back to you. alison: all right, brian. thank you very much. well, today, house speaker john boehner tried to lighten the move but then he officially dropped a bombshell. after 24 years on capitol hill, the ohio republican plans to step down at the end of next month. leon: a big move. the announcement coming as congress is trying to avert the second government shutdown in as many years. brad bell on capitol hill with a look at what prompted the speaker's decision. brad, what are you hearing up there? brad: what a bombshell. nobody really saw this coming. especially when you consider what happened yesterday. just yesterday the speaker of the house stood up there on the balcony with the pope. something he had worked for, for 20 years. a highlight of his career. well, he said this morning that he got up, he said his prayers. and he decided that today was the day he would announce his resignation. he said it's that simple. it's something he has been thinking about for quite some time and was planning to do in

november. of course in washington, nothing is really all that simple. the reality is that boehner is facing a battle over the looming government shutdown. he is facing a battle for his own job. a group of about three dozen conservative republicans wanted him out of the office. so he says today he feels like this is the right thing to do. speaker boehner: it has become clear to me that the prolonged leadership turmoil would do irreparable harm to the institution. brad: so he says he is going to step aside. he is going to use the remaining five weeks to try to avert the government shutdown. we will come back at 6:00 and have more on this, including reaction from the president and a number of members of congress. brad bell, abc7 news. leon: thank you, brad. the question of the day is asking what you think of speaker boehner's announcement.

join in on the facebook page. alison: speaker boehner's announcement came as the g.o.p. leaders gathered in the house to keep about how to keep the government working and defund planned parenthood. chris papst is live on the hill now with the latest on the shutdown threat today. chris? chris: it was two years ago that the central government last shut down. that was 2013. it has a big impact on the area with the government workers that live and are employed here. now the congressional leaders only have five days left to take action. the budgetary year ends on september 30. these videos many believe show planned parenthood breaking the law selling body parts of aborted fetuses. if that's true it would be illegal. so some say it shouldn't be funded by the tax dollars it

receives. $500 million every year. most democrats stand behind planned parenthood and most moves to fund the organization have failed. many g.o.p. leaders are looking at options which does include a government shutdown. >> isn't it amazing the way you have a single person with a hidden camera, to topple one of the most powerful person in the country to create what could amount to chaos with the present negotiations? chris: coming up we talk to a political expert and get his take on the chances of a government shut down. we will talk about how john boehner's recent resignation plays a role in that. live in d.c., chris papst, abc7 news. alison: a developing story from metro right now. the agency says it is making some temporary service changes. in the wake of the fire that happened near the stadium armory station this week. metro says in rush hour,

orange and the vil ver line trains will run every eight minutes. instead of every six. it's designed to cut down on delays. speed restrictions are put in place. we have a look at the changes and what they mean at 5:00. leon: we still have our eyes on pope francis. he is in his way making his way to harlem in new york city. he will visit the students and the staff at the lady queen of angels school. that is the scene we are looking at there. he is making his way through. he still has a big event at central park today. the day started for him at the united nations. it is going to wrap up at madison square garden tonight. we have the book ends covered today. suzanne kennedy is in new york. but let's begin with scott thuman who is also there. he is live at columbus circle.

he is right outside of central park. scott? scott: you mentioned it will be one of the more memorable events of the day. 80,000 to 100,000 in the park when he makes hi way through. quite a procession. earlier today as you mentioned the united nations, an opportunity for pope francis to greet world leaders ands essentially press on some issues that are controversial but where he is allowed to bend the ear of not just people in america but worldwide. he talks about that issue, the refugee situation stemming from syria, iraq, afghanistan and other countries. he implored on the nations to embrace the refugees with open arms. this is what he had to say.

translator: the most basic understanding of the human dignity compelling the international community to do all it can to stop and prevent further systemic violence against ethnic and religious minorities and to project innocent people. scott: not just that. he tackled the iran nuclear deal. we'll tell you what he said about that. and also global warming and climb change. in the meantime, another papal event and another big crowd. leon: we'll check back later on. once the pope left-up and he joined the representative of the service at the 9/11 memorial and museum.

