out and the calm left union station. some people fled. others sheltered in place. the results, police say, of a domestic dispute. witnesses said it happened at mcdonald's. a man stabbed a woman in her side and started running. security guard pursued the stabber and according to police then turned and lunged at the guard with the knife. the guard shot him in the side. >> both individuals, the male and the female have been transported to area hospitals with what we believe are non-life threatening injuries. with this being 9/11, fears were heightened. >> in a busy train station at lunchtime, the sound of gunshot sent many scurrying for exits. >> we heard the shot it and we ran. that's it. >> you didn't know what -- >> i didn't know what was going on. i was trying to get out of there. i have eight kids and two grand children. >> this worker crouched with the customers in her store. >> we were shaken. everybody is running. everyone is to a small store.

i was terrified. >> there was no overall panic. police in public handled the situation well. >> folks self-evacuated because they did hear a gunshot. that is the right thing to do. we had people shelter in place here. we momentarily stopped trains and we are providing full service right now. >> so police are saying there never was an active shooter situation. amtrak says service was disrupted for 15 minutes. sam ford, abc7 news. kimberly: thank you. still unsettling on the anniversary of 9/11. you can imagine. but a picture-perfect day when you talk about the weather. beautiful out there. scott: absolutely. unfortunately it may not last for too long. check in with chief meteorologist doug hill for a look at what is a rainy saturday, doug. doug: it's looking that way. we start with sunshine tomorrow morning but the next system moving in at a good speed the clouds, showers and

the thunderstorms are a good bet for saturday afternoon. at the moment, looking live at the weather bug camera at laurel. gorgeous weather. 83. clear skies. same deal outside the belfort furniture weather center. beautiful. if you have outdoor plans this evening, weather will be just about ideal. look at the updated numbers. 85 in reagan national. 84 at frederick and andrews. 82 in winchester. and the dew point temperatures, the true measure of moisture in the air are so comfortable now. running in lower 50's in metro. dew point at 50 the nation's capital. it would feel cooler than the thermometer indicates. through the evening, just fine. mostly clear. temperatures drop to 57-62 for the range across the area by tomorrow morning. more about the weekend and the next seven days in a few minutes. kimberly? kimberly: see you then. we tracking a developing story right now. this one out of prince george's county where police say a man tried to attack at least three women in the last three weeks along a very popular trail.

it was near mcgruder park. brad bell is live in hyattsville now. what do police know about the guy? brad: well, they know he is lurking in the woods. that is the primary thing they want women the know. we are in mcgruder park. the recent attack yesterday at 7:00 a.m. people coming along the trail. guy jumps out of the woods. grabs them. pulls them in. the trails are convenient and connect the metro to neighborhood. she walks to and from the grocery store. >> people come running and jogging and stuff. >> tonight, all the users are on alert. serial predator attacking women three times in three weeks. a man hiding at the edge of the tree, run out and grabbed a victim and pulled her into the woods. in each case the women

screamed and were helped to safety by passersby. >> what we are looking for now is anyone keep an eye out for anyone in the wood line. >> i'm scared. >> this outburst of violence against women happened before. in may of 2012, there were a series of attacks. this year east of here a man was arrest and charged with multiple assaults in may and june. >> there have been many instances. >> beautiful woods and trails but we need more security and more lights. >> for now, they step up control and trail users urged to walk in pair, not to use the head phones. >> they look for an opportunity. the only control you have take away the opportunities.

>> i am only ten feet from the camera but you can't see me until i come out from the trees. that is what the suspect is doing and people have to have their heads on a swivel until he is in handcuffs. in hyattsville, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: unsettling demonstration -- kimberly: unsettling demonstration, brad. in arlington they are investigating six sexual assault cases that could be related. jeff goldberg is checking with the police department every day and we will let you know as soon as we hear about any breaks in those cases. scott: peak began showing remembrance early this morning at the pentagon. giant flag unfurled on the side of the building after sunrise. 184 people died when the flight crashed from in the d.o.d. headquarters september 11, 2011. >> it doesn't get easier at all. it's a tragedy that will

always be with the hearts. me and my family. jonathan: 2001 i meant to say there. scott: after the ceremony family and survivors spent time at the memorial along washington boulevard and the pentagon officials say they hope to open a visitor's center to accompany that memorial in the next two years. kimberly? kimberly: scott, the ceremony at ground zero in new york had moments of silence to remember the moment when the plane hit the twin towers and when they ultimately fell. [bell tolls] kimberly: more than a thousand people gathered to mark 14 years since the terrorist attack. they read the names of the nearly 3,000 people who died in new york, virginia, and pennsylvania. this is the first year that the visitor center for the flight 93 national memorial is open on september 11. it was dedicated yesterday.

