to the weekend weather from the weather center. that's it for the moment. alison: stay connected with the storm watch 7 weather team on wjla.com, facebook and, of course, twitter. you may also want to download the storm watch 7 app to your smartphone or tablet to have the forecast at your goingertip -- at your fingertips. jonathan: there is concern what is coming down the potomac heading to the water supply. chemical still and paper mill sending thousands of synthetic latex down river. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live with a look at what it could mean for you. brad? brad: you know one of the first things i want to say is you can see it's raining. we heard the forecast and we showed you the weather shot at the top of the newscast. that is relevant because the rain will accelerate the pace. tuscarora due south of frederick there is no problem to be seen in the water.

with have still photos from cumberland and you can see the creamy yellow green tint in the water. that is believed to be the result of the spill from the verso paper company in luke, maryland. they call it a synthetic latex. but those who are allergic to it don't need to worry. it's described as non-latex chemical. this is the drinking water fly for much of maryland including the d.c. area. this is expected to get near where we are and where frederick brings in the water in a few days. they are on alert. >> we will be taking samples between now and when the plume is expected as a precautionary

measure. the concentration is small. brad: right here the water looks perfect. it's absolutely clear. when we come back at 5:00, we will tell you what the wwsc is thinking about this. once it moves past here it will be down to that water intake as well. near tuscarora, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. now a developing story. a 2-year-old boy is dead after being attacked by his neighbor's dog. police in berkeley county, west virginia, tell the "herald mail" he wondered in the neighbor's yard and the body was found near the dog. they are not saying what kind of dog was involved. we will let you know when we get more information on the story. jonathan: new developments to tell you about. judge set the date for the first trial of the police officer in the freddie gray case. the officer's trial is scheduled for november 30.

the other five officers' trials start next year. i will range from tect-degree assault to second-degree debraved murder. gray died in april after suffering injuries in police custody. doors had to be locked out at seven schools in woodbridge this morning after a shooting in the 14300 block of wrangler lane. one person we know was injured. police say bel air, henderson, montclair, minnieville, dale city, neabsco schools were affected. >> mayor bouzer said the city ambulance crews are overworked. they need a break and more training and for that reason she is calling for private ambulances to handle a lot of the less urgent calls. that is coming up.

alison: meanwhile, arlington county police are look for a man who sexually assaulted walking down the street sunday night around 10:00 p.m. in 1200 of block of south hern don street. police say they do not believe the case to a string of assaults in the area. the descriptions of the suspects are not the change. jonathan: major change in service along the blue, red, orange line and center on the stadium armory station. that is where a substation fire could impact the commute for days or weeks but for months. brianne carter was there for the first rush hour test. brianne: major change for the metro station.

>> orange and blue line will pass through the stadium. for the orange line riders going east, free shuttle wases are available. however, by midmorning only a few dozen people boarded the bus. >> i don't have a choice. brianne: last friday, metro began running the trains every eight minute instead of every six to reduce the train through the area. the metro official said the service change is designed to help ease congestion. but the change listed here inside the station doesn't seem to be helping. according to some on social media. the councilman chles allen sent a letter to metro interim g.m. monday asking the agency to rethink the service reduction. >> we understand there is a service reduction and delay. that is out of their control but what they suggested is too

much. i would love for them to come one other alternatives. >> brian: it could take months to -- brianne: it could take months to prepare. and no timeline when the service adjustment could be in place. brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: lawmakers are on capitol hill and running out of time to deal with a shutdown threat. in fact, we are just about 29 hours away from the deadline for a budget deal. last night, the senate passed a continuing resolution to keep things running at least through december. but at least one senate republican says a partial government shutdown is a good idea. we are talking about senator rand paul. he says it would give the senate leverage over president obama. senator paul: this is a collection of the spend bills lumped together and there is no reform. we are borrowing $1 million a minute. it makes no sense to continue spending money at this rate. i would stop all the spending,

let it expire. alison: of course senator paul is also one of the republican presidential candidates and he has been one of the more vocal opponents of funding planned parenthood but a new poll finds he may be in the minority. "usa today" and suffolks university asked 1,000 likely voters if they think all funding should be cut off for planned parenthood? 65% said no. 29% responded yes. 6% still undecided. the funding question is the focus of a hearing on the hill today. our senior political reporter scott thuman is there with a closer look at what happened. scott? scott: i spoke with another presidential candidate on the right about this very issue. senator ted cruz spent time with us here as we discussed the planned parenthood issue. he says he is not willing to go as far as perhaps rand paul and issuing the idea of shutdown in lou of cutting funding he was against -- in lieu of cutting funding, he

