games. choking out a possible possible n.l. m.v.p. candidate in bryce harper. we'll have more in sports. back to you. jonathan: thank you for that. that is the question of the day. what do you think of the fight in the dugout? share your thoughts on our facebook page. we'll share the comments later in the newscast. >> i claim this planet in the name of mars. alison: well, lots of speculation over the weekend about nasa's big announcement about a mystery solved on mars. would it be alien? water? well, suzanne kennedy is here now because we have the answer. suzanne: this is a little more legit than the cartoon, alison. we don't know if there was or if there is life on mars but we know more than ever about mars. today science announced that mars appears to have frozen water but there is evidence of flowing streams of salty water, at least in the

summertime. images show, some of them you can see right there, the dark narrow streaks grow in the warmer month and fade the rest of the year. this comes from the large reconnaissance orbiter which has been circling mars for nine years. >> the more we observe mars the more information we are getting that it's a fascinating planet. from the curiosity rover, we now know that mars once was planet like earth. with warm, salty seas, with fresh water lakes. possibly snow-cap peaks and a water cycle like we study on earth. suzanne: researchers say further explanation is warranted but because it's essential to life, the findings could have major implications to whether there is life on mars. we have more coming up at 5:00. jonathan: that is fascinating. thank you from a red planet to red moon. break in the clouds let some of you see the super moon eclipse last night. it was beautiful.

alison: amazing, right? everybody is talking about it. clouds and rain could be the theme for this coming week. meteorologist steve rudin in the storm watch 7 weather center and he has the forecast. did you see the moon? steve: i did. at about 10:15 for 25 seconds or so and it quickly faded. hey, the clouds that are out there right now are here to stay. and we are going to look for much-needed rain across the midatlantic moving through the next couple of days. outside we go to if belfort furniture weather center. 79 in leesburg. wib chester at 79. it's cooler to the west. cumberland and maryland reporting 72 degrees. showing you live drop lear -- live doppler radar. capital beltway, i don't see big problems through the early rush hour commute. however, by this time tomorrow, we could be looking at the areas of heavier rain. if you have evening plans, you will see temperatures to fall in the 70's. eventually to the 60's.

as we move through early tomorrow morning waking up to 66 in fairfax. 27 -- 62 in college park. generally in the 60's. if you like it cool, cloudy and breezy, wait until you see what we have ahead for the upcoming weekend. more on that from the belfort furniture in a few minutes. jonathan? jonathan: see you then. thanks. now to a developing story with facebook. if you are a facebook addict, you are on every 15 seconds and you know there is trouble. right now the site is down for a lot of users. of the just in our area -- not just in our area. this is worldwide. when you log on, you get a an error message. this is the second time in a week the site has gone down. last week they got it back up in ten minutes but so far it's still down. alison: new information in the death of freddie gray. an investigation reveals that gray asked for medical help during his arrest and while in baltimore police custody. according to investigators who reviewed officers statements, at least one officer warned that gray needed the medical

care but the officer with the others wondered if he was faking injuries or being uncooperative. he died in the back of a police van and six officers pleaded not guilty in the case. the al-zubaidi police -- the bladensburg police officer is investigating a claim where a woman says an officer punched her after escorting her from a restaurant in july. she is also facing charges of assaults the officer and an employee of the restaurant. the bladensburg police plan to bring evidence in the case to the attorney's office for its review. a video that shows a fairfax county police officer using a stun gun on a suspect is now sparking an internal investigation. that video has received thousands of view on social media. it happened thursday in the rose hill shopping center in alexandria section of fairfax county. in the video it appears that

the man is complying with the police command. the officer was looking into a theft complaint. the man shot with the stun gun was arrested. we'll have more coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00". montgomery county is one of the places around the country wrestling with how to handle the police body cameras. the committee met to discuss the issue today. a statewide panel is set to release the findings on the body cameras thursday as maryland tries to set its own usage policy. we have more on the montgomery county action coming up tonight at 6:00. jonathan: than, investigators are trying to piece -- this an, investigators are try to piece together what killed a mother and son. it happened on benfield road. brad bell has a closer look at the investigation. what do we know, brad? brad: this is the house across from the high school.