[bell toll] he prayed for peace for all of those who died. he toured the memorial once the service wrapped up. alison: later tonight pope francis will celebrate mass for more than 19,000 people at madison square garden. he will make his way from harlem through central mark to get there. people lined up early for a chance to see the motorcade. suzanne kennedy picks up the team coverage from across the street from m.s.g. hi, suzanne. suzanne: this is the most famous arena and in the next hour and a half the world's most famous man will come to celebrate mass at 6:30. you mention he has been all over new york city. people have been lining up to catch a glimpse of him.

earlier today, 80,000 lottery wingers received tickets to line the motorcade route that the pope will travel at 5:00. the security checkpoint, at 4:30 this morning. but no one seemed to mind they were waiting for more than ten hours to see the holy father. >> i was with my mom. we were in the cold but it's all worth it. this is an emotional moment and we feel blessed to have a chance to be here to see the pope. this is my third pope i am seeing. i saw pope john paul, pope benedict and now pope francis i'll be seeing. it's amazing. suzanne: this mass will be celebrated in latin, spanish and english. when the pope wraps up his time here at madison square garden he will head to the papal nunciature.

reporting live, suzanne kennedy. alison: the real pope is drawing enough of a frenzy of people hoping to draw a handshake so no surprise this drew a crowd last night. this is from madam toussier's wax figure. leon: that's cool. he will leave and celebrate mass at the basilica of st. peter and paul. then he will visit independence hall before going to the festival of families. our colleague suzanne kennedy and scott thuman will stay in new york with the pope for the duration of the visit. once we get to it, john

gonzalez will be there for us from the city of brotherly love. alison: the house speaker wasn't the only one with a bombshell announcement today. >> very exciting, huh? leon: ahh. find out what had the first lady so excited this morning in an unavailabling at the national -- unveiling at the national zoo. alison: a push for action about a popular form of birth control exposed by the "7 on your side" i-team. horace: i'm horace holmes. the northern virginia community up jet after the attack of two joggers on this trail. we will talk about it next on abc7 news.

leon: developing out of loudoun county, police are looking for the person who attacked two joggers. now the incident in leesburg happened last week. shaking a community years after the deadly attack on another couple not too far away. horace holmes is live in lanesdown and he has the latest in the investigation. horace: it was 5:45 yesterday morning and a woman was jogging here on riverside

parkway in landsdown when a man suddenly appeared and wrestled her to the ground. police say she was able to break free from that man. and then she ran to safety. she was not hurt. but police say that people of this neighborhood are very, very concerned because this kind of attack has happened before. and on top of that, police are now thinking that the suspect may have attacked before. on wednesday another female jogger was attacked on the trail just down the road in leesburg. >> we believe the time of day, the physical description of the person and the fact that he is attacking these females on running trails. >> i'm being vigilant. i'm looking over my shoulder more often than i normally would. horace: as i said this kind of attack happened before in the community. six years ago a violent attack a little bit away from here. coming up tonight at 5:00, we

will talk to police to let you hear what they say about this attack here and let you hear more about people in the neighborhood about how they feel is what is going on. reporting live in landsdown, horace holmes. alison: thank you. trending now a controversial plan to publish the names of welfare recipients online. the mayor of lewison, maine, says the state has a website to show how much money is paid in pension so he wants maine to publish names of the welfare recipients as well. the mayor mcdonald says the public has a right to know how the money is spent. critics say it's high-tech shaming. leon: they want to relocate a confederate stature to be moved from outside the downtown courthouse to rockville historical park. the county department of general services director told the "washington post" that the county will send formal request to do this to the rockville city council. alison: creepy, crawly problem

caused a scramble at the baltimore national international airport. baggage handlers noticed a tarantula escaped the container. this happened on a flight wednesday night. the captain grounded the plane so it could be searched and the passengers were put on a different flight. delta air lines says the spider was inside the cargo hold and never made it inside a cabin. leon: have you seen one? alison: baboon tarantula? leon: you want to see how big they get? alison: how big? leon: that big. alison: you do not want to be a on flight and see that crawling around. leon: it has its own ticket. good grief! time for a check of the traffic situation. jamie sullivan watching. we got lucky, thinking were were going to have all kind of doom for the last couple of days but now we've got it. jamie: that is what i heard from everyone. they really said hey, bring the pope back into town. it was a nice commute. we are seeing slowing.