was against this. they went after the ceo of planned parenthood very hard today. they continue to say that this is an organization that not only take issue with because money goes toward the process of abortion but also because they say it's an organization that doesn't need $350 million a year from the federal government. why should taxpayers help out in the matter. down the middle issue you have the republicans on one side and the democrats on the other and heated exchanges in the testimony. listen in. >> that is the reduction in breast exam and the red is increase in the abortion. that is what is going on in the organization. >> this is a slide that has never been shown to me before. i am happy to look at it. it does not reflect what is happening at planned parenthood. >> you will deny -- >> i'm going to deny this slide that no one has provided us before. >> emotion running high in the house committee hearing. nonetheless we talked earlier

in the news about the idea of a budget impact here. and yet it looks like there will be a punt until december 11. it will continue on in other words and have to be voted on. it is a possibility and a fear and a lot of members on the hill talking about it. senator warren said this is not an option. we have avoided it so many times and we can't go through that. we will continue to watch the debate and bring you updates as it moves forward of a possible government shutdown jonathan: thank you, scott. president obama and cuban president raul castro met today for the if he could time in year but the first time in more than six decades an american president met with a cuban president on u.s. soil. elizabeth hur has the latest. elizabeth: the leaders of two

nations that were once sworn enemies made peace today with this. since the announcement to restore ties, they met once before. but this meeting marks the first time in 60 years an american president met with a cuban president inside the u.s. this is the first time castro attended the u.n. general assembly. using the first time on the world stage, castro called for an end to the embargo in cuba. >> now complex process begins. toward the normalization of relations. >> president obama also chaired a summit and pushed world leaders to restore the fight against iis it and other extreme -- isis and extremist groups. adding to the confidence they will be defeated in the long

run. president obama: we have to reject anti-muslim and bigotry. it creates resentment on which the extremists prey. >> the president went on to say this is not a conventional battle. and stated his commitment and the willingness to work with any country to fight isis. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. alison: we have breaking news out of the district where southbound interstate 295 is closed after this tractor trailer became stuck under an overpass at malcolm x avenue and southeast d.c. traffic is being diverted to the south capitol street. jamie sullivan will have more information on alternate routes coming up in a few minutes. jonathan: picked a work time to do that. coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a security breach. what we are learning about the man who claims he made it

through the pope's security in d.c., new york, and philadelphia. alison: then later, marking history at the supreme court. a look at what makes today special for the chief justice. >> plus, the new credit card chip technology will go into effect for businesses in a couple of days. find out how it will impact you the next time you are at the store tr

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[snoring.] take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. alison: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert tonight. information about new security features meant to keep your credit card information safer. the chip-enabledded cards are rolling out. it will change the way you pay. diane cho live in the satellite center to explain how it all works. hi, diane. diane: good afternoon. some of you may wonder what the secure chip card technology is about and how it will affect you. the next time you go to the store and use a debit or credit card. once you get your new card in the mail it will have a small metallic square to help prevent fraud. instead of striking the card, you have to enter the card and hold it there for a few seconds longer than what you are used to now. wait until the machine tells you that you can remove it. basically what it is doing is a chip is creating a security

code that is only used at one time to make it harder for the crooks to make counterfeit cards. you may have noticed businesses are already doing this. starting on thursday the liability shifts from the bank to the merchant. if there is a fraudulent charge, if the store or the business does not have the upgraded chip reading capability. >> the if there is a fraudulent incident that you notice on your debit card or credit card after the chip migration starts you still have no liability for the fraud. so as soon as you notify your card issuerer, the cardisher will take responsibility. diane: coming up at 5:00 we have more on what you need to know and why some security experts warn you still have to be careful because you could be vulnerable in other ways to hackers. in the satellite center, diane cho, abc7 news. alison: a check on the traffic

situation. jamie sullivan has more. a big problem on 295. jamie: a big issue this an. if you travel out of the city using the douglas bridge or 14th street bridge and head southbound on 295. we have a truck that struck the underpass. blocked at malcolm x. after. -- avenue. we have alternates for you. sound bon only the south capitol ramp is open. or take suitland parkway. but know a lot of people are using this as a bail-out. we are seeing a backup. currently now 12 miles per hour heading southbound. the 14 street bridge and douglas bridge. we have delays on 395 leaving the city, only averaging in the teens. emergency roadwork in place. get ready for single digit. prescription georgia's county working from college park to green belt. and beltville. the emergency roadwork is at

