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. >> this man who wanted to

record the video. he says he was standing nearby in the rose hill shopping center when he saw it up folding. >> he was trying to cross. white before he crossed he blocked him off. >> in the version he provided to abc7 you can see the man talking to the officer before he turns around put the hands on the patrol car. >> the officer has a stun gun and the officer is shouting command. >> this is like tasing someone blind folded. >> in this version that wasn't posted online the officer tells the man to put his hands behind his back. the man complies and moves underneath him. as the officer tries to handcuff him, he ordinaries him to put his hand behind his

back again. the man does before the second officer rives. police confirmed that the man seen in the video was charged in connection to a theft and assaulting answer officer. the police chief has ordered the internal affairs division to investigate the matter. of course, we will have more on the developing story for you on the website. for now, back to the studio. >> thank you. jonathan: montgomery county is considering body cameras and skyline for the local police department. schools in the county are barring officers on cam pa us from using the body cameras to record incident. this comes after an incident where an officer turned the camera on inside the school in the confrontation with a student. coming up for us at 6:00, we will explain the school system decision and take a closer look how they might or might not be used in the hall of schools. now to a developing story with

the ambulance service. the yale's office will ask -- the mayor's office will ask to handle the low priority calls. they amount to 80% of the calls they get. they are in the middle of the shortage. the call valium is higher than a year ago. alison: did you see the lunar eclipse? the super moon was out and it disappeared for a short time. this is a picture that stephen sent to us from arlington. we got plenty of great images from the viewer. we are always sharing on air. if you see it and send it. if you didn't see yours on abc7 check out a gallery that we have posted on the the website wjla.com. clouds and the rain are on the way. jonathan: we may not see the moon. change coming our way. steve rudin tracking the storms. steve: the best likelihood is

late tomorrow and tomorrow evening. cooling down to the upper 90's. if radar for you. it is a busy monday evening. rush hour commute. the trends through the evening. there are no problems other than the hit or the miss showers. we have potential for the heavy rain north and west of d.c. the latest is coming up. jonathan: a mother and a son dead after a morning fire.

horrible story. this happened on benfield road. maryland bureau chief brad bell is joining us now as the investigators are trying to figure out what started the fire. brad? brad: we don't know a cause but we can tell you what happened. it doesn't look all that bad if you look at it from this angle. we pan to the left and you can see the home, the back of the home is gutted. fire started in the back and moved to the front. it appears they were trapped. this is what the house looked like when the firefighters arrived before 2:00 a.m. a neighbor taking cell phone video and another spotting a firefighter inside the building. >> we saw the back of the house in flames. it was engulfed in flames.

brad: they look for the people inside. this is seen here on the facebook page and william. he was a sixth grader at the middle school. >> it is a difficult day here. the cause is under investigation but doesn't appear suspicious. this is the latest in a terrible string of the fires starting with the annapolis mansion fire last winter. >> the third multiple fatality fire this year. >> the whole back of the house was on fire. it was crazy. brad: terribly sad. the woman here, pauline naylor

was the manager, general manager of a popular lawn and garden center in the area. for the little boy who said he just started sixth grade, his teacher added to a note that was sent home by the principle today saying that the little guy -- by the principal saying that he tried hard in all the classes. he loved his dog and sadly the dogs also perished in the fire. alison: it was call a business transaction gone wrong. now ryan will remapped behind bars awaiting trial after a -- remain behind bars awaiting trial. they say he ran down the business partner. dozens showed up in support. verizon is palling itself on the back -- patting itself on the back. they said their performance was exceptional. it saw ten times the normal

network traffic. in new york more than six times of the traffic. double that when they went to philadelphia. alison: taxi drivers are protesting the taxi cab commission. organizers say it cost $7020 for a license and up to $350 a week to rent a cab. drivers are dangerous to the public and the environment. >> so it was bad that they didn't make the playoffs but now it's just ugly for the nationals. maybe you didn't see this. maybe you did. jonathan papelbon took out frustrations on two of the game's brightest stars. now he is done for the year.

