[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] atouncer: now abc 7 news noon on your time. >> good afternoon. new information in the charles sevrinse -- charles case. we have tom outside of the courthouse steps. tom? basically, a judge reversed

himself from an earlier ruling and he said that they can use evidence and one of the murders that can next a husband of the victim to the crime rather than everins.severance -- s three murderers over the course of just over a decade in the city of alexandria and the newest one is a teacher in alexandria. around hearing centered a murder in 2003 of nancy dunning, she was a real estate agent and the wife of a sheriff at the time. the defense argued that there is some evidence linking jim at dunning as a suspect in that crime. the prosecution said that this is just the view of a few detectives at the time and it

should not be admissible in the trial that is scheduled to start next month. something very similar last month saying that they did not have enough details, and now they said they did have enough details, so that evidence will now be used in the trial. many people in the court do not think that jim dunning had anything to do with the murder of his wife. that could put reasonable doubt into the minds of the jurors. important hearing today because again the trial now is coming up very fast. it is scheduled, again, for next month. concerned about getting an impartial jury in elliott -- jury in alexandria and that is why they are holding the trial over here in fairfax. reporting live here in fairfax county, abc 7 news. >> tom, thank you. a crime alert in northeast washington.

there was a deadly late-night shooting that has been ruled a homicide. it was in a parking lot just a few blocks from the nearby metro station. police are focusing on one vehicle where they believe a man had been shot and killed. a massive earthquake in chile is now prompting tsunami warnings in hawaii and california. at least eight people were killed in the eight magnitude quake. elizabeth hur takes a look across the world. elizabeth announcer: officials -- elizabeth: officials and chill a sound of a warning after an earthquake that killed at least eight and leaving him more than one million people to scramble for cover. the tremor was so powerful that ands flew off store shelves

backyard pools turned into wave pools. morning, dozens of aftershocks, some measuring as high as 7.0, hit. the u.s. took no chances, and issued advisories for sunol me warnings in california and hawaii. -- issuedconcerned inisories for tsunamis california and hawaii. >> we are concerned about individuals for safety. elizabeth: -- >> the best thing that we can do is we prepared and act appropriately. forecasters say that here in the u.s., a major sunol nami is not- tsum

expected. >> around here, another warm and sunny day out there. chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a first look at the forecast. melanie, this is our view right now from national harbor outside the weather center here in arlington. just a beautiful day and that is just the way the the day will remain. 81 up at the district, 79 degrees in winchester, 77 degrees now in annapolis. are showing up finally, but these are southeast of our area. along the coast and especially the coast of the carolinas and down south, you will run into more rain and more rain in florida that they have gotten over the past several weeks. we are keeping and i on the cold front that may come through a late saturday night or sunday morning. a slight chance of a shower, especially in the mountains.

but if you are expecting to do anything significant with these showers are sprinkles, out count on it at all. as we get through the afternoon hours, this will ease off to the east and that may boost temperatures to be a little bit warmer than what we have seen here. we have more for you coming up in just a few minutes. dog, thankl right, you so much. all right, let's take a look at the roads. kimi sullivan, what are we seeing? 66 and 395 are the slow spots. i want to give you an idea of what to watch out for in the area of long's burrell world -- lumbar award -- long burrow road. is thet option alternate, arizona avenue. you can plan to use that today through tomorrow. hopefully by tomorrow, everything will be wrapped up.

at 18th street right near the are lightsll, there flashing, so treat it as a four-way stop. move towhere i want to the road work that we are seeing a northbound. just after duke street, we are having a roadwork scheduled until 2:00 this afternoon. let's show you right now what we are seeing as far as fall you. nothing to worry about as far as a backup. back to the map, 66 heading out of the city, we do have the volume, and you will see that surge going close to the beltway only at an average of about 12 miles per hour. that is a look at traffic, mel, back to you. so much.thank you the virginia department of transportation is trying to get movement back on i-66. they are trying to get [indiscernible]

two haymarket as well as other roads. it also proposes two expressways hovincluding -- increasing occupancy to three or more. we are expected to learn more today about the proposed changes to the purple align plan. the maryland transit association made an adjustment to reduce cost. or example, trains would run every seven and a half minutes instead of every six minutes during peak periods. the hearing begins at 7:00 tonight at the silver springs civic building. and tuning now into the race for the white house. there was the second republican debate last night. several political analysts scalded a winning a night for -- analysts called it a winning night for carly fiorina.

but donald trump was receiving hits from every direction. short, tall, fat, ugly. my goodness, that happened in june. funny trump: there is not subject matter than that man right there. and democratic front rum or have events in new hampshire tonight -- democratic front runner hillary clinton have events tonight. and we are getting a first look at the altar for the mass in the basilica. in just six days now, this is the common area, the mall where there will be more than 25,000 ticketed guests who will celebrate this historic mass with pope francis. that over there is the eastport a code and as you can see at this hour, it is quickly transforming into a massive -- that over there is the east

attico, and as you can see this hour, it is quickly transforming into a massive place for the mass. a local cardinal toured the construction site. >> to do so with this back lot, we can't envision a better place than this scene of the basilica, that the home -- that dome. , one of theco mosaic pieces on that portico is unit burress sarah -- is junipero serra. security is leaving the area directly in front of the university and the basilica off

limits. officials say your best chance to see the pope in person is to go to the national mall. and we are counting down to pope francis's arrival here in the u.s.. will provide more than 40 hours of coverage of the ope's visit top the u.s.. you can watch more at wjla.com. and coming up on abc 7 news at noon, more information on the devastating fires in california. and getting you ready for flu season. after that, i don't know how i ended up being in a hotel room. plus, speaking out. the special airing tonight featuring at least one dozen of bill cosby's accusers.