people know who this is. the mother is pauline naylor, with her 11-year-old son william. they were in the front bedroom and as we pan to the left, you can see how terrible the fire was and how they were trapped in there. we can show you what it looked like when the firefighters arrived. the neighbor took the cell phone video. you can see that the flames are reaching into the sky. this is 1:45 a.m. this morning. the firefighters went into the burning building to try to make the rescue but it was too late. they pulled the people out. the firefighters got out themselves. as soon as they got out the fire was so big they had to call evacuation for all the firefighters and fight from the outside. the neighbor watching said he has never seen anything like this. >> when i got here, we were across the street.

the back of the house was in flames. engulfed in flames and moving quickly forward. there was firemen inside the house. they were busting out the windows and it was engulfed. brad: it was just engulfed. when we come back at 5:00, we will tell you more about the victims. the woman who managed a nursery and the little boy who just started in middle school. he loved to talk about the doggings. the dogs -- the dogs, too, died in the fire. brad bell. alison: christian rap artist accused of speeding down a street and deliberately running over a business associate will remain in jail awaiting the trial. kevin lewis has the latest. >> calling it a business transaction gone wrong.

the victim that the victim and the suspect were engaged in, is still unknown. >> ryan intentionally ran down the business partner. the sale of reporters came to court to uphold >> there is a lot of love for ryan. we want to give that support. kevin: the rap artist got in a cursing match with 21-year-old william mcdaniel. he got in a car, rounded the block and hit him head on killing him instantly. the mother kept quiet recorded her son to police after seeing blood on a gray sedan. the detectives arrested the 22-year-old who admitted to after hours hof questioning. >> police say he confessed. what do you say? >> i have no comment. i don't know anything about it. >> this woman who knew

mcdaniel since he was a little boy broke down as she walked out of court. >> anything like this is disturbing. this was difficult knowing the kid he is. you wouldn't expect it. >> mcdaniel's family was also in court but too distraught to speak publicly. police tell us they found blood and other d.n.a. on the car. the charge is first degree murder. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: virginia could hold the first execution in three years this week. alfredo prieto was already facing the death penalty in california. when he was convicted of the 1988 murder of rachael raver and her boyfriend warren fulton iii. unless governor terry mcauliffeor the u.s. supreme court steps in, prieto will be put to death on thursday. virginia will be borrowing the

drugs for lethal injection from texas. since its supply is set to expire wednesday. jonathan: a quick note for you tonight about the advisory neighborhood commission that was scheduled. it's been postponed after the passing of the commissioner grant. it's rescheduled for tuesday october 6. >> coming up for us at 4:00. >> this is an effort on my part if i give someone else happiness, i would love to do that. >> they say a little goes a long way. >> find out what the woman is doing to make a difference. >> later what you need to know ahead of tomorrow morning's rush hour as the metro makes more service changes. jonathan: but first, lawmakers are up against a deadline to keep the government running. are up against a deadline to keep the government running. we'll tell you what has t

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plus get $300 back with a two year agreement. get out of t the past. get fio. jonathan: here we go again. the end of the month for congress to stop a government shutdown. we have a countdown going on. the counterdown is on. 56 hours to go. today we started to learn more of the details about the potential impact if congress doesn't reach a budget deal.

the pentagon says that troops and civilians working with the department of defense mights not get paid. we could see plenty of local, federal workers to stay home. as in years past, the national parks and the national zoo panda cam would be closed. until the government reopens. congress may pass a resolution to give them more time to figure it out. scott thuman has a look at either this happening, i mean how will they avoid this? scot: we could get a vote this evening. it's on a continuing resolution. what you would see is the delay of the budget deadline till december 11. you read the daunting list of things to happen. nobody wants to see that.