after throwing a bean ball at the orioles manny machado. then choking bryce harper after he came back in the dugout after he flew out. robert burton joining us. robert, i have to believe that papelbon has in his future anger management counseling. robert: yeah. one of the most controversial players in the major leagues. the baseball organization now. the problem just don't stop for papelbon. a four-game suspension from the nats. then suspended three games for intentionally throwing in the head area of manny machado. seven game suspension and seven games left in the season. so he is done. now here is the skipper matt williams on the situation. he says things like that don't happen in the clubhouse.

we have to move forward. robert: they are holding bryce harper out of this game for the altercation. but they are trying to finish the season strong. four up over the reds right now. max:00er with a no-hitter through seven innings. so some good to take away from this. jonathan: stampedes in the annual pilgrimage claims hundreds of lives. how the hospital and the volunteers work to sidefy the victims. that's coming up.

>> what donald trump would do if elected that would frustrate some voters. jonathan: typhoon makes landfall in taiwan. you won't believe how much rain is expected to fall.

alison: around the world now, hundreds of taliban fighters launched early morning attack today in afghanistan. the fighters stormed the strategic northern city. battles with government forces were still underway in at least four locations. a taliban spokesman said they seized the city and searched the hospitals for wounded government troops. jonathan: the death toll from last week's hajj stampede risen to 769 people. according to the saudi state-run media. 934 others reported injuried. some country question the totals after saudi arabia gave foreign diplomats 1,100 photographs of the dead. saudi officials have not yet commented about the december december -- discrepancy. taiwan is facing a typhoon.

some areas could see 19 inches of rain in short period of time. rail service is us -- suspended. some are seeking higher ground as a precaution. alison: yesterday all eyes were on the moon. today it's mars. jonathan: yeah. the red planet may be more like hours -- like ours, the blue planet. nasa said there is likely water on mars. so what does it mean? suzanne kennedy explains. suzanne: the red planet just got more interesting. scientists announcing today that there is likely water on the planet 140 million miles from earth. >> our rovers are finding there is more humidity in the air than we imagined. the soil is moist. they're hydrated. suzanne: there is evidence of water in two tomorrows, frozen and flowing streams of salty water.

something unknown happened. >> mars once was a planet very much like earth. warm salty seas and lakes. and snow-capped clouds and a water cycle like we study on earth. suzanne: scientists based this on the orbiter that has been circling march since 2006. >> we haven'ta nswered the question does life exist beyond earth. but this was critical. suzanne: there are now known resources to support exploration of mars. an opportunity to answer the question -- is there life on the red planet? suzanne kennedy. jonathan: if there is water it means starbucks can't be far behind. they'll have coffee in no time. alison: we'll see what happens next. fascinating. steve: cool stuff out there. we have zipped through

september. now ready to move to october. we need the rain. with the way things are now, not so pretty out there. the lack of rain. a lot of rain on the way. especially late tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. north and west of d.c. this is warm out there. some call it humid. moving through the rush hour. pollen count if your allergies are bothering you. trees, wield, grasses it not much of an issue. the temperatures outside, 69 in frederick. heading further closer to the bay to the east we have the temperatures that are 74 in anap analysis.

a indication on what is on the way tomorrow. this cold bring rain north and west of us. i don't expect a lot of activity through the next several hours. if you have outdoor signing plans this el grab an umbrella. you could see passing showers north of d.c. and east of d.c. lifting off from the south to the capital beltway. mostly cloudy skies for this evening. for overnight, the temperatures downtown, 58. mostly cloudy. isolated showers. patchy fog. the future cast shows the heavier rain on the way. hold off until the afternoon. this will eventually move out as we head through the day on wednesday.

