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. now communities downstream are

on the clock to respond. maryland pure row chief brad bell live with the plans being considered. one of the areas that has to be worrieded is ours here, right? brad: absolutely! the spill is upstrem. with the rain it will get to it faster than forecasted. this is a big stone building. that is the water intake for frederick county. it's only a few miles down here before you get to here for much of the d.c. area. these photos show how ugly the spill is. described as a greenish yellow cloud in the potomac, moving slowly toward washington. it will soon reach drinking water intake for washington county. then it will be here for frederick county.

>> the customers should be assured we are in preparation to make sure that the water system is safe as possible. >> the director of utilities says all indications is the chemical is non-toxics. he will order increase sampling. the spill happening last week. 10,000 gallons of a synthetic latex used as a paper coating flowed in the river for four hours before the spill was discovered. the plume being honored by the maryland department of the environment. depending how much rainfall, it could reach the d.c. area water intake in a matter of days. >> at this point, we will enhance our treatment process out of an abundance of caution. brad: spokesperson says the expected rain would dilute the chemical. >> it's extra water samples. it goes out of the treatment process the distribution system so we know the water is

safe like it always is. brad: well, right here where we are, you can see the water is still crystal clear. no sign of any problem. it's not known if th plume will still be visible when it gets here or gets to our area. the potomac gets bigger and bigger. this rain is expected to help dramatically to dilute whatever issues there were here. this chemical is considered nontoxic. in tuscarora, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. a search for answers today after a 2-year-old is killed by his neighbors dog. to "herald mail" reports the young boy was found in the neighbor's yard. so far the boy's name has not been released. neither has the breed of the dog involved but abc7's ritchie marlboro road is work -- abc7's richard reeve is working on the story. leon: ex-girlfriend of jess ski matthews says the killer

was a victim. she says she was sexually assaulted as a child by three people. she made the revolution to a judge. in another letter matthews' mother begged the judge for mercy. matthews will be sentenced friday for the 2005 sexual assault he is facing charges for now. matthew awaiting trial in killings of hannah graham and morgan harrington. there was a shooting that happened 10:45 on wrangler lane today. that is near six elementary schools and a middle school. the victim is expected to survivor. police now on the lookout for two people seen fighting with the victim shortly after the shooting. alison: well, the unprecedented security surrounding pope francis' first u.s. visit was not flawless. in fact, abc7 learned of two security breaches including one here in washington. suzanne kennedy is live at the

basilica with how it happened. suzanne: those two incidents involved a retired new york city firefighter. 39-year-old christopher canella. lake this afternoon i spoke with -- late this an i spoke to the attorney who tells me that his client never intended harm to the pope and this is nothing more than a case of trespassing. two security incidents 235 miles apart. potentially putting the same person at risk. the holy father. >> this is scary. >> 39-year-old retired new york firefighter used his badge and got in to what he thought was a papal motorcade at j.f.k. on saturday. when he was arrested authorities found he had a magazine from .9-millimeter pistol, 12-inch hunting knife and illegal drugs. he later he vehicled he got in the canonization mass at the basilica last wednesday

without a ticketing, ating as if he was helping an elderly woman to her feet. retired f.b.i. agent says these breaches show a weak link in last week's security. >> it's bad. i'm sure the secret service had a cow. when they found out. it does show that despite the level of security of an event, they can get through. >> the security at philadelphia was horrendous. >> devastating. and yet we can't know for sure what the person's intention was. >> very, very troubling. >> security says this is nothing more than a case of trespass. but now faces very serious

criminal charges. including criminal mischief and possession of ammunition unlawfully. he is being held on $50,000 bond. at the national shrine of the immaculate conception, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. leon: all right. thank you. alison: well, after years of horror stories police officers left injured in the street. children dying while waiting for an ambulance. or shooting victims being driven to the hospital by friends. finally action is being taken. d.c. leaders are taking steps toward using private ambulances to speed up emergency response. d.c. bureau chief sam ford joins us with the plan and where it goes from here. sam: alison, i'm standing in front of the emergency room of george washington university hospital. you can see the ambulances are stacked up here. the way mayor browse -- mayor bowser presented it the d.c. ambulance system is overworked, sometimes

dysfunctional and in need of a breather. they would have private ambulances on the street of d.c. in months. >> our personnel are literally running on the blasts. 23 out of 24 hours a day. >> in the meeting with the council today, mayor bowser presented the d.c. ambulance system as one that is worn down and needs a break. what the new fire chief said they used private ambulances for non-time sensitive illness on injuries. he released numbers from the ambulance calls that have gone from 11na 777 to 15,000. a 28% increase. >> we have to give ourselves time to prepare the vehicle, rer spond timely and importantly to train the staff. >> the council scheduled to have a hearing thursday. generally seems on board. >> we don't need to be transporting everything that

wants the prescription filled to the emergency room. >> if it is a private ambulance, how long does it take to get there. >> i'm appalled. >> you don't want to wait for a private ambulance? >> no. city ambulance in these places and get to the hospital. >> he says the hospital should determine who is in an emergency, not people who are running ambulances. it seems to be on the fasttrack. but the plan is by wintertime have the private ambulances transporting the patience for the city to the d.c. hospitals. reporting live northwest washington, sam ford, abc7 news. alison: thank you. people gathered to say goodbye to retired lieutenant colonel