450. two lanes are blocked. this is a solid stretch of bumper to bumper traffic. inching along. we are seeing the same thing on 95 in virginia. let's take a live look to show you a crash we have near the fairfax county parkway. this is the volume and get ready for delays on 95 in virginia. back to you. alison: thank you. well, people in burnett county, texas, are allowed to return to their home after a brush fire forced them out. it broke out monday afternoon burning 45 acres. threatening about a half a dozen homes just north of austin. the fire was 100% contained early this morning. no one was hurt. no homes were damaged. what sparked the fire is under investigation. jonathan: see the water out of the sky? we see it without the helicopters. alison: we need it. doug: rain, rain and more rain. jonathan:out standing. we need it. alison: you're finished? doug: pretty much. a lot of rain out there.

the next four or five days everyone watch willing get more rain than they want. let's start with a flood watch in effect. west of the metro toward the foothill, blue ridge and the 81 corridor. flash flood watch in effect. the red area through the county, stanton, virginia, active flash flood warning in effect. it has been raining all day long. heavy rain at all. a couple of rainfall totals for you. inch and a half over shenandoah today. almost an inch in woodstock. we expect it to move east. all day long it has been moving south to northwest to keep the big problems we was of the metro area. period of rain and downpour. some of the rain has good

potential. the radar can analyze the precipitation rate. woodstock picking up 1.8 inches per hour. the rainfall rate close to two inches an hour east of that. all kind of potential. but the movement of the showers. the future cast does monitor the chance that a patch of the heavier rain will move through area between 9:00 and 11:00. tomorrow's event is a cold front coming in. breezy and mild tomorrow in the upper 70's. there will be a chance of showers in the morning and the early afternoon. the front comes through, 30%. then quiet to thursday. once we get past thursday, all bets are off! because of this. joaquin. the tropical storm 45 miles per hour. it will start to make the track. this is what is making the weekend forecast so complicated. all the possibilities of where the system may go. they are all over the place. later we will give you the slot to show that.

for now we are confident we have chances of rain through friday and saturday. it's potential to be heavy if joaquin is pulled up in the weather pattern here. all kind of things. in a couple of minutes i will share it with you. if you plot these altogether they will go all over the place. it's amazing. help! alison: anything can happen. doug: no way to know which way is it. jonathan: isn't that why truman said i want a one-armed economist. because i'm tired of hearing saying, "well, on the other hand." alison: when, keep us posted. jonathan: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- surveying the damage. a look at the afternoon math of a devastating typhoon. >> plus, the search is on for a montgomery county police dog. coming up i explain why it's a

controversy. alison: join us for the newest sunday morning talk show.

it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold, because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well fitting dentures let in food particles. just a few dabs of super poligrip free is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. so it's not about keeping my dentures in, it's about keeping the food particles out. jonathan: today marks ten years since john roberts became the head of the

supreme. in 2005 he said the role of the judge was limited but his court hasn't been as modest as he would like. the justices swung left and right to affect all aspect of american life. >> they were partners for years until one had a bad day. snapped at the other one. alison: now he is trying to find his best friend after he was taken off the force. kevin lewis is live to explain the story. kevin? kevin: hi there. more than 100,000 people signed an online petition to call on the montgomery county police department to explain what it did with the police dog. in april a police dog hit his human partner on the arm. then they placed him on early

retirement. but he is nowhere to be found. a police spokesperson told me and said the narcotics dog was up controllable and a liability to the public. that is what is most important here. >> they were never taken from me. john never had a dog taken from him. >> that is the biggest concern. kevin: why won't the montgomery county police department explain where it sent chip the police dog? we dig deeper at 5:00. >> kevin, thank you very much.