they know nobody wins, even if it's orchestrated to make a point. it can backfire. so they have to be careful with it. this you doesn't mean that there aren't fights to be had. they will get it through the signature. jonathan: planned parenthood, they want to defund the organization because of the videos that pop up. where does it stand? can they go forward with tabling the issue? scott: they will go forward but it will be by tabling it. t this time.g it to a budget. it looks like we saw action here over the weekend that mapped out what is going to take place. for example, from the republicans, they want to stop

the funding for an entire year from planned parenthood and take the money to give it to the other resources that do provide women's health. but wouldn't be as connected to the issue of abortion. they want to be aggressive about the issue because they believe that the video gave them a pathway forward to say we can no longer allow this process to continue. we'll see it on the campaign trail and on capitol hill. but the fight is far from over. the budget battle is easier than the planned parenthood. jonathan: what is your best guess the odds of them shutting it down again? scott: from what i heard on the hill, i was talking to people. we had a hand 68 -- handful done but our team and everyone said it will all work. granted with that said, you know we can say okay, it will happen. suddenly there is a hiccup and now you get down to the wire and it could be a late vote on the evening of wednesday. who knows?

looks like they will get something done. jonathan: this weekend, abc7 is the home to the newest sunday morning talk show. "full measure" with sheryl atkinson. alison: tonight a civic association loo look to see if it has a future in the area. we want to build a pod transit system along columbia pike. the creator will take part in a community meeting at the walter reed community center. jonathan: check of the traffic situation. not pods, cars. jamie sullivan has details. it's slow-going. jamie: we have a few issues. i want to start out with a vehicle that is leaking fuel.

the solid red line is northbound on the b.w. parkway heading from d.c. closer to baltimore. focus in on the capital beltway. we are seeing some spots of green. but some of the afternoon congestion starting to build in. if you live in virginia, trying to get closer toward maryland, the slowing on the inner loop and the outer loop near the river road. i want to focus on d.c. we have an earlier crash on the freeway. heading to 395 in d.c. in the teens. if you're heading outbound from the freeway to the bridge, continuing to the pentagon, the traffic in the teens as well. get better closer to king street. southbound 36 in the 30's. volume out of the city. it starts near lorton. a live look near dale city as

the traffic clears out and gets better. not terrible this an. back to you. alison: thank you. people in taiwan are battling strong winds and heavy rain as a typhoon makes landfall. look a the video. this is expected to dump 19 inches of rain on the mountains of central taiwan. if i believes warn people to take shelter and ro -- officials warn people to protect themselves and they have announced plans to shut down rail services. serious situation. around here, though, not bad. steve: a quiet hurricane season. no one will complain about that. alison: no. steve: we have rain and it could be a lot of rain in the forecast tomorrow night. we need it desperately. it's drying out quickly. alison: fall is in the air. steve: the leaves are dying and falling off the tree. take a look forward. i promise you once you get the rain out of here, the

temperatures on the way. looking downtown. pennsylvania avenue. the pollen count, if the allergies are bothering you. mold in the categories. temperatures in the 80's. columbus and charleston to the north. it's a little cooler. we will feel the cooler temperatures in our area by the end of the week. a big change on the way. show you the satellite and the radar. this will not amount to a lot. if you look for the heavier rain, head to the

virginia-north carolina border. that is where the heavy rain falls. patchy fog tonight. showers. this is the future cast. north and west of d.c. heavy rain late tomorrow night. by wednesday we get most of this out of hear. thursday, clearing followed by another storm system for the upcoming weekend. talking lots of rain. this graphic here, look north and west of d.c. we are talking about four inches on the model. three inches at win chester. closer to -- d.c., up to an inch of much-needed rain. we will keep an eye on it. alison: color on that one. jonathan: thank you. alison: a woman is hoping social media will help find the owner of a go pro camera. she found it snorkeling near santa bark ra, california -- santa barbara, california.

the first instinct is to find the owner. the memory card was full. >> the last images were time stamped july 2012. so it was in the water for three years. alison: wow! she contacted the kayak company and it was a dead end. she won't give up. you never know what it means for someone. jonathan: someone will be appreciative. coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- reversing course. the new direction for shell oil after the controversial plans to drill in the arctic. kellye: i'm kellye lynn at thomas jefferson high school in alexandria. i'll tell you why a student here was recently honored by the white house.