scott: two d.c. teachers and two students on flight 77 when it crashed in the pentagon. today, two elementary schools took time to honor their memories. stephen tschida has that story. stephen: scott, 14 years ago today, d.c. students and teachers boarded a plane for a very special field trip to the west coast. unfortunately, the 9/11 terrorists were also on board. >> at lucky elementary school they paid colorful tribute to those that are too young to have known or remember. two people from the school died september 11. 11-year-old bernard brown and teacher hilda taylor were on board the plane which slammed

into the pentagon. >> the souls won't be forgotten. we honor their spirit and lives and legacy. >> ketchum elementary school in southeast d.c. lost a student and teacher as well. sixth grader rodney dickens and teacher james debonaire. >> these are for the first two planes that hit. >> at ketchum they planted flowers. they want the garden to remind the students of what was lost also the pain the terrorists inflicted on this small school. >> we make an effort to go to remembrance site so the children know how it impacted the united states and our community. >> after they finished in the garden they trekked to a nearby fire station. each of the students wrote letters of thanks to the first responders for the work they did on that tragic day 14 years ago. and continue to do every day.

>> thank you! stefs the principal here -- stephen: the principals here plan to keep remembrances going every september 11 in the future. reporting live, stephen tschida. kimberly: thank you. over the years many turned september 11 to a day of service. brianne carter shows us how some volunteers decided to give back today along the national mall. brianne: on this day of service and remembrance, thousands across the region are finding ways to give back. >> we are helping a lot of people. brianne: along the national mall volunteers lined up this morning to pack more than 1 million meals for seniors in need, including veterans and first responders in the d.c. region. >> this is really all about neighbors helping neighbors and manging sure we get food that is nutritious to the struggling seniors in the neighborhood that need the meals. brianne: celebrity chef carla

hall came back to the place she calls home to join in on the effort. >> coming together for a common cause is electrifying. on the day of remembrance and reflection we are all here together to do service. just know that somebody will eat for today and several days after. >> the federal employee on 9/11. she says this is one way to honor the victims and the heroes of that day. scott: coming up here on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- uncovering part of the congressional probe in the 9/11 attacks. 14 years after the fact. and she is quite a lady. meet this one 108-year-old veteran. she is still sharp as a tack. we'll introduce you to her.

kimberly: amazing woman. the video we saw a moment before that is a "7 on your side" story you won't want to miss. woman gets into it with a contractor at the cost of a few thousand dollars. and her deck. classrooms inside the prince george's elementary school vacated for mold. chris papst. coming up, the iteam obtained the health records of the bu

scott: students in prince george's county elementary school were removed from classrooms this week due to mold. but it's not just any school. this comes months after a "7 on your side" iteam report in which we told you that students at samuel chase elementary school were getting sick possibly due to mold. "7 on your side" iteam investigator chris papst has the update. what have you learned? chris: samuel chase elementary school behind me is 53 years old. the parents we spoke to in the area said it's time for the children coget a new weekly to learn in -- to get a new building they can learn in.

we found reports from the school saying there is a recurring mold issue inside of this building. the most recent outbreak happening this week. back in may we introduced you to jackson. >> who would be comfortable sending her child like that. >> she pulled her daughter out of the samuel chase elementary school because she kept getting sick and blamed mold. after the story air the district cleaned the school and it denied mold existed. but not any longer. yesterday this letter was sent to samuel chase parents saying mold had been found. eight classrooms were vacated and cleaned. >> i don't know if you want to look at it as being vindicated when the kids are still there. there are new school year. kids are getting sick now. >> most of the importants said their children had -- parents said their children had health issues inside the school. >> something has to be changed. chris: the iteam obtained recent health records from samuel chase that shows