alison: update on 295 southbound, it has reopened. tractor trailer was stuck at rush hour. the roads were closed at malcolm x. but we heard that 295 southbound is open again. still to come right now at 4:00 -- >> a breach in papal security. not just one location but two. i'm suzanne kennedy. i'll have the details when we return. jonathan: take a good look. this is beautiful outside but it could be changing. doug is watching the impact it could have on the weather. that is coming up for us next.

alison: evening rain coming this evening but doug hill is on storm watch to watch this. doug: we have our own rain to deal with. but this is interesting about the potential of friday and saturday if it comes together the right or the wrong way. we could get more rain than we tar ganned for. plenty of rain. heavy rain. south and west. this has had the effect. moisture is pulled in from the atlantic observation. this is taking a lot of rain.

flood is an issue. flood concerns there. portions now of the extreme eastern page county and northwestern madison county. flash flood warning in effect. the cold front is going to move through and set up off the coast. that will keep the chances of the rain coming here thursday, friday, saturday. a wild card in this is tropical storm joaquin. we will get an update in 30 minutes from the hurricane center but right now the position will move northward. a strong tropical storm. sunday morning east of north carolina. but it could pull eastward. this is a spaghetti slot. look at the computer solutions. they are all over the place. there is no way to converge on a solution or idea that is

more valuable or reliable than the other. there are many scenarios where the rainfall from joaquin will find its way to the area this weekend. more about the local rain and what will come later in the week in a few minute. alison: see you then. jay korff has more on that. jay: we have dramatic footage to show you throughout bradford, christian buffering and bradford area. report and stairry stuff from roanoke. this is the water and check the copious water from the dam. this is fast-moving water at virginia tech. the back pack on, rain jacket and a phone in hand. he is okay.

there is water in the blackburg area. the schools closed throughout the region. there were even report of cars and the buses trapped in high water. the coffee shop had to close down the back parking lot full of water. remarkable rain coming down there. we had reports of roanoke of a hospital in roanoke putting up a flood wall in front of the main entrance. road closures throughout the area. this is something to keep an eye on. live in the newsroom, jay korff. jonathan: desperate tight security in the papal visit we are learning of not one, but two security breaches in pope francis time in the united states. our suzanne kennedy is live at the basilica where one of the incidents took place. suzanne: jonathan, when 25,000 people were here at the

basilica last wednesday so was a retired firefighter from new york. his name is christopher panela, a 39-year-old man. he is telling authorities how he got in without a ticket. here is what he said happened. he wanted to be face to face with the pope. he did everything to get close to him. he abouted as if he was showing a senior citizen to her seat. this is after he breached security at j.f.k. on saturday in an attempt to see the pope. in that situation he used a badge and got black suv up to the pope's motorcade. this is disturbing to those watching the pope's visit. >> this is troubling and it makes me uncomfortable.

any security can be breached. anybody trying to get close to a leader can do it. >> he has been arrested and had his first appearance on the charges of criminal impersonation and mischief. i talked to his attorney. he said it's a big misunderstanding. jonathan: that is scary. thank you. emotional eulogies as yankees gather at yogi berra's funeral. >> no matter what you read it wasn't enough to describe what lawrence peter berra was all about. jonathan: that was former yankee skipper joe torre who

opened the service for the baseball legend. yogi berra died of natural causes. he was 90 years old. alison: still to come on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- anr, a car and a trail lor. not usual signs at a beach. but find out why these are making news. kellye: i'm kellye lynn. i will tell you why graduation rates at this school and others acros

jonathan: students are elementary schools painting picture at the construction site. they are working at the sight of a junior high school at pennsylvania avenue. you can see that the pictures cover the sidewalk. they did a nice job. alison: do you see the one you have to be odd to be number one? i love that. jonathan: we heard from several school districts about how many students are graduating at the end of their high school career. alison: as kellye lynn reports while the overall graduation rate in d.c. is 64%, the numbers are improving. >> the high school is one of three schools seeing the highest increase in graduation

rate. this school dunbar and woodson increased graduation rate by ten percentage point. the principal says the program at the school are making the difference. >> we meet them and say how are your grades? what are you struggling with within the classes? how do we ensure that you are successful? kellye: much more work to be done. the current graduation rate is 51%. in northwest, kellye lynn, abc7 news. jonathan: whale we talk about schools the department of education is out with the blue ribbon schools and d.c. has a number of wingers. in maryland they include kemp town in frederick county. smithburg county in washington county. arlington emmanuel christian school in springfield. the u.s. department of education will honor all the nation 2015 but ribbon schools in a conference and award