then the skies clear for the day on thursday. want to give you a quick look at the precip totals. we could see upward of four inches. the five inches around hagerstown is a bit overdone but we will watch it here on abc7 to keep you updated with the latest water and the rain totals expected for the daym to. we have temperatures in the 80's tomorrow. temperatures in southern maryland around 78 to 80 degrees. further west we go to the mountains looking nice out there. however, heavy rain on the way tomorrow night. temperatures are only in the 60's. thursday, friday, saturday. alison: really going to feel like october and fall when that happens. okay. thank you. jonathan: thank you. we have breaking news. just coming in the newsroom. we are following it out of rockford, illinois. we are told there is an active shooter situation at a medical clinic there. these are live pictures from the sister station. police have the building surrounded right now. we are told that the patients, nurses, the doctors have taken shelter inside the building.

we are hearing no injuries reported right now. police are in communication with the funman inside. alison: but first, still ahead at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- a local race gets ugly. what virginia state senator dick black is saying about an ad that some are calling sexist. his campaign explanation is coming up. >> how could anyone in my party think that this clown is fit to be president? jonathan: talk about the mud slipping. that is how rand paul feels about donald trump. but today, trump is looking like presidential candidate material. the latest on race for the white house coming up next. alison: a look at what is ahead on abc7 in primetime. get your "dancing with the stars" fix at 8:00. followed by "castle" at 10:00 and abc7 news at 11:00.

alison: a rescue operation taking place at the mountain. you can see the chopper there. we are told crews just loaded a man who fell into that helicopter. he apparently fell near the red and the green trails.

the chopper is about to take off. we don't know the extent of the injuries but we'll get you more information when it is available. jonathan: more twists around thes on the campaign trail. donald trump and hillary clinton saw their lead shrink in the poll. elizabeth hur reports that bernie sanders, pen carson and carly fiorina are gaining ground. elizabeth: a shakeup in the race for the g.o.p. nomination. donald trump up vails his tax plan. simple and fair. >> it reduces or eliminates most of the deductions and the loopholes available to special interest and the rich. elizabeth: according to his plan there would be no federal income tax on individuals earning less than $25,000 a year or $50,000 for married couples. the highest earns will get a tax rate. >> this will cost me a

fortune. >> announcement comes as the latest national poll shows dr. ben car zonk trailing trump by 1%. >> it reflect what is we have been seeing on the roads. >> carly fiorina tied for third. rubio had a scare on the campaign trail this weekend but no one was hurt. on the democratic side, hillary clinton lead is sliding. this is as clinton answers questions about the e-mails were sent from the private account two months before she acknowledged using it. hillary: there was a transition period. i wasn't that focused on my e-mail account. i'm not a technical expert. i relied on people who were. elizabeth: for the poll numbers, what is interesting to note is the same poll shows clinton's lead expanding if you take biden out of the mix. the campaign says they always expected a tight race.

elizabeth hur in new york for abc news. alison: this weekend abc7 -- expect to see this on abc7. jonathan: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- world powers at odds. attention at the united nations between president obama and the vladimir putin. the two disagreeing on the big stage. we have that coming up. alison: major changes coming to metro service. fewer trains in the heart of the system. when you will see the hanges, the lines that will be affected and how long you can expect the reduction to last. all coming up. >> jonathan: former new york prison guard apologizing as she learned the fate for helping two convicted murders escape this year. how long she will be going behind bars is still ahead. >> if the ad is true and if it was fair game in politics why

was it take down by the candidate who put it up on twitter in the first place? i'm kimberly suiters with a live report ju

alison: welcome back. one of the top stories involves a use of force. there is on investigation underway right now in fairfax county. jonathan: a man shot with a taser. a lot of people say he was shot in the back. now the fairfax chief of police is talking. let's listen to what he has to say. >> he originally decided to

comply with the officer by turning and put his hands behind his back. he was at the trier's door of the police cruiser. as the officer attempted to grab hold of his wrist. he stiffed up to actively resist. locked the elbow out to prevent a physical arrest. at this time they became engaged in a physical struggle to have an arrest affected. at one particular point in time he then pushed off the police cruiser and pushed into the officer, assaulting the officer. at which time he had hold of his wrist and the officer free arm he then tactically decided to create distance. to remove the taser. the taser a less lethal force option.