building does have a recurring mold issue. two recent bills totaled $9,000. district gave "7 on your side" this statement. "the building maintenance team will continue to address all needs at the school. while we work to secure funding that allows for prevent i maintenance opportunity -- preventive maintenance opportunities instead of one addressing needs from reactive stance." >> i appreciate "7 on your side" more than you know for bringing the coverage and sticking with the story to get the right things done. chris: as far as jackson's daughter is concerned she does now go to a new school and she is having no health issues. chris papst, abc7 news. scott: breaking news. "associated press" reporting that former texas governor rick perry is going to drop out of the 2016 presidential

race. he had been languishing in the polls of late. despite the news, you look back and see that four years ago he had been a top some of the polls and doing well. rick perry, former governor of texas, now dropping out of the race for the republican nominee. kimberly: not a surprise. scott: a handful we could hear similar news from in the next few weeks. kimberly: new images of pluto from the nasa horary zan spacecraft. the snapshots show a complex surface than the scientists previously thought. they include mountains, flat areas and possible dunes. it will take a year to download information from the one flyby. a whole year. wow! we are getting a look at what a tornado looks like on the sun. the right corner of the screen. horizontal there.

nasa says it's note really aor -- not really a tornado. rotating mass of plasma instead. it spun for 40 hours this month. the temperatures reached 5 million degrees fahrenheit. it doesn't feel like 5 million degrees here anymore. doug: we are in the mid-90's a and felt warmer. it is not going to continue through the weekend. scott: we could use the rain, though. doug: let's get to it. the vantage point of the h.d. weather bug camera in frederick. a in the earth and the space science lab. beautiful sunrise. throughout the day a lot of sunshine. not much in way of cloudiness. the air is so dry that the clouds probably live an average of four or five minutes.

it's 82 degrees. temperatures drop 70's this evening. weeds and ragweed and the mold spore in high range for friday. 83 in hagerstown. 83 at quantico and fredericksburg. 85 is the warm spot at villaraigosa -- reagan national airport. overnight it's clear. overnight lows of 56 to 66 degrees. getting cool in northeast. a few days ago boston was 90's. but it's cooler now. chicago is 63 degrees now. same in minneapolis. we are not going to get quite that cool for the daytime highs but for sunday we will be in the lower to the middle 70's. we have the high pressure in control now. we got rid of the humidity and the storms. now we are enjoying the sunshine throughout the day. cold front on the way.

it will approach tomorrow and the clouds increase through the morning. the showers will break out ahead of the system. by the time we get to sunday morning the front is out of here. there is left over atmosphere behind it. it will give us a gusty north westerly winds. a light shower and make it cooler. northwest at 10 to 15. monday, we will be good. high pressure moving in next week. it will be gorgeous. here is what we have forecast wise on the future cast closeup. clouds roll in tomorrow. noon. showers and the storms pop up. more in afternoon and evening. more through the late night and slowly we'll try to see dry air move in for the day sunday afternoon. bowling greens-terps tomorrow. for the redskins it's breezy and cool. passing sprinkle for the game but improving weather.

the way it works more times than not you have rain on the weekend. and then sunny and pleasant through the week. timing is otherwise. kimberly: unfair. scott: the weather should be great for sunday's redskins opening game. kimberly: we are going to have an update on that. muss, the latest revelation in the search -- plus, the latest revolution in a search for a man wanted in connection with a shooting on a rerouted metro bus. scott: so many are spending this day remembering the victims of 9/11. a look at how the day was observed in arlington. solemn wreath-laying ceremony at

kimberly: you may remember this. metro buses rerouted for day last month after a passenger was shot. tonight we are learning the man wanted in connection with the incident did plead guilty to shooting two teens just weeks before that one. "7 on your side" fighting back investigator jennifer donelan in the abc7 satellite center to explain why he was out in the first place. jennifer: a complaint i hear from the d.c. police sources. they lock someone up for a crime only to find out they are later back out on the

street. a guy that admits to shooting two teenagers. he pleaded guilty but only spends five months in jail. the prosecutors supported this. let's take a look at what happened. according to the court documents in february, brown shot and wounded two teenagers. ages 13 and 15 near a southeast basketball court. he turned himself in and confessed throwing the gun in the river. but his attorney argued under the youth act. claiming he had been attacked and even stabbed in the neighborhood and the shooting was the first adult felony. he was going to school and made a poor choice. prosecutors agreed and issued a memorandum to the court writing, "the government gives credit to the defendant for accepting his responsibility early." and wrote, "he's expressed remorse and regret." although this is a serious crime, they wrote, "mr. brown

