cousins winning the position than rgiii losing it. rgiii is currently recovering from a concussion, we believe. the redskins begin the regular season september 13 against miami. leon: more than 1100 members of the police union said they have no confidence in chief cathy lanier in an online poll. mayor muriel bowser reiterated her support for lanier after the symbolic vote. kimberly: former virginia governor bob mcdonnell will remain free in the appeal on

the corruption convictions. the supreme court issued that ruling this afternoon. had the high court not intervened mcdonnell would have started a two-year sentence in a few weeks. leon: right now, president obama is on his way to alaska for the state department conference on the global leadership in the arctic. he left joint base andrews and he is scheduled to talk about climate change on friday. but before leaving he rumpled feathers announcing that mount mckinley would return to the original name denali. late today the white house announced it will work with the state of ohio to find another way to honor president william mckinley. we have more about his trip to alaska at 6:00. kimberly: police closed off a number of blocks in the toronto financial district because of an unstable antenna on the trump international hotel and the tower in toronto. the toronto police say three blocks around the hotel and the condo tower are cordoned off. it's not clear when the streets around the building will be reopened. but we couldn't have a

newscast without something trump-related. leon: u.s. park police and the d.c. police helicopters landed on the east front of the capitol this morning as part of a medical evacuation drill. they closed off several streets in the training. tomorrow morning from 6:30 to 8:00. kimberly: "7 on your side" consumer alert right now. blue bell ice cream is back on store shell -- shelves today. this comes four months after listeria outbreak halted production and led to voluntary recall. the company has been testing ice cream at the alabama plant since last month. right now blue bell says it will start selling to select markets there. and in texas. leon: today is the last day of meteorological summer but plenty of folks don't think the season is truly over until labor day. most folks say summer is over. today a.a.a. announced 850,000 people in the greater washington area hit in the roads for holiday weekend. 86% of them going by for a.

7% expected to travel by air. 5% going by bus, boat or train. if you are planning to join them and drive yourself there is good news from the muchs. a.a.a. says the average price for gallon of regular unleaded is down to .2.47 -- $2.46. that is down 96 cents from this time last year. in greater d.c. we are paying average of $2.69 a gallon. find the lowest gas prices at wjla.com. kimberly: it turned out eating too much turned into a million-dollar find. he bert tang needed to take a walk after a big dinner san francisco. you know when you are overstuffed and you can't lie down, he found a $20 bill on the walk. so playing with house money, he bought two scratchers. hibert has the revs of the story. >> i took out my car keys. oh, i don't know if this is real or not. but i think we just hit $1

million. kimberly: he did! so, how is he celebrating? with another big dinner, of course. plus, a car for mom. leon: how about that? kimberly: good for him! leon: that kind of thing never happens to me or anybody i know. way to go. good on you, buddy. kimberly: coming up next at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- jennifer: i'm jennifer donelan with a "7 on your side" team. we have a wall of justice alert. the murder case and

steve: i'm steve rudin. we have 80's on sunday. monday is 86 degrees. if your plans take you to the

del mar beaches upper 70's to the low 80's. water temperature in the upper 70's. further south to outer bank of north carolina around 84 to 850 degrees. with a lot of sunshine. it looks like the cold front on friday will push all the chances for rain out of here. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" continues after this.

jennifer: welcome to the "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice. tonight we have a wall of justice alert. it's coming from the d.c. police department. it involves a murder case that happened just one block away from police headquarters. it happened in an instant. despite the clear pictures no one has come forward. d.c. homicide detectives say the surveillance video was taken moments after the three unidentified men stabbed to death 31-year-old about tone owe austin of -- antonio austin of capitol heights. monday july 27 around 3:15 in the an. austin was killed in the 400 block of e street northwest right by police headquarters. the video shows all three suspects walking around as if nothing had just occurred. it has been one month since the murder and police are desperate to get them off the

street. $25,000 reward in this case. call police. now turn to the wall of justice and the hunt for fugitives across our area. police need your help. tonight, stafford county sheriff detects are still looking for marlene paige for grand larceny and violation of probation. in prince william county they are looking for devonte conward for robbery, burglary and grand larceny. to arlington county they are looking for calderon. for slicing a man's face with a knife after a soccer game. and prince william county is looking for juan garcia, who is accused of setting a woman's bedroom on fire and domestic assault. if you have information about any of the people, call police. i'm your fighting back against crime investigator jennifer donelan. kimberly: thank you. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" a mother's desperate search. find out why she is asking for your help to bring a special item home. leon: plus, the redskins say he is their man. a look at the new quarterback ahead in sports.