and doug will be back with when the wet weather melanie: the death toll is

rising in those fast-moving wildfires in california. within the hour, firefighters burnttwo more bodies in out homes. that brings the death toll to five. is on your side with a health matter now. justeason is unfortunately around the corner and today, health officials released some new data. we have some new numbers for us. jeanette?

jeanette: flu season is already here. health officials are hoping to avoid a repeat of last year. you may remember last year and innovations were in -- year, immunizations were no match for the strain that came out last year. everything from conditional shots to nasal sprays to other options for seniors and you can also do a needle-free version. fauci: we are better tracking the flu around the world. unfortunately, last year it changed when the flu vaccine was already being made. the vaccine is already protecting against several common strains but there is no guarantee that we will not get

on another surprise this year. melanie: we will keep our fingers crossed. we willall right -- keep our fingers crossed. melanie: all right, then we will use lots of hand sanitizer. obama presented the purple heart and the airman's mental at the pentagon. anthony sadler will receive the civilian award. that is the secretary of defense's metal for a job well done. and tonight, bill cosby's accusers are speaking out. many of the women who say that they were sexually assaulted by bill cosby were the focus of a one-hour special. many talked about what went on with them when they were alone with the comedian. many talked about unwanted advances to groping to drugging to rape.

>> it was literally like being under anesthesia and trying to come out but you can't. after that, i don't know how i ended up in a hotel room. the special airs tonight at 9:00. cosby, who has never been charged with a crime, has denied all the claims, but according to an affidavit, has obtained quaaludes in order to have sex. going on with the weather, doug? some nice sunshine. doug: that's right, in fact, it and it is going to get cooler, in fact permit let's look at the conditions over in maryland. a beautiful midday there. temperatures are already in the lower 80's and as we get to the 2:00 and 3:00 and 4:00 hours, it will be about 83 degrees.

81 as we speak in frederick and 81 degrees in leesburg. 81 at andrews and 77 in annapolis. as we get into the afternoon, it is going to be an hour-by-hour incremental uptick. so under this huge area of high pressure, not a lot of deviation in temperatures here. this is for the metro area, but the same kind of chart up you -- chart applies to the entire area. cold front little developing showers in eastern iowa and going into lake superior. that is going to move across late saturday and sunday. we have been talking a lot about the rain in the southeast and in florida. you could pick up another two or three inches of rain down there through the weekend. so it is a very rainy pattern

down there. until something significant changes and the configuration of patterns change in the atmosphere, we are going to see conditions like this. out in oklahoma city, the heat is building. and it is not that triple digit heat that we have been dealing with. it will get into the upper 80's i think on friday and saturday. that is what we are looking at right now. that is saturday and sunday, it will be about the same. a couple of things that we want to talk about for friday and saturday. on saturday, you can run a race here in georgetown, the sprint for the cure. that is at the four seasons hotel. that is going to be a great event and the weather should be cooperating just fine for that. the day ono into sunday, it looks like we are going to see our temperatures go the other way. so that is our story and we are going to continue to monitor the

effects of this prolonged, dry weather now because if we don't get a lot of rain coming up your the -- coming up here from the coast, especially from florida, we are going to stay dry and dry and dry. not good. melanie: no, not good at all, especially for the fire season. thanks, doug. coming, how much carmaker gm will pay for the ignition switch problem. for a student was arrested bringing a clock to school. we will have that just a head. -- just ahead.

melanie: a texas teenager returns to school after being arrested for his homemade alarm clock. ends mohammed's suspension today but he will not say if you will return. the student was escorted out in handcuffs after bringing the clock to impress a teacher. the clock made a sound and the teacher called police. >> that is a very suspicious device. we live in an age where you can't bring things like that to school. >> i don't think this would have been a question if his name was not ahmed mohammed. melanie: ahmed mohammed has received an invitation to meet the president of the white house and also an invitation to meet mark zuckerberg of facebook and the ceo of twitter. motors will pay a fine of around $500 million and any

criminal charges against them will be dismissed with the ignition a switch problem. the problem with the ignition switch problem resulted in a number of deaths. gm covered it up for over a decade. toyota revealed -- and honda revealed a new design for the honda civic. what do you think? the makeover comes as sales for the civic are down 4% this year. well, another beautiful day out there. doug is back in just a minute

melanie: another day to keep those sunglasses handy. doug: oh, yeah. sunny, otherwise it is 86. the wins will be very, very light. tomorrow, much of the same, saturday also the same, a little more humid. on sunday, a little more comfortable. on monday and tuesday, definitely turning cooler. only the slightest risk of shower on tuesday and wednesday. melanie: so that is our best hope? tuesday and wednesday for a shower? doug: that's right.

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