the officer used his discretion not to put it to a hands on fight or escalate it to force use. as the officer gave distance to hold on to the wrist. he ordered him again to put his arms behind his back. that did not happen. as you can see in the first video provided by a community member he then turned. the video depicts this but he place his hands on the hood of the cruiser. but we all must be cautioused here. in the eye of the officer he has someone that actively resisted. turn his back on the officer. he knows he has a folding knife in his pocket.

we show the restraint by the officer where he is still while on the ground stomach down is still not complying with the officer to put the hand behind his back. at one point in video you see him place both of his hands under his stomach to the waist where the knife is. the officer exercised great discretion. awaited for his backup officer. eventually they arrested him. >> his perspective is the man wasn't resisting. he wanted to know why he was arrested. >> the first video only shows one egg meant of a chain of events. what i have done with the inquiry is to provide it as a

matter of the transparentsy to the community. to show what happened before the video was taken. and the escalation and the deescalation that the officer used to not make it greyer matter. >> why was he charged with assaulting an officer? >> the video only shows one segment. the assault he was charged with was before the video was activated. that was the bumping and the pushing off of the officer. while the officer was trying to place him under arrest. verbally telling him to comply. >> do you haveash cam video? >> the officer arrived in the cruiser not in a response mode so in-car video was not activated. the officer parked the vehicle near the scene.

>> why did he thought this was someone who says a suspect in a larceny incident why would he do that? the witnesses out there, not the guy videotaping it but the witness prior to when they were recording. they never saw the fight. >> well, i am backing my officer on this. this has been investigated. the community, and these are the packs of the case. if anyone else has video or con stair information we will welcome that. they can call interim affairs. the officer did not have time to say time out i'll turn the video on. it unfolded rapidly. jonathan: that is the fairfax police chief who is discussing the case of the video. canslor was wanted for theft charge. the police responded and came across him.

we don't see in video. this is not as clear as it should be. the camera drops out and he shot with the taser. split second decisions for the difference between the life or death for the officers. some of this proves that the officer acted harshly but i'm not sure in this case. alison: clearly defending the officer. this has gotten thousands of views online. we will continue to follow t case. >> moving on, what would you prefer? longer wait and more crowded trains for a quicker trip through the tums? or the is a status quo? sam ford details the service changes after a blown transformer a week ago. >> been terrible. it's always something. jonathan: metro announced changes with the blue, orange, and the silver line to pass through stadium armory to take

effect tuesday. >> so starting tomorrow we only have blue line trains stop here. >> the metro power substation through the armory caught fire, taking out all three transformers. trains that had to defend on the long distance power to energize the third rail. the less stopping and starting, the less energy needed. for replacing the burned out power station -- >> it will take six months. >> blue line only. >> it works for me. i catch the silver and the orange. >> yet for ronald who takes the orange for a job in virginia -- >> that is not good, man. not at all. >> so today, the silver line trains are going to be stopping here at it the stadium armory station for the last time in months. the silver and the orange will blow through. only the but line train will be stopping. metro estimates that this is going to affect 1,600 people. reporting from southeast

washington, sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: coming up for us. jennifer: arlington county police say he got upset when he found out his girlfriend found a new boyfriend. what happened next landed him on the wall of justice. it is coming up. alison: big questions about d.c. emergency response plan. the change that could be coming to ambulance service. why some are speaking against it. that is coming up tonight at

steve: all right. it may be monday but we are always looking forward to the upcoming weekend. a lot going on saturday and sunday. the highs around 67 degrees on saturday. better chance for a few showers. sunshine set to return on sunday. if you like the eat, and you don't mind a few showers and the clouds, well, saturday is your day. bethesda temperatures are in

if 60's. areas of rain may become heavy at times. it could be a lot worse out there. wintertime. we will talk about that another time. stay with us. "abc7 news at

the chilling 911 call that stunned the nation. >> unimaginable phenomena. attacking their parents. police say attempting to burn down the suburban atlanta home. >> how did they try to kill you, ma'am? >> they tried to strangle us and shoot us. we were asleep. they tried to attack us. >> minutes later police arrive discovering zachary stabbed and covered in blood. the 50-year-old telling them the son hit him on the head with a shotgun. and his wife yvonne beside the bed badly beaten. >> the son now behind bars. charged with two counts of felony aggravated assault and