has made significant process to joining the community." with both sides in agreement about brown's punishment the judge gave brown six-month suspended sentence and he was released from jail at the end of july and four weeks later the metro bus on alvin road southeast was shot up. a passenger was injured. and now police and the u.s. marshals are looking for bijon brown again. we reached out to the u.s. attorney's office today and asked them about this. we received a statement that in part said the government took into the lack of prior convictions and the lack of cooperation of the victims. you can read the full statement from the u.s. attorney's office on wjla.com. meanwhile, the search for brown continues. jennifer donelan, abc7 news. kimberly: thank you. coming up next at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- find out how one of the most top candidates in vote 2016 is winning the web. >> but first, 28 pages.

we delve into what they reveal. kimberly: a look at how the president marks 14 year since the 9/11 attacks. he was at fort meade in maryland shaking hands and speaking with troops and government workers today.

scott: 14 years after 9/11. one of the last great mysteries surrounding the terrorist attack on america yet to be unmasked. part of the congressional probe that has been kept secret from the public under two u.s. administrations. well, tonight we bring you a special report that you will see only on 7 as part of the launch of our new weekly investigate i program "full measure." we want to warn you. there are strong images from september 11 in this piece. reporter: for the few who have seen them they are known as the 28 pages. they constitute a small portion of the larger report classified under the george w. bush administration and are still hidden from public view today under barack obama. there are bipartisan calls to make them public. accusations that those who want to keep them classified aren't protect national security secrets but something

or somebody else. it was the morning of september 11, 2001. the eyes of the world were fixed on the terrorist attacks a special election was being held in massachusetts where stephen lynch quietly won a vacant congressional seat. i may be fidding that today congressman lynch is devoting a great deal of effort revealing long-held secrets from congress' 9/11 investigation. there are 28 pages of redaction. >> yeah. when i read it i thought this is information the public should have. reporter: no ordinary american can view them. members of congress sworn to secrecy are only allowed to read the 28 pages under strict conditions. >> you have to make an pointment with the intelligence committee and also go to a a secure location.

they take your pen, paper, electronics, you sit in a room and they watch as you read it. reporter: in october of 2013, lynch went to the secret room in the basement of the capitol and began reading. the material brings on page 395 under the heading "certain sensitive national security matters." as you were reading what came to your mind? >> it gave names of individuals and entities that i believe were complicit in the attacks on september 11. they were facilitators of those attacks. they are clearly identified. >> how people were financed, where they were housed, where the money was coming from, the conduits that were used and the connections between some of the individuals. reporter: individuals he says who were never brought to justice. but who are they? and why would the

u.s. government want to keep the information secret? former senator bob graham thinks he knows. he co-authored the congressional report including the 28 pages. >> here are some facts. the saudis know what they did. second, the saudis know that we know what they did. reporter: graham has become relentless advocate for releasing the records and he goes so far to say the 9/11 islamic extremists hijackers were only successful due to direct support from prominent saudis named in the 28 pages. the saudis deny that. 15 of the 19 hijacks were saudi. their leaders al-qaeda mastermind usama bin laden was part of a powerful saudi family. >> the mission has been to protect saudi arabia at every step of the judicial process. reporter: that may be the problem. could the 28 pages unravel the

alliance between the u.s. and close arab ally in mideast? terry of new jersey thinks that relationship is secondary to her right to know what is in the withheld pages. she lost her husband tom, bond broker, in the world trade center on 9/11. the couple's third child was just four days' old. she is leading a fight to expose the names of those in the 28 pages who allegedly provided the means for the terrorists. >> without money, terrorist organizations cannot exist. it is the life blood of terrorism. as long as there are well-funded terrorist organizations out there vowing to kill and destroy us here on our homeland and abroad we will never be safe. reporter: her coalition made repeated pleas in letters to president obama. >> we have not heard back from the administration at all. has someone put an official reason out there for why this is still classified? >> having read the 28 pages i think it's to allow the

individualses to escape accountability. reporter: plenty of democrats and republicans supported the need for secrecy over the years on national security or other grounds. we contacted more than a dozen key members of congress but none of them would discuss their position on camera. former congressman hokstra read it when he was head of the intelligence committee. >> in terms of the diplomatic relationships it may be very sensitive. reporter: today he is a business consultant and he agreed to explain the rationale of those protecting the 28 pages because of what they imply about saudi arabia or other u.s. allies. >> i think they are concerned it may be embarrassing to the countries or the individuals that are talked about in that section. it's a complication they would rath irnot deal with -- rather not deal with. >> they have to deal with isis and iran. we have to deal with al-qaeda.