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kimberly: artifacts from the titanic are going up for auction next month. one high priced item is the luxury cruiseliner's last lunch menu which could sell up to $70,000. that menu includes corned beef, chicken ala maryland. it's butter fried chicken with sauce. it was signed by a first class personal who survived the sink -- class passenger who survived on lifeboat number one. leon: survived? the menu signed by someone who survived. in lifeboat number one. kimberly: yeah. leon: amazing. it probably is worth $70,000. tonight, something else worth quite a bit as bell to talk about. maryland woman desperately searching for a lost necklace. kimberly: especially the emotional price. it's not because it is worth a lot of money. we report that the necklace contains something irreplaceable. reporter: as anxious as christina terry's 2-year-old is today, mom has been ten

times that this weekend. >> let's see what the law is. reporter: waiting for good news about her necklace. >> a lot of people, you know, recommend in a st. anthony prayer. patron saint of lost items. reporter: she lost saw it friday after a night out with dad and daughter at the town center, a restaurant and amish market. she put a picture of the lost necklace on facebook. post has been shared thousands of times because of the story behind the necklace. >> we lost twins in may 2012. reporter: one passed away after emergency surgery. the other after 45 minutes. part of it, they were cremated. their ashes were placed inside the necklace. >> when i wear it, i feel like they are with me a little bit. so, sorry. but that was it means a lot. reporter: since she posted the picture -- >> 18,895.

reporter: she witnessed the power of social media. >> 18,897. reporter: not just locally. >> every person that shared it has 300 friends on average on facebook. reporter: globally. >> italy, texas, california. there was one in the u.k. reporter: it's easy to get wrapped up in the metrics but the one that matters most -- >> there are good people willing to help us find it. help her find it. help me. make my life easier, too. reporter: is the share that finally reaches the person who can cure that anxious feeling. kimberly: we hope someone finds it. all right. time for a check of the roads. jamie sullivan is on traffic watch. jamie? jamie: a few problem spots. first, i want to start off with a water main break. if you live near wheaton, silver spring, jepson road south of randolph road all lanes are blocked off because of a water main break. livingston street the best

alternate. talk about the capital beltway. very heavy on the inner loop and outer loop. the earlier crash did clear away. right now in the 30's. that is approaching georgia a. this stretch from 270 to closer to 95 will take you 40 minutes. about 35 minutes to get to this point right near georgia avenue and past that it should only take five minutes. let's take a live look at seven lost road. we have delay and sun glare as well. that is something to keep in mind. move to virginia. 395 is a 30-minute commute from the 14th street bridge. slowing on the outer loo approaching 66. the earlier disabled vehicle now gone. watch out for an issue on 301. heading northbound. the ramp is closed off to 50 westbound because of an overturned tractor trailer. that is a look at traffic. back to you. kimberly: thank you. he has been dubbed the double

dutch cop. take a look at the video. corporal alan jones. it's gone viral. he has known he had quick feet but never tried double dutch before this. never. doesn't look like it, does it? this is at a church festival a couple of weeks ago. he is a community officer and he explains how he was able to pull it off. >> once he got the rhythm, try to stay in a rhythm with the bounce. do the jumping jacks. okay. spin. it got to a point i wanted to be over so i just tripped up and got out of there. kimberly: i wanted it to be over. his legs were getting tired. the video shows only one attempt and he is happy it shows the lighter side of policing. leon: that would be cool if it gets him a chance at "dancing

with the stars." kimberly: i don't know. he was tired after two minutes. >> how about that twinkal toes hill. doug: coordination is not one of my talents. i have a safe space of eight feet. i hurt myself yet. there is high clouds. no rain locally. the rain continues. same place all afternoon between kirby and winchester to rain itself out. most of the night is cloudy. a dry stretch indeed. we are stretching the numbers for the final day of august. this is like the august summer. a little oaf an inch of rain for the month. below average for sure. half an. i in the last 19 days. we have had 18 inches of rain and that is above average of 10.30. technically an excess of rain for the summer. make no mistake it's dry.