first-degree arson. alison: we will bring you jennifer donelan's paarson. alison: we will bring you jennifer d

alison: president obama was calling for resolution to several conflicts in the middle east. and in europe. he met with russian president vladimir putin. the two are at odds over syria and ukraine. syria, russian supports president assad. something the u.s. wants to see out and something the president pressed today. president obama: compromise will be required. but it also requires a managed transition away from assad to a new leader. alison: when vladimir putin took the podium he said it would be a mistake not to cooperate with the sir cran -- syrian government. they were scheduled to meet face to face at some point today.

jonathan: that is joyce mitchell the woman who admitted helping those two escaped convicts get out of prison. she will spent two years herself, up to seven years if she serves the full term. the escape started a manhunt that lasted three weeks. one kill and the other capture and revealed how they got out. mitchell will have to pay $120,000 to cover the cost of the manhunt which is a fraction of what it really cost. alison: let's switchgears to the weather. it will be a rainy week ahead. jonathan: if you have an umbrella, dust it off. you will need it. steve: especially north and west of d.c. this time tomorrow night, that is when we expect heavier rain. if you have outdoor plans, go for it. it's 82 at reagan national. look how nice and green it is out there. that will change. very, very soon.

hopefully we will see a nice long change with the upcoming rain on the way. 81 leesburg. 77 in winchester. 80 at andrews. fredericksburg at 77 degrees. there is cooler air out there but it beyond us. it's in 80's for columbus and louisville and that is on the way tomorrow. so august weather on the way for one day. followed by a cold front tomorrow night. around the beltway, no problems. wildly scattered showers. not going to amount to a lot. we will see 68 degrees downtown. under the mostly cloudy skies. we will show you the future cast. the big changes on the way. tomorrow morning, no problems.

by late afternoon, look at the showers. maybe thunderstorms on the future cast. the conditions improve wednesday. jonathan: back to breaking news we are following. a map fell at the mountain. we are looking at the live pictures at the rescuers down in the area where he fell. this is treacherous for a rescue. they did bring in a helicopter to get the guy to the hospital. extent of the injury we do not know. the man fell hiking or messing around, we don't know but he fell a good distance and he was badly hurt. hurt bad enough to bring in a helicopter to get him to the helicopter. alison: if you are familiar at the area, he was near the red and green trails. we are looking at the rescuers there. we will follow the story throughout the evening tonight. jonathan: hopefully he is okay. we'll get more information as

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jonathan: a monday commute. they are always there on the same time of the roads. alison: funny how it happens. jamie sullivan standing by. jamie: we have a few things going on. i want to start with the volume working your way southbound on 95 in virginia. pass that we clear up for dale city and wood bridge. a wider view. you can see the green and the red spot. i want to focus on this stretch of 66 that will take you under 30 minutes to get from the capital beltway to fairfax. as we move down closer into the d.c. area, the freeway, we are only at 11 miles per hour. we have accident activity. that is cleared away. before you get to doug last bridge heading -- dougless bridge heading outbound.

let's take a live look further south to the seminary road. this gives you a gud idea of the volume. trying to leave the d.c. area heading toward springfield. volume out there. we don't have the weather to worry about which is nice for a monday. back to you. alison: okay. jamie, thank you. jonathan: get out to the live rescue. we are having a hard time of the picture. this is coming from the helicopter. we are looking down. they did not load this guy. apparently the area where he fell was difficult to get to. one guy is waving their hands. i'm not sure if they will bring in the helicopter on top of him with a basket to lower it. this is delicate rescue. if you figure someone falls they have hurt their head or their back. you can't just throw them in over your shoulder and carry them out. you have to bring in a backboard. you can't just jar them trying to walk them up. they try to bring in a helicopter to slowly lift them up to take them to the hospital. you can see rescuers there on the side of the mountain at sugar loaf mountain. they are trying to put

something -- it looks like they have a board down there and load him up. alison: we know there is a rescue chopper. we are waiting for them to hopefully get this person who is injured. we don't know how badly. hopefully not too badly. waiting to find out. we are watching this. quite a few rescuers there in the frederick, maryland, area. they have several people working to rescue this man who is hiking or walking there on this rocky area. jonathan: we have reports. this is a technical rescue. there is conflicting reports whether this is a child or a grown man but anytime someone falls like this it's tough to run in there. you have to move slowly. see what injuries they have.