ceremony scheduled for november 9-10 in d.c. alison: a few more awards here. this year list of the "genius grant" winners include two names from our area. gary cohen of reston is environmental health advocate. ta-nehisi coates of d.c. is a journalist and blogger who focuses on racial identity and racial bias issues. the macarthur foundation named the recipients this morning and the winners get $625,000 in the next five years. they can use that however they see fit. jonathan: they earn that. you can make more money but you have to get lucky. feeling lucky in powerball jackpot up to $301 million. after taxes, i did the math, it's about $25. but the odds of winning are 1 in 175 million. what we're saying is there's a chance. nice chunk of change. coming up for us at 4:00 --

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alison: "7 on your side" with health matters and words of a procedure that could make a big difference in properly diagnosing breast cancer. it's often referred to as a colonoscopy for the breast. liz shows us how it's saving lives. reporter: her life as a young mother was full of fun with her family until a day a short time ago kim humphrey noticed something was wrong. mood was coming from one of the nipples on kim's breast. mammogram and m.r.i. showed nothing abnormal. >> do the followup procedure to figure out what was causing it. reporter: the followup procedure was performed by dr. wright. she is one of a few breast surgeons in the country who perform what is called

testoscopy. >> this allowed me to look in the nipple duct of the breast. micro endoscope is less than a millimeter wide. reporter: how it works is the scope is placed through the duct identified as causing a problem. >> what am i seeing here? >> that is the duct of a breast. reporter: dr. shapiro-wright can then see what is wrong without damming the nipple or the breast tissue and still take care of the problem underneath. >> i can visualize it on the tv screen. just that area that needs to be removed. reporter: not only does it allow for better outcome it makes a difference in recovery times and much more. >> you can find cancer even before they can see it. >> in kim's case, it doesn't get much better than this. >> they didn't find any

cancer. reporter: she now has followup appointments with the team every six months. alison: fitness news. heavy weight training may be a lightweight workout. burping far fewer calories than you think. studies show men and women tend to overestimate the number of calories they burn when they are exercising. a study revealed up to four times the actual amount. the experts say this overestimating can lead to overeating. that is why weight loss can be so tough. >> it takes a long time to burn a lot of calories in a short time to eat those same amount of calories. >> if you burp 500 calories -- if you burp 500 calories you can eat it in 30 seconds. jonathan: i could have done without that. alison: doctors say you might get tired or sweaty but you have no context the know how

many you are burning unless you hooked up to metabolic cart. which you probably are not at the gym. jonathan: so you have walk or run all day long to eat a bag of chips. alison: basically. jonathan: i could don without that knowledge. alison: still to come on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- in the newsroom, tonight revelations in a letter to the judge in the case of a man accused of killing two virginia college students. what an ex-girlfriend of jesse matthew believes the judge should know about that man's past. jonathan: plus the accused leaker edward knowden joined twitter and the only account he is following. that's coming up at 5:00. florida might want to think about renaming itself the wild kingdom state. why? here you go. alison: whoa! jonathan: zeke the monkey escaped from a house in orlando suburb. who keeps a monkey in a suburban home? just asking. a neighbor called police after the monkey started chewing on some of the mail.

really? once the officers got there, zeke climbed on the squad car and pulled the molding off the roof of the car. he drank from the water bottles that the officer handed the monkey as the distraction. they corralled him. good for him. this is more ominous. same state. florida. animal sighting where shoppers came face to face with a python. big name? nestled among clothing. lovely. firefighters say it was seven feet long. that is a big snake as a pet. it wasn't poisonous. it doesn't matter. alison has goosebumps on her arm. this should be a comfort to you. these are common this time of year. alison: freaking me out. this could be the worst encounter of them all. this was in kansas over the weekend. take a look.