>> reports of a saudi connection of 9/11 furthered by none other than the 9/11 conspirator mousari. he gave rare testimony for victims' families suing saudi arabia for allegedly supporting terrorism. he testified it was his job in the late 1990's to create a database of al-qaeda donors and on the list were names of important saudi royal families and officials. attorneys for the victims the money coming from the saudi donors how important was it for bin laden's ability to maintain the organization? he says it was crucial. without the money of the saudis, you will have nothing. it was absolutely fundamental. lawyers for saudi arabia deny any link to terrorism and say there is no evidence that the saudis supported or caused the attacks. calling the comments colorful but immaterial hearsay from a convicted terrorist diagnosed

with paranoid schizophrenia. saudi embassy deferred our request and referred us to the statement that said any idea they funded, organized or knew about september 11 is malicious and blatantly false. we can deal with questions in public but we cannot respond to blank pages. today there is bipartisan support in congress for a bill urging president obama to release the 28 pages. hokstra says today 14 years after 9/11 he'd have to come down on the side of of disclosure. >> i really can't come up with a good reason at this point in time anymore to keep the pages classified. reporter: for now when it comes to fully understanding the deadliest terror attacks on american soil what some view as a central chapter is written but remains untold. what do you think he would think and say about this

issue. hi would say go get them. don't let them hide the truth. don't let people behind it not pay and not be held accountable. >> information such as this on a profound scale should be in the custody of the american public. we should know about this. this will inform us. this will help us. there is no reason why this information should not be made public. reporter: we contacted the white house to ask about the status of the 28 pages. and the prospect of the public release. what they offered was a statement from a year ago saying they requested the office of the director of the national intelligence review the 28 pages for declassification. that office is currently coordinating the required inner agency review. it is ongoing. scott: you can watch "full measure" sundays at 9:30 a.m. beginning october 4. kimberly: people around the

country are finding different ways to honor 9/11 victims. folks in texas marked the 14th anniversary with a special climb. participants took 44 trips up the stairs to the top of the austin mount bonnell. each climb takes 99 steps. organizers say 44 trips is the equivalent to climbing both of the world trade center twin towers. dozens of people gathered for a special 9/11 ceremony. the fire chief rang a bell at 8:46 this morning. that marked the time the flight slammed in the first world trade center and it honored three people from millford who died in attack. multiple organizations across charlotte, north carolina, honor victims and the first responders with bell-ringing and remembrance ceremony. more than a dozen volunteers planted 2,997 flags of remembrance in a park.

one flag for each person killed in the attacks. scott: coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- horace: i'm horace holmes. contract to resurface a deck turned into a big nightmare for a woman. we will tell you what happened with "7 on your side" stepped in next. on abc7 news. >> we will show you a 108-year-old woman still cracking jokes. scott: warning for metro. just how bad the delays will be and which station will be closed at 6:00. be and which station will be closed at 6:00. announcer: abc7's countdown to

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kimberly: all "7 on your side" joannewanted was a facelift for the deck. but after a dispute with a contractor she lost a couple hundred bucks and the old deck until troubleshooter horace holmes helped in to help. >> this is my deck.

my unfinished, disassembled deck. horace: a few deck boards. >> i can't even get out. my balcony door. horace: the frame and a lot of mess left. joanne says al because she hired company to give her deck a makeover. >> we paid them $2,335. horace: deposit to replace wooden deck surface with the composite deck boards of their chosen color. they signed a contract. the whole job would cost $7,000, she says. >> they promised us we would be relaxing on our deck at the most little after fourth of july. i have not had a deck all summer long. horace: she says they came out and disassembled her existing deck to prepare for the makeover. a couple days later she received a call from the company saying it would cost her an additional $1,000 to give her the color decking she