jonathan: coloring books making a comeback with adults. they are making it part of this year's class. coloring books join american girl dogs, battleship and jenga and twister. whiffleball and puppets are on the finalist to get in. play mobile, teenage mutant ninja turtles round out the list. two winners will be pick and inducted next month.

alison: how about this? ashburn teenager going what she can to inspire girls to be champion of change. >> this is not what she expected. her goal was to become a doctor. what happened? >> i discovered how much fun they can be. >> she took a computer science class in thomas jefferson high school in alexandria and it changedher plans. >> now can help other people. >> change in non-profit organization called "everybody code now." she created to help the eighth graders learn how to cope. >> everyone uses the software in some way. everyone had to write the software. coding is about solving problems. whether you want to write the code to turn off the lamp in

bedroom from the cell phone. >> the after-school program is taught in 12 states. earned her the white house champion of change award. she beat out 1,000 candidates and was only one of two 15-year-olds honored. honored for doing extraordinary things to empower their community. >> we want the next generation to be leaders and change makers and use technology as a means for that. kellye: in alexandria, kellye lynn, abc7 news. alison: one more note here. she is developing an app to simplify the process of the food banks getting donation to needy people. forward-thinking young woman. jonathan: it used to be you think of something and there is a delay, few weeks or months. now it's a thought and next day there is an app. coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a high profile showdown at the united nations. see what happened when

president obama met president putin face to face. alison: plus, the pope may be back in rome. find out what he had to say about his visit to our area. jonathan: but first, metro makes major service changes on three lines. what you need to know before boarding tomorrow morning. that's up next.

jonathan: a week after the fire near metro stadium armory station, the system planning major changes in the morning.

as brianne carter reports they have an impact on riders using three different lines. brianne: heads up. starting tomorrow there are changes that could affect your commute. this bus coming a few moments ago to drop people off and getting to rail. this is where the focus will be. this is the orange, blue, silver trains. that changes tomorrow morning. starting tuesday, the skip stop strategy whether be in place. that means during rush hour only the blue line trains stop at the station. orange and the silver line trains will pass through without stopping. this will only happen during rush hour. from 2:00 until 7:30 in the evening. so in the evil all the trains will make the stop. this is in addition to other operating changes that metro

put in place on friday. the number of eight car trains increased. this comes after a week of the stop-and-go riding for many people. this is also the congestion they were experiencing as a result of the transformer fire that happened last week. the crews working to get the repairs fixed and get back online. to ease the commute to make the congestion less, to ease the stop and go, blue line trains are the only ones stopping here at the stadium armory. starting tomorrow morning. brianne carter, abc7 news. jonathan: you can stay step ahead with julie wright. the weather could be factor in the evening commute tomorrow for sure. alison: stephen tschida has a check of the -- steve rudin

has a check of the forecast. steve: it's not so bad right now. it feels like the end of august rather than end of september. leesburg is 79. cumberland at 72 degrees. the satellite and the radar. quiet and dry around the metro. around the beltway. few showers are likely to develop later tonight with a little bit of patchy fog. the system we talk about in next couple of days a cold front that is going to move in here late tomorrow night and early wednesday. we need the rain. some areas north and weathers of town, hagueers-up to and frederick could look at two or three inches by the time the system moves out of here. for tonight, no problems out there. temperatures around 68 degrees. cooler to the west. could say patchy fog west of the mountains. the they blaner form shows rebounding to the middle 70's.

by the noontime hour. by 5:00, around 80 degrees. once we get the heavy rain out of here, it will clear up nicely. thursday, friday, saturday. high temperatures in town only, only in the 50's. we will go more in the weekend forecast coming up in a few minute. jonathan, alison? alison: we'll see you then. developing out of alaska. shell announced it will stop offshore drilling off the coast of alaska. the drilling was backed by billions of dollars in investment and years of work. the announcement is a change from shell. the company has been counting on the offshore drilling in alaska to drive the revenue. pope francis is back in rome after the first ever trip to the u.s. on the plane the pope told reporters what surprised him most about the visits was the warmth of the american people. but he added our area was a