jamie garcia putting her kids to bed when one of them noticed a snake in the bottom of the toilet. jonathan: like an urban legend. alison: right! thigh moved in a week ago. they tried to coax it out but they had to take out the toilet and break it apart. >> i will check the toilet now. alison: ohsh no. the owner of the pet store says it was a python at the bottom of the bowl. generally they make great pets. jonathan: the previous owner didn't do a head count on the snakes? alison: apparently not. jonathan: maybe they don't have a rodent problem. alison: creeping me out. jonathan: all right. take your snake in the toilet and raise you a sinkhole that swallows everything. this swallowed an a.v., car and australia at a beach --

car in australia. the tourists were forced to flee as a 700-foot long 30-feet hole opened up over the weekend at a camp site in queensland. somewhere in that mess is the r.v. they open to recover the other items when the tide is lower tomorrow. alison: wow! jonathan: on a serious note. people in taiwan are cleaning up and bracing themselves after the typhoon dujuan. it dumped 20 inches of rain in the mountains. and killed at least two people and injured 300 others. roughly 5,000 people forced to evacuate before it hit. typhoon dujuan weakened and is now passing over southeastern china. it has weakened considerably. alison: it may get interesting here. doug hill is watching what may happen with joaquin.

doug: the tropical storm northeast of the bahamas. as the el goes on some may be closer to the washington area. if key to the storm is trying to guess where it will go in the next few days. all of these lines are different solutions for the track. they are all over the place! but many of them hint at the moisture to head to the midatlantic coast. it doesn't mean is it a done deal but this is something to watch closely because the weekend will be complicated weather wise. showers are the story on saturday. good bet. chilly. i should clear out on sunday. whether we are talking about the showers for saturday or torrential rain, both of those

are a possibility depending on the movement of joaquin. jamie? jamie: traffic we see some big problems. first begin with some good news. we have the issue earlier with the truck that stuck on the under pass on 295 southbound at malcolm x. that has reopened. leaving the d.c. area using the douglas bridge, 14th street bridge. we will start to see the traffic get better. a lot of people use suitland. if that is the way you travel home you will see congestion. getting to the springfield interchange will take you 30 minutes. we sea volume from virginia to maryland to montgomery county and prince george's county. the reason for the delay is

emergency roadwork at 450. let's look outside. jonathan: thank you. alison: coming up on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- working together. jonathan: how virginia's

jonathan: police in virginia are making a change. our jeanette reyes reports the push is on for community policing. jeanette: attorney general started out the press conference today saying that minorities feel they are treated differently by law enforcement and evidence supports that. a major initiative announce today hopes to change that. less than a day affair fair county police -- fairfax county police defended using a taser they said it's impartial police state. it's geared to the current and the future police officers to include topics like bias awareness, deescalation and

appropriate use of force. they are training but there is no word how much it will cost. those close to the front lines say it's well worth it. >> it will help many bring more attention to the issues that need to be addressed. not just for the officers but for the support staff. >> this allows us to review. >> you think it is an improvement for the short and the long-term. >> the training is not mandatory but it's encouraged and set to begin in the spring of 2016. reporting in arlington, jeanette reyes, abc7 news. announcer: now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. leon: a soggy drive home for a big chunk of the area tonight. the round of rain we are getting hit with, the start of days of wet weather. alison: it could, could all be capped off with a lot of

tropical rain as well. and doug hill tracking this tonight. doug: what happens this weekend is up in the air. the forecast for many tropical storm joaquin which could be a hurricane tomorrow are way over the place. it could be close to the u.s. east coast and staying hundreds and ups and ups miles off the east coast. we have rain tonight all across the area. inthere is a growing area, this is the newest flash flood warning. it has been raining all day to the west. some of the area in yellow and red is the heaviest rain. it is moving from bottom of the screen to the top. south to north. the area is starting to shift east. if you think in the next few hours there could be moderate or heavy rain in the metro, keep an eye on that. you will have more rain chances in the next couple of

days. the heaviest is this evening. here is a big picture. the moisture pulled in from the atlantic ocean. on the right-hand side of the screen is tropical storm joaquin. now 65-mile-per-hour sustained wind. next time we will show you the possibilities of which way it is going and why it's difficult to pin down several days out. that is it in a moment. alison: reminder of course you can count on the storm watch weather team for the latest on the days of rain ahead. the track of tropical storm joaquin. follow us on facebook or twitter or download the storm watch weather app to the smartphone. leon: other worries tonight. it's about drinking water. there was an industrial accident that happened last week. a paper mill in algany county spilled thousands of gallons of artificial latex in the river.