if you live in potomac, bethesda and you have to get on the beltway, get ready. the inner loop and the outer loop. we are seeing volume. we have wet spots out there. it's something to keep in mind especially traveling at a high speed and are not prepared for it. let's move to the map to talk about how slow we are. you are seeing from the toll road to the inner loop, continuing to bethesda to wrap around toward silver spring, volume on the inner loop. outer loop we have the same thing but it's not as bad once you cross the bridge. the g.w., maybe you have to catch a flight heading in. we are at 33 miles per hour. we will get better as you get closer to reagan. if you are in the d.c. area, the slowing for you in the single digits. crossing the 11 street bridge once you get off the freeway, southbound or northbound on 295. we are in the single digits. as far as crashes, nothing major to worry about. the commute through prince george's county we are okay. we see volume. that is the inner and the

outer loop getting closer to joint base andrews. but nothing major to worry about as far as crashes on any of the interstates. a few minor problems on the side roads. but that's it. of course a few wet spots, something to keep in mind especially when you are traveling at a high speed. back to you. alison: okay, thank you very much. clean-up is underway after an overnight tornado that hit charleston county, south carolina. the national weather service arrived this morning to survey the aftermath. the st. john's fire district says ten homes were heavily damaged. roads were blocked with debris from the downed trees and power lines. hundreds of homes and businesses lost power. luckily no report of injury. leon: i don't want to jinx us. but something we haven't talked about much is hurricanes. tropical storms coming through here. brianne: yeah. the sunshine is out of here.

there are a couple of sprinkles out there now. there are sprinkles but there is nothing super duper heavy. there is not much showing up. just a nuisance rain. the temperatures outside, 70 in manassas. leesburg 70. 71 in andrews. 72 in annapolis. across the area we didn't go up that much. the average is 77 so we're well below average. it's just a gray drizzle day. live doppler out there. you can see a drop of moisture around the beltway. very, very light if nature, pushing westward. the mullk of the showers to virginia. throughout the weekend that is the best chance for showers. it will be the areas to the

south tomorrow. southern virginia and portions of the carolinas. here is a setup. you can see the moisture. high pressure to the north. i generally brings us nice weather. for tomorrow, we will be gray and drizzly. you should be fine for the soccer practice tomorrow morning. we will stay cooler. because of the setup here. that rain eventually, eventually should move in here. i am thinking sunday. more likelihood of showers. overnight, drizzly, damp and cool. tomorrow cool. spotty shower. especially to the south. think of the seven-day forecast. it shows the best chance is sunday. back to 80 by the middle of next week. not perfect. we could use the rain. but at least it's cool. you can watch football and not feel so guilty. alison: we knew it couldn't last forever. i was a great week. thank you. leon: even though the sun and the pope are both gone, coming g at "abc7 news at 4:00", the rock stars are not.

a preview of the big festival to preserve the national ma

alison: more than 40 musical acts will be on five stages down around the national mall this weekend. it's a two-day landmark festival. it's a fundraiser for the trust for the national mall. organizers are hoping big names act like drake, the strokes will help raise money to give constitution garden a

facelift. if you plan to head downtown or anywhere else this weekend give yourself extra time on metro. the orange, silver, blue, yellow lines are all running every 24 minutes. on the red line service runs every 20 minutes. no delays planned for this weekend. leon: a bit of a surprise at the national zoo today. instead of waiting the typical 100 days to name a panda at the zoo. michelle obama joined china's first lady today to unveil the name. jeanette reyes was there for the big reveal. jeanette: one thing china and the u.s. agree with, the pandas are absolutely adorable. today the first lady broke tradition naming the youngest cub bei bei. the first lady michelle obama and peng liyuan stopped by the panda house to recognize 40 years of scientific collaboration between the united states and china around giant panda conservation.

mei xiang was brought from china over 50 years ago. they were accompanied from the first school in washington, d.c. to teach chinese using immersion model. mrs. obama briefly had a visit to china last year. the students were present in the announcement. >> the first ladies chose baby i bei. it was chosen because it means "precious treasure." jeanette: jeanette reyes, abc7 news. alison: very cute. it took a real prank to make it happen but russian president vladimir putin and sir elton john are talking about gay rights. earlier this month john said he wanted to meet with putin to talk about civil rights abuses targeted at the gay and the lesbian abuse in russia. that led to a prank where after the personality called

john pretending to be putin. but the real putin has called and apologized for the prank and there are reports he will meet with him face to face. leon: all right. coming up at 4:00, just ahead -- ahh, the crowds rejoice. look at the happy folk lining up around the world today. >> they pushed on facebook, they lobbied congress, all talking about problems with a popular birth control device. i'm item investigator joce sterman. coming up, what women who have used the d across america, people like basketball hall of famer dominique wilkins... ...are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza®. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar. but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza®. he said victoza® works differently than pills.