very dry. not officially in drought condition. warm temperatures. upper 80's in the many spots with the humidity levels high enough to make it feel like the lower 90's. we show you spot of rain. tonight is 67 to 74. tomorrow is hot and humid. highs of 93. feeling more like 98. we will finally get relief in time for the upcoming holiday weekend. it's monday. another low day in sports, robert burton. robert: yes, thank you. oh, the drama. rgiii's drama continues. he was cleared thursdays and then uncleared on friday. now he's not the starter. the starter will be kirk cousins taking snap for the redskins. jay said he had nothing

against rgiii and that his future is still here with the redskins. he says kirk cousins performed well enough to be the starter. coach grude grude: it's not what somebody didn't -- coach gruden: it's not what somebody didn't do. it's just what kirk has done. he is proven to be the best quarterback on the roster at this time. this is a compliment to kirk. he has played so well he earninged the right. >> i feel like i had respect from the teammates. this is not for me to say what they think of me. but i try to do things to give them a reason to rally around me. robert: in the meantime you wonder what the other players are thinking as they watch this up fold with everyone else. we are in the locker room after the announcement was made. this is terrance knighton on all the drama. >> terrance: you know, get caught up in all the drama.

all the media stuff. this is crap to me when they say it's like the kardashian show. this is our livelihood. people die on the football field. this is not a joke. we take our job serious. kirk take his job serious. we are hoping that robert gets back healthy. robert: not keeping up with the kardashian. in what is tennis serena williams will have a chance to get the calendar grand slam. not just that, she is hoping to become the first woman to complete the calendar grand slam since 1988, the last woman to do it stefi graff. if she takes the u.s. open she would be the fourth woman ever to accomplish the feat. she plays the opening match tonight. so big stuff right there on top of rgiii. no longer the starter. kimberly: interesting to hear him say we hope he gets healthy. robert: exactly. but another good thing he said the future is here on the

redskins. we'll see. leon: never good if your case is compared to the kardashians. nothing. never. kimberly: when we come back the pope is talking about coming to america. we

kimberly: history at the vatican. today pope francis held the first ever virtual audience speaking with americans and taking questions. leon: david muir moderated the event. stephanie ramos shows us what it looked like. stephanie: in many parts of the world 78-year-old pope francis has rock star status. the first latin american jesuit to lead the roman catholic church. today, another historic land mark for the pope from argentina. he became the first pope to hold a virtual audience via satellite with hundreds of people in los angeles, chicago, mcallen, texas, with "world news tonight" anchor david muir moderating at the vatican. it lasted an hour as the pontiff engaged with individuals from three groups. students from the jesuit high

school in chicago's inner city, con gre grants from the church and homeless women, men and families in los angeles. he said it is important to meet with them, those who have problems like anyone else. he heard stories of struggle and gave immigrant children hope for a better future. at one point asking a teenager with tough personal battles to sing for him. she did. >> i had to do it. it's the pope. stephanie: pope francis helped directly on woman who helps those in texas. >> it was beautiful. on behalf of everybody president because i represent all of us. stephanie in the end they chanted "i see it, i feel it. the pope is here." he wanted to connect in a few way of people he wanted to visit but wouldn't be able to in the trip to the u.s. stephanie ramos, abc news,

washington. kimberly: keeps finding ways to connect to the people. that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". right now at 6:00 -- a 13-year-old girl, one of 13 people shot in the district this weekend despite a massive police presence. how the community and the police are reacting. plus -- is the rgiii era over at fedex field? what prompted the quarterback switch and how fans are responding tonight. thousands more hillary clinton e-mails being made public. how the scandal is affecting the race for the white house right now on abc7 news. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. leon: tonight, visible frustration in the district over the surge in violent crime. now some street officers are questioning their own chief. in an online police union survey almost all of the officers responded gave chief cathy lanier a vote of no

confidence. that is a third of the department. this is after an all hands on deck weekend. still, though, they saw 13 people shot in the hat-trick. two people killed. d.c. bureau chief sam ford live in southwest d.c. with the finger on the pulse of the community there. sam, what are they saying about all this? sam: people are angry and frustrated. if you can imagine that you are sitting in front of a house, as the little girls were yesterday, three of them as it turns out, sitting in front of a house and along down the street comes a guy running. people shooting at him. the guy runs in front of where the girls are and into the house in front of where they are sitting. out the back door. meantime he is shot and one of the little girls. no one was killed in the incident but it has people in the community quite frustrated by what has happened. they only live a block from a police station. they are concerned about that. tonight the police have put in