wanted. >> we could not afford an additional $1,000. horace: so she tried to cancel the contract and get the deposit back but they said it's too late so she and her family have spent the summer without deck and without their deposit. >> my summer has been totally ruined. horace: she called the company and said she was speaking to "7 on your side." then she received refund and call from executive to offer apology. we spoke to the owner jason who told us he would be happy to build her new deck with the color board she wants at the price they originally agreed upon. i'm horace holmes, abc7 news. scott: time for a check of the roads. we go to robert altman who is on traffic watch. how does it look on friday evening? robert: we looked at a light pace considering for a friday. then this incident happened. the inner loop beyond 295. it was blocking two left lanes. all lanes open as you can see but the delays are jammed up

solid from 95. before that not bad out of new hampshire avenue. we are from the toll road to area of silver spring. here is a look moving in through college park high above moving along the beltway. now northbound 95, your jam-up continues from 198 through howard county. outbound 66 at vass from the beltway on and off moving to route 50 in fairfax. 95. most of the heavy stuff from the occoquan river to fredericksburg and eastbound 50 from97 over the severn river bridge. we are plagued with an accident early on rush hour but it's now gone. delays continue to leave annapolis 97 slow out of 32. kimberly, scott, back to you. kimberly: all right, robert. thank you. new tonight at 6:00 -- the fight against isil. response to a report that claims the government is changing military reports to give them a positive spin. plus a boost against sexual assault and how they will have the resources to solve

thousands of sexual assault cases. memory of 9/11 from those who were just children in the days of the attacks. scott: you will like this one. oning the web, fun with the campaign 2016. this is paint with donald trump.com. you right. it pictured still image of the candidates' head. you have your fun. he look like he is blowing a kiss. give you credit there. here is what is great. everyone likes to make fun of the donald but this is what he is following now. 32% -- what he is polling now. 32%. maybe there is something to the cult of personality going on. anyway, you can, of course, have your fun. this is friday. have some fun.

never gong wrong with politics. kimberly: if you can't see it that is his head multiple times over and over and over again. scott: tiny variations of his head. eight of them. good times. kimberly: awesome. trending now, briefing interrupted. >> the president upset he couldn't get one republican? >> sorry. i'm not sure what you want. scott: all right. what you hear is siri as she interrupted the report ears question in the white house briefing on the iran nuclear deal thursday. no one else fetching up to use the virtual assistant in the briefing but it did give everyone a nice laugh in a relatively serious conversation. kimberly: siri could have probably answered the question. scott: probably! kimberly: washington's v.a. medical center hosted a big party today to celebrate a milestone birthday. what a milestone. world warii veteran alice dixon is now 108 years old. the v.a. says dixon is the

nation's oldest living female veteran. she enjoyed her special day wearing a lovely tiara and surrounded by family, medical staff and other vets. >> i'm glad it went so good. all these lovely people and the nice things they are saying. i hope they mean it. >> what a tongue! she stuck her tongue out like a little girl. she joined the military in 1943 and one of the first african-american women in the army. you can watch the full interview and hear some of her favorite dirty jokes on wjla.com. kimberly: nothing to lose. scott: what about her birthday forecast? doug: you can't beat this. this is a live view of the national harbor, potomac and the wilson bridge.

clear skies, comfortable temperatures. breeze. great night to be outside around the viewing area. 84 in andrews and baltimore. 85 at reagan national airport. the dew point are low enough it is comfortable out there. tonight is in the 60's. tomorrow 57-67 degrees the range of temperatures but the morning sunshine will fade behind the rapidly increasing cloudiness. another colt front and another area of low pressure. the northern part has rain and southern part in an active situation now with the thunderstorms developing. so the whole area will affect the area tomorrow as early as noon with showers and the thunderstorms. the timing on the future cast shows area of thunderstorms south of town at 7:00 in the morning as the clouds increase. then showers and the storms through the day. as we t in day on sunday an upper level system will lag behind and that could give us a passing sprinkle or passing

shower. key for sunday is it's breezy and cooler. we will mention that and get into monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday next week is gorgeous. sunshine. beautiful weather. showers not interfering with football at fed sex on -- football at fedex on sunday. scott: good football weather in general. kimberly: i'm thinking high school football tonight. yeah. but abc7 sports anchor erin hawksworth will talk about the pros. erin: the redskins season opener is rapidly approaching. head coach jay gruden announced today that robert griffin has been cleared for full contact action now. whether or not he will be active for the sunday season opener against the dolphins at fedex field remains to be scene. there are other questions facing the team. it is a time of year for optimism. >> we are a better team. we have better players. we are a year older. erin: but realize the high