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. leon: after complaints about a popular birth control device, the food and drug administration finally heard from concerned women and experts in person. the agency held a hearing yesterday in silver springs to hear more about ensure. investigator joce sterman is in the satellite center with more on who took the stage today in this discussion. joce: a group of thousands of women, scald e-sisters banded together on facebook. then they lobbied lawmakers throughout the calls of congress. finally they got something they wanted for years. face time with the leaders of the f.d.a. >> i had a hysterectomy on my 32nd birthday. joce: in the meeting room at f.d.a. headquarters in silver springs women who used a

popular birth control device called ensure shared why they hope it will get banned. >> in 12 months of placement i had paint in my body. joce: complaints of pain, severe fatigue and worse are more than the 5,000 complication reports that the "7 on your side" iteam found have been filed with the f.d.a. the agency held this special meeting to hear more about them from patients, doctors and bayer which now sells the device calling it safe and effective. >> i really hope that the f.d.a. listens to patient stories over what bayer is saying from their side. and consider removing essure from the market. joce: planned parenthood said they have seen low side effects with the device and the gynecologist support it calling it a low-cost alternative. >> it's essential for less inveighs i option like essure

remain available for women because it's critical that women have a choice with contraception. joce: but women who previously chose essure continue their rallying cry hoping that the f.d.a. will pull it. >> it was the worst decision i made in my life. joce: the f.d.a. does not have to listen to the panel but they did suggest a registry of patients and find a way to provide more information about the side effects of essure. those continued about the device continue to push for more studies calling out problems they say occurred in the clinical trails years ago. joce sterman, abc7 news. leon: thank you. the weekend is here. alison: yes, the weekend is here. the weather is not as good as it was earlier in week but it's still the weekend. we'll take it. brian: this is true. tomorrow will look like today looks with the gray skies.

organized brain. the best chance will arrive on sunday. if you thinking ahead about the weekend. we have a rain comes down. the best chance for organized is that day. live radar sweeping out there now. across the beltway along 66. southern central virginia and that is the battle of the weekend. high pressure holding some of that at bay. it will cost us in the middle. and the low 70s in frederick, leesburg at 70. 70 in winchester. 71 at anders at this hour. and 73 in fredericksburg. mostly cloudy, sprinkle, drizzle action. not much tonight. this is mostly gray. heading to tomorrow, 50's. there could be a little peek

of sunshine. south of the city to virginia. there should be peeks of sunshine early in the morning. the clouds continue to chicken up. showers could be a possibility. fredericksburg, culpeper. the clarendon day run is tomorrow. if you participate in that it will be in the low to mid-60's to start off with. there could be a sprinkle or two but for the most part a dry day. just not a lot of sunshine that day. back to you. leon: all right. you got it. apple ceo tim cook was in georgetown this morning for the release of the iphone 6s. across the river in arlington people were lining up outside the apple store in clarendon to get the latest phone. we were there. >> that's right. people lined up outside the apple store here, ready to go inside. hands on the brand new iphone

6s. we talked to one guy that waited 40 hours for the new phone. [cheering] camped outside the apple store at 4:00 p.m. on wednesday. >> it's great. ready to go get some sleep now. >> most people go home, they unbox it, they play with it and see what the new tricks are. >> i'll do it for a while before i crash. >> jordan preordered his phone weeks ago. we talked to him minutes after he got his hands on the new phone. >> it's amazing. >> does it feel different than the iphone 6? >> it's slightly heavier but i want to say sturdier. >> at&t one of the largest cell phone carriers in the u.s. expects a busy day. >> every launch is different. >> thankfully he brought a new phone for us to try out. >> same body style but you will notice some differences. ios 9. one of the new things is you have the new touch. you can press and hold and you have tactile difference where

you can press and hold and get through the menu options. try checking the camera, press and hold on that. you have different options. >> record video. >> better camera on the front. >> we look good, ryan. i rarely look good on the front of the camera like that. it was cool to get my hands on the new iphone 6s. i will tell you it's not any different than the iphone 6. it doesn't feel different. experts say what's inside and the new camera are really the big changes. at the apple store, i'm kidd o'shea, abc7 news. alison: so while actual people were waiting in line in d.c. one woman in sydney had her robot do it for her. take a look. the woman that did this said her boss told her, she couldn't miss work so she used the robot as a stand-in to get the new phone. >> in my other form.