bit formal. while new york was exuberant and philadelphia was demonstrative. the pontiff left the city of brotherly love hours after celebrating mass with 850,000 people. jonathan: well, this is a busy day for president obama. the president addressed the u.n. this morning. less than an hour from sitting down with vladimir putin. this is the first time they talked face to face in two years. the big issue at hand is syria. >> president obama taking the stage saying we must work together and the world cannot go to the old order where might makes right and the countries can turn their back on rest of the world. president obama: our nations are more secure when we uphold the basic law and basic forms and pursue a pass over

conflict. reporter: he said the work of the u.n. is still incomplete. president obama: today we see the collapse of strong men. fragile states with conflict and driving innocent men, women, children across the borders on an epic scale. the first meeting in two years with vladimir putin. on the agenda, the support of the bashar assad regime in syria. in the brief address, president putin insisted the syrian leader should be included any plan with the islamic state group. at the u.n., abc7 news.

alison: move over. a lost jacket from a former west virginia high school making headlines for ending up across the bond. this bomber jacket on barney's website being fashionable and trenddy on london fashion week. but the same jacket belonged to a valley high school student. she said she lost it almost 20 years ago at a football game. >> now it's in london for fashion week. traveled more than i did. >> they tried to identify the jacket and discovered a vintage store in london had it before the fashion weekday bu. but still unclear how it got there in the first place. jonathan: she was ahead of her time. alison: it make me want to

hang on to all the -- jonathan: no, it doesn't. alison: you don't have a vintage jacket that will end up in fashion week? jonathan: i'm sure i gave it to good will. long gone now. jonathan: a

jonathan: this just in for the facebook users that were hyperventilating and couldn't get on. breathe easy. facebook is back up and running. we told you at the top of the newscast, they were having trouble and those trying to log in could not get on. they are back online. no word what caused the issue. alison: what a relief. jonathan: every once in the while we come across a story and all you can say is yes, it makes perfect sense. alison: this one fits in that category. reporter: fair to say he knows what he is doing with wildlife. he has his trophy to prove it. his favorite game is elk. what you might call karma but

this year the elk got him. >> he came up here and he started to charge at us. reporter: the camera and his sister was in the backseat. >> he looked like he was going to cross it. but instead -- reporter: it ripped off a side view mirror and pierced a whole in the driver door. but no one was hurst. the family can laugh about the whole thing knowing it could have ended worse. >> it could have hurt somebody seriously or killed somebody. >> now they have a different trophy and it serves as a reminder how lucky they were. >> didn't hit as he could but

he hit it hard. >> no more carpet. i know where i'm going. alison: still to come at 4:00 4:00 -- >> still to come. >> a special moment caught on camera. find out what sports played a role in the couple's engage ment. >> is it sexist or politics? i'm live in loudoun county with a report coming up over

alison: kimberly suiters has a closer look at whether there are sexist ads or if this is a misunderstanding. kimberly, tell us about it. kimberly: this all started with a tweet by incumbent republican senator dick black in virginia. you can take a look at it and see for yourself that on the left he is in uniform and he lists 15 different jobs and qualifications from the army

colonel to grandfather. for his democrat opponent he lists two. doctor and mother. her campaign argues that is offensive to working women. >> the difference to me is being a working mom was not enough to serve in the state senate. kimberly: isn't that your experience being a doctor and a mom? >> absolutely. an experience i'm proud of. i could add several other items to the list as well and many are on the website but they failed to put it in there. kimberly: we reached out to the black campaign but they did not respond. they did issue a statement and said --

if the ad was fair why was it taken down? that part of the story comes up at 5:00. reporting live, kimberly suiters, abc7 news. jonathan: doctor and mother, powerful qualities. thank you. "7 on your side" with a consumer alert. sales of the apple iphone are not slowing down. it posted record for first weekend sale. apple sold 13 million phones since friday. that is 3 million more than the sales of the 2 and the --6 and 6-plus. alison: good news for chipotle fans. carlitosr are back. they stop selling them after a supplier violated standards. if you don't see it on your menu yet, be patient.