anytime you fall on the rocks chances are you are breaking something. you have to be careful in this situation. alison: not to mention like you said the terrain is difficult. not just for the hikers but the rescuers. i can see ropes coming down there. to see what the elevation is. jonathan: they are signaling the helicopter. not sure if they are roverring. but it looks as though they have the person hurt and loaded up on the backboard there. you can see in red behind where he is waving. it looks like a backboard. perhaps he is loaded. there are other paramedics with him. it will be unclear to see how close the -- now with the trees blowing around. helicopter is coming in. this is a tough rescue. the helicopter pilots have to get close to get the basket down. now the helicopter is coming overhead.

these are so tricky. not only do you have to have great pilots but the paramedics with the technical rescue team have to go up. one will go up in the basket a lot of the time or they will hook the basket up to pull it up slowly to keep an eye on it. this is not easy. alison: your crews are telling us that the latest report confirms confirms this is a man, an adult they are working to rescue here. regardless, a tricky situation. the injury is such, even though we don't know the severity, they need to bring in rescue crew to help the person out. jonathan: remind ir. a lot of people use trails not just here but in all the different areas. don't get too close to the edge. it just takes one loose rock and you can find yourself going over the edge. alison: we are watching this closely. the rescue there on the sugar loaf mountain. a man being rescued.

wi we will let you know what happens. in the meantime, go to jennifer donelan and the wall of justice. gen -- jennifer: i'm jennifer donelan. this is the "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice. police across the d.m.v. need your help in the search for fugitives. the question is, can they escape the wall of justice? tonight, the police adding copas to the wall after he broke into the ex-girlfriend apartment and attacked her new beau. they are still looking for rodriguez for kidnapping and civil assault. and ali megzder for aggravated assault and stealing a car. the hunt for conworth wanted for robbery and other charges. let's set the wall of justice in motion. tonight is spotlight on ali megder. arlington county police say it was a vicious attack on his

then girlfriend. in spring of 2014, the 29-year-old attacked her inside a hotel room after the two had a conversation about the future of their relationship. beaten so badly, police say she passed out and woke up two hours later to find her car stolen. he has ties to new york city and was homeless at the time of the attack. >> itca lated to the point he left a boot print on the victim's face. kicked her until she lost consciousness. jennifer: he is 5'8", brown hair and brown eyes and wanted forking aggravated assault and battery and grand larceny auto. they want to put him behind bars. if you know where he is, you are asked to call the arlington county police. we'll see you next week. i'm jennifer donelan.

alison: coming up next at 6:00 -- we will continue to follow the rescue operation from the sugar loaf mountain in frederick, maryland. you can see the rescue chopper is overhead. this is a state trooper chopper looking on. an adult male is being rescued here. we see crews working along the rocky terrain. we are following this throughout the evening for you. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: could the end of the d.c. ambulance response issues be outside help? d.c. mayor muriel bowser is submitting a plan to hire a contractor to hire non-threatening calls. now it's up to the council.

sam has more on what it might mean to you in an emergency. sam: i'm outside d.c. fire headquarters where we just spoke with the fire chief gregory dean. he said one of the complaints is that the d.c. patients too often are using ambulances to good to the hospital whip it's not an emergency. fire chief is proposing that fire e.m.s. crew evaluate the patients and transport the sickest. the rest will wait for a private company ambulance to arrive and take them to a hospital. >> we have find to way to do the training on the members. sam: given the responsibilities the d.c. fire chief dean said he will ask the could believe -- council to hire transport system for lower priority cases that he estimates is four out of five ambulance runs. this comes after years of complaint of the