alison: her robot got in line early thursday morning. she chatted with passerbys before the doors opened. >> she got the phone in the end. alison: that's fair. it's not considered cheating? leon: it is cheating. but you know it's cool cheating so we let it slide. alison: high-tech cheating. leon: how sad would you feel to turn the television on and find you daughter had been waiting for 40 hours for a phone. things you should never post on facebook so you don't waste your money. alison: but first, one of the new abc show is set in our backyard. we have a

leon: trending now -- alison: the woman who could be the oldest street artist. 104-year-old grace brett is member of the group that goes around sellkirk, scotland, covering all kind of things in yarn. the yarn bombers hit everything from fences to lamp polls.

leon: that is cute. look looking ahead. "quantico" debuts and there is a lot of buzz about the show. >> the star sat down with brandi hitt to talk about the new hit. brandi: it starts off with a bang. f.b.i. recruit alex parish in a high-octane drama. >> are you telling me they're terrorists? brandi: a break-out role for this bollywood superstar. >> in the movie we do it in

two days. on television you do 19 a day. and you're running. brandi: hard. >> yeah. it's crazy. brandi: she says it helps her get in the mind set of a real-life quantico recruit. we have to do 50 push-ups without stopping. brandi: growing up she thought she would be an engineer. but after winning miss india world she started acting and never looked back. her fans adore her. because despite a grueling schedule she goes out of her way to meet them. >> for me to do balance my film and my miles per hour -- american tv is hard for me. >> and a music career and acting. do you sleep? >> i sleep on a plane. my fans are like the wind beneath my wings. brandi: brandi hitt, abc7 news. los angeles. alison: still to come at 4:00.

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alison: we have breaking news right now out of montgomery county where a pedestrian was hit by a car this an. it happened on little seneca parksway. roz plater has more on what happened. roz: there are two distinct crime scenes here. i'm at the first one where the pedestrian was struck. this is a townhouse community here in clarksburg. it happened near the intersection of little seneca and sweet briar. you can see where the officers are down there just ahead. we are told this happened at 12:20 this afternoon. the car that struck the gentleman did not stay on the scene. it took off. so this was a hit-and-run they were investigating initially. short time later misgot a tip that the car was on, about five miles away in germantown on amber circle ridge.

so that is where they are at the second scene right now processing the car with what we are told has a lot of damage to the roof. they took the driver in for questioning, as well as several other witnesses. two separate crime scene the search of the car in germantown and where it happened here in clarksburg. two things, homicide investigators and major crash team investigators. so to suggest it might be something more, they sunt it might be more -- suspect it might be more than a hit-and-run. we are told that the driver and the victim knew each other. we expect to get more details as the evening progresses. right now the investigation is just getting underway. especially at the second crime scene. as we get more information we'll bring it to you. we're live in clarksburg, roz plater. leon: interesting. thank you, roz. good hustle there. moving on. is 1 million so-called clean diesel cars could be affected by the volkswagen recall we have been covering. this is after the west virginia university researchers discovered that the company installed software

to fool emission testers. alison: "7 on your side" consumer investigator kimberly suiters has been tracking the allegation of the deceptive diesel. a lot happening today for volkswagen. kimberly: alison, consider this. in the last 24 hours the first class action lawsuit has been filed. plus a change.org petition has been launched. investigation by the maryland attorney general, the virginia attorney general, the countries of france, germany, italy, against v.w. plus v.w. naming its new ceo. he comes from porsche. hi will have a lot on his plate. sweeping changes at the e.p.a. the e.p.a. announcing today after being duped for seven years there will be big changes to the way it tests diesel emissions. adding on-road testing that it didn't do before. with this recall we are talking about diesel beetles, audi, between the year of 2009-2015.

hundreds of thousands of american consumers consumers tht v.w.'s and audis looking for a fix, to the money back to the penalties in the billions. >> a lot of disappointment. >> i want them to purchase the car back from consumers like myself. so i'm not under water. >> if you own a v.w. powered by diesel, you will get a recall letter. it will offer you a fix at no cost to you.