it will be back nationwide by november. job cut for whole foods as they look to lower prices and keep up with the competition. they say the employees whose jobs are cut will shift to 2,000 open positions across the company. they found that they were overcharging the customers. jonathan: let's get back to the question we supposed to you for the day and it has to do with the fall-out after a fight in the nationals dugout between papelbon and bryce harper. alison: everyone is talking about this. the afternoon the team suspended the pitcher jonathan papelbon for fur gomes after he put his hands -- for four games after he put his hands around bryce harper's throat.

jonathan: a lively discussion. join the conversation going on at the facebook page to join in on the conversation. we invite you to do so. alison: a lot of eyes on the skies for the rare super moon eclipse. but in case you missed it, check it out. we have a time lapse. this is from gilbert arizona. wow, look at that. the eclipse is the result of a rare combination of an eclipse with the closest full moon of the year.

it will not happen again until 2033. richard rodriguez popped the question to his girlfriend as they watched the event. >> we have been here for eight years and this has been a while coming. i have been waiting for it. alison: she says some people are superstitious and think the blood moon is bad luck but she thinks it will be a good omen for their future together. jonathan: a bunch of sparkling reasons. alison: i'm glad he didn't wait until the next one. jonathan: talk about the weather situation. things are changing around here. steve: we need rain and a lot of rain headed our way tomorrow and wednesday.

a quick look at the seven-day outlook. daytime highs on saturday and near 70 onsunday. jonathan: steve, thank you very much. coming up on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- you know about the preexisting conditions and your health. go to jamie sullivan to talk about the traffic situation. jamie: you want to talk about my health? jonathan: no. jamie: i thought we were going a different direction here.

as far as the big picture it's not terrible. i want to focus on d.c. crash is reported outbound on 395. traveling at 10 miles per hour. live look. we will show you the capital beltway. some of the volume near the american legion bridge. just a sluggish ride. jonathan: i jumped the gun. now coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- you know about the preexisting conditions and your

jonathan: if you buy a used car with a warranty, you may think everything is covered if it goes wrong a few weeks later. but that is not always the case. consumer reporter john matarese explains when a free repair can be legally deny and he is telling you so you don't waste your money. john: you probably heard the

term "preexisting condition" where they may not cover a health procedure. but it can apply to cars as well. brittany, her 3-year-old daughter is in a body cast due to surgery on her hips. >> what do you want to do today? >> mom and the big sister lift the spirits up. >> put your hair up. >> she bought the minivan for the wheelchair but suspected something wasn't right from the start. >> she says the dealer claimed it was nothing. she bought it. >> but it gets worse. >> she had the transmission

checked. she told me i had to get it fixed. john:she called the extended warranty company -- >> they said it was a preexisting condition. >> most of rus familiar with that with the medical experience but it can also apply to buying a used car. so we called the dealer explaining the tough situation. he agreed to try to fix it or put her in a different car. >> brittany has learned something about the warranty coverage. >> i didn't know what it was for. now i do. >> have it checked out by a mechanic so they don't waste your money. announcer: this is a breaking news alert. jonathan: the breaking news is out of frederick.

rescue crews on the mountain where someone has fallen. these are live picture of a rescue helicopter hovering over an area. whether or not they have to pluck somebody from an area that is steep over the terrain and difficult to work with. we don't know the update on the condition of the person that did fall. when we get an update we will get it to you. alison: two local police officers accused of excessive force. this police department is investigating a claim against its own officer. a 29-year-old woman says she was punched by an officer after she was arrested out of a restaurant in july. she is facing charges of assaulting that officer and employee at the restaurant. they are going to turn over evidence to the state attorney office for review. jonathan: same time, the fairfax county police department has come under fire for the video here. in the video an arrest caught

on camera to show an officer pulling out a taser gun and shooting a man in the back after he looks like he complied. alison: the video is short and sometimes both men drop out of view. diane cho has more on how they are handling the controversy. >> well, fairfax county police posted a lengthy release on the website detailing what happened in the case just minutes before went on the air. so i haven't had a chance to read through it all yet. but this is a video they say doesn't show the active physical resistance leading up to the officer deploying the taser. >> this posted on the facebook page thursday. after monday an it but viewed 294,000 times. >> i saw it and i was surprised. >> thi