hopes they have to answer several questions. number one, quarterback. jay gruden says it's kirk's team but for how long? cousins was intercepted nine times in six games last season and if he hasn't fixed his pick problem the reign as starting quarterback could be a short one. >> everyone has a limit. you have to do your part and play well. i feel believed in. i never questioned that. erin: number two, can the offensive line keep cousins upright? it could be a tough task in week one with rookie brandon sherp squaring off, opposite the pro bowl defensive sackal ndamukong suh. >> there will be a lot of plays he has to block him one-on-one. it will be a great test for him. we are "that he will compete to do as good of a job he can. erin: question three. will the new-look defense gel in two new safeties, starting corner and a new look d-line anchored by a big guy named "potroast." >> you have a tough matchup we put into work. we're still putting in the

work and we will continue to do it sunday morning and be ready to go. >> it's up to us to learn from the things we did bad last year. to come out here and understand everything is in front of us and it's up to us to write what we want the headlines to read. erin: we will find out soon enough what the headlines will be after the opener. scott: if pot roast has anything to do with it. erin: a good addition. it will be interesting to see how the offensive line does against the dolphins dominant defense, though. kimberly: more business headlines. right? take care. police say it could be the break they have been waiting for. just ahead. the late-breaking developments in the investigation in the highway shootings in arizona. >> sean patrick. paul -- scott: the somber ceremony in new york city at ground zero. here is a look at how the day was observed there with the reading of the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed.

scott: new developments out of arizona tonight where law enforcement officials have taken a man and a woman into custody as possible persons of interest in string of highway shootings in phoenix. kimberly: in less than two weeks 11 vehicles were hit by bullets or other projectiles. brandi hitt has the latest. brandi: the coordinated take-down happened in seconds. >> i saw mad cops. brandi: undercover officers surrounding two people in the white tahoe with the affiliate on the scene. >> the couple pulled up at the white tahoe to front of the gas station to go in. immediately witnesses say undercover cars pulled up behind them. one rammed the back of the tahoe yelling at the individuals to get out. >> amid the chaos, witnesses

say a woman was behind the wheel. a man in the passenger seat. and both were hauled away by authorities. >> we are questioning one subject in association with the ongoing investigation. >> drivers in this city have been on edge for two weeks straight. with the gunman or possibly multiple shooters targeting cars, buses and semi trucks. at least 11 victims in all along the eight-mile stretch of interstate 10. >> this makes me more cautious to be in the stretch. >> i used the side street. >> the gas station takedown happened two miles away from the highway. witnesses tell abc7 they watched officers waiting undercover for two officers before the bust happened. brandi: investigators haven't said if drivers in phoenix can now breathe a sigh of relief. they are still asking them to be vigilant and asking school bus drivers to avoid the highway. in los angeles, brandi hitt

abc7 news. kimberly: that is it at "abc7 news at 5:00". scott: right now at 6:00 how virginia is fighting back against unsolved rapes in a move that could mean closure for hundreds of victims. plus -- >> that was the first time i saw my parents cry, actually. kimberly: the memories of 9/11 from college freshmen. a group that was in preschool the day the nation changed. scott: tragedy in islam's holiest city. what may have brought down a crane in the middle of mecca's grand mosque. "abc7 news at 6:00" starts right now. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: at 6:00, virginia has new resources to fight back against sexual assault. commonwealth received $1 million to process a backlog of 2,000 sexual assault kits. jeff goldberg has a plan to fight back. jeff? jeff: the number of the sexual assault kits waiting to be tested across the country is

staggering. estimates range from 100,000 to four times that number. now here in virginia advocates are hoping to reduce that number and give victims a chance at justice. it is detailed, meticulous work to make an enormous difference in the life of a rape victim. >> it was something to cope with the pain. jeff: nastaha was raped in new york in 1993. rape it can taken after the attack eventually led to an arrest in 2007. since then she has been filing to end the growing backlog -- fighting to end the growing backlog of rape kits across the country. money that received money from the d.a. office. >> there are advocates and survivors who have been fighting for many years. jeff: virginia will receive $1.4 million to test and analyze the more than 2,000 untested rape kits across the commonwealth. the majority of