leon: john boehner is leaving congress altogether. here are some of the reaction -- alison: now royal caribbean a utah mother wasn't due for three months but she gave birth on the cruise ship. you the couple was there with

their daughter celebrating the birthday. and little hayden born at 23 weeks. didn't make it. >> i started to cry. i told my husband we weren't going to have any more kids. i didn't want to go through it again. >> i was trying to focus on emily. >> emily was cleared to take this trip by her doctor. the doctors say haydean is a micro premie. the lungs are fully developed so the prognosis is good. what a story. go to san diego where a baby was born at a ballpark. despite having contractions since 4:30 in the afternoon, the mother to be still headed to petco park. to catch the padres-giants game. by the third inning mom knew the baby was coming. lucky for her the on-staff nurse at the park donna was also a midwife. >> asking if she would make it to the hospital.

i said probably not. alison: the woman's water broke in minutes and moments later the baby levi was born. the running joke around the stadium was she couldn't retire until she delivered a baby at the park. well, we have to wait to see if she retires now. leon: expecting to catch a foul ball and you catch a baby instead. alison: you have contractions and decide i'll still go to the game. why not? leon: what could happen? huh? alison: exactly. leon: congratulations. folks, get ready for a dazzling display in the skies this weekend. sunday you should be able to see a super moon. and two lunar eclipses. now during the super moon the full moon occurs when the moon is closest to the earth to make it look bigger. a partial lunar eclipse after 9:00. total lunar equips after 11:00. so it will change colors. alison: check in with brian to see the how the weather is shaping up for the weekend.

it will be gray. brian: a great sight for many but i don't think it's great sight for people here in our neck of the woods. we will have too much cloud cover. it's not going to be visible. live doppler in the area. showers to fredericksburg. sprinkles. if you see the beltway and on 66. it's very, very light in nature. nothing too heavy out there right now to speak of. if you go to the weekend, what you see is what you get. most of the rain is south. thinking about the weekend, head to ocean city. not a lot of sun out there. we have a chance of rain both days at the shore. alison: okay, brian. check on friday evening commute right now. jamie sullivan is here on traffic watch. we made it through the week with the pope here. jamie: we did!

you know, a lot of people are really not complaining. we, of course, had the congestion in the d.c. area. but we didn't see as much on the interstates which was nice. especially for the morning commute and the evening commute. right now this is pretty kip kip -- typical evening commute. this is bumper to bumper. let's move to map. focus in on the delays. especially in montgomery county on the interloop. working your way to college park and green belt. i want to the focus in on virginia and 66. out of the city at 18 miles per hour, average. this will take you just under 30 minute to get into fairfax. in the d.c. area, slow go. heading outbound on 295. watch out for a crash on southbound 395 after the third street tunnel. heads you down to ten miles per hour. back to you. leon: all right. thank you, jamie. still ahead here, what you post on social media could cost you. the key piece of information that you should leave off your

leon: you should not post your social security number but even posting your phone number could be trouble. john: facebook is more popular than ever. i find more people finding my news stories on my john matarese facebook page than regular websites these days. but december pilot the popularity some things you should post on social media site. facebook is about sharing but you should keep to yourself your cell phone number. two, your home address. you don't want people who find you on facebook to find your house. complaint about the workplace. your employer will find them

guaranteed. and the credit card number. facebook wants you to buy things but it could lead to accidental charges or fraud. from the doesn't that stink file, one last thing not to post photos that could embarrass you, hurt your mayor -- marriage or get you fired. don't post anything to lead to embarrassment or get you in trouble. turn off the tagging. anything you post on facebook or anywhere else can come back to haunt you in the future. you can delete it. someone has shared it, it can live on so be careful so you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese, abc7 news. leon: all right. >> if i leave an hour early i'm still running late. it doesn't make sense. >> the emergency changes that will last for months to come.

why house speaker says he is leaving capitol hill. and 20 years later -- >> you see the bruises on her face? >> no. >> the video deposition from o.j. simpson's civil trial. what he said about the relationship with his ex-wife before her brutal murder. from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. leon: right now first at 5:00, this breaking news. pedestrian death in clarksburg and it may not have been an accident. news chopper 7 over the scene after a person was run over on little seneca parkway. roz plater is there now with what we know at this point. what have you learned? roz: well, this is still a very active crime scene in clarksburg. take a look behind me. homicide and major crash reconstruction team investigators here as well. there is also a second crime scene. i will tell you more about that in a second. first, the fatal pedestrian crash happened at 12:20 this

an. an adult male was struck as he walked near the intersection. this is a townhouse development so it is unclear how many witnesses might have seen what happened. police say the driver did not stay on the scene but they have a tip about where to find him. >> a short time later. we received a call from a resident who stated that the driver and the striking vehicle were both at that location. >> a car appears to be a saab sedan with damage to the