carla bloom. died in a two-car accident a week ago in fort washington. a memorial service to honor her was held this morning. county executive baker gave remarks. leon: time ticking away toward a possible federal government shutdown. leadership in both chambers of the congress are confident that the emergency legislation to keep the government funded will be approved before tomorrow night's deadline. the legislation does not include a controversial move that would strip funding from planned parenthood nationwide. a budget impasse appears to be solved in the time being, the fight over planned parenthood intensified. today the group ceo was at the center of contentious hearing on the ill. and our political reporter scott thuman was there to witness this and quite a few fireworks today, scott? scott: we saw two lawmakers get emotional on the verge of tears actually get in their opening remarks.

>> the disrespect tells us what is really going on here. this isn't about a bow us if video. scott: he is referring to the controversial secretly recorded video that show officials talking prices for selling aborted fetuses for medical research. while in itself not illegal it reenergized the debate. should the government provide $boo -- $350 million a year or redirect it to clinics that don't provide abortions. lawmakers say why should taxpayers contribute? >> if you want to be a private entity, you don't need federal dollars. >> for many of them, planned

parenthood is the only area to see them in the area. half of the health centers are in medically underserved communities. >> all aspects were under the microscope. >> a way to spend their money. the amount of money on salaries. >> furious democrats label it nothing more than a war. >> my objection to the chairman beating up on a woman on our witness today. for making a good salary. >> republicans insist this is not about cutting all the services. they claim that the funding could be redirected to some 13,000 women clinic across if country that already exist. planned parenthood advocates argue look, they couldn't handle the work load. a lot of the clinics aren't in the area where thy are most critically needed. live on capitol hill. scott thuman, abc7 news. alison: thank you, scott. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- the ruling that will take the criminal trial of the officers accused in freddie gray's

arrest and death into next year. leon: significant changes coming to the way you use credit cards. what you need to know before thursday's big switch. mike: i'm mike carter-conneen. tonight two out of three rail lines are not stopping in rush hour. coming up what the riders need to know. alison: a police cruising speeding away from the scene

leon: a rather unusual traffic alert in south central oklahoma. authorities warn drivers there to be careful and wary of bees. truckload of honey bees overturned on interstate 35 in p abuls valley. you saw one officer speeding away from the scene trying to get away. the crash is now cleared. authorities say they are getting report of bees showing up a half mile away. alison: oh, my goodness. well back at home we are enter the second rush hour. for metro's man to ease delays on three lines after last week's transformer fire. as of today, only blue line trains will stop at stadium

armory in morning and the evening rush. orange and the silver line trains will bypass it. those lines will only run trains once every eight minutes system wide. mike carter-conneen live at stadium armory with how things are running now. mike? mike: metro said it did not see noticeable decrease in the ridership at the stadium armory. we should note there are the free shuttle buses operating here. currently there is not one. but throughout the an, so far the buses have been empty or mostly empty. it could be argued relatively few drivers are impacted by this. metro says only several hundred. but frustrated riders say they were unaware or unclear about the changes. >> when it works it's really great. >> with limited power on hand after last week's substation fire, metro reduced rush hour service. stadium armory stadium from three lines to one, the blue line. many passengers now must

transfer train or for some orange riders take a free shuttle bus to minnesota avenue. but with two days' notice the change created confusion and frustration with metro. >> they don't tell us before, so you don't plan ahead to be late for work or anything like that. mike: d.c. councilmembers are calling on metro g.m. to rethink the current plan. >> i think they suggested there is too much. it will have a negative impact. i would love for them to come up with better alternatives. >> spokesperson said metro would respond to the councilmembers directly but added we are taking steps to keep as many trains moving as possible. there is no perfect solution. given we lost major power substation. the alternative would take us back to last week where some riders experienced 30-plus member delays. still, metro board member says the agency seems to be struggling.

>> they have a host of problems. they try to get the information out. but they could have done a better job. >> metro says it will take six months to repair the damaged substation. it is still unclear. there is no timeline on how long the service changes will be in place. coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00", details on the impact this has on multiple school children to get to class that take metro every day. reporting live, mike carter-conneen. leon: thank you, mike. alison: interesting weather coming our way. doug: normally i made a career out of using if, and, but, only. but listen, what is coming with joaquin we use more than ever. the computer model is all over the place. maybe italys the u.s. maybe it could stay 60 me miles east of the u.s. put the pictures together. start happening right now. a big surge of moisture coming

down in heavy rain all day. the green area is flash flood. no shortage in paige county. 2.5 inches of rain. half inch in woodstock and three-quarters in winchester. all locations west of the metro. in washington moderate rain is starting to ease its way eastward in time to complicate the rush hour. the bulk of the rain continues west. the motion is moving south to north with leastward progress here. look for the rain. some of is it torrential here. falling at 2.75 inches per hour. this is the real deal. shows us the story with the rain pushing north.

coming in from eastern virginia. roughly from the atlantic ocean. this is due to a big trough or area of low pressure in the atmosphere. as we get through tomorrow, the cold front will come through. maybe a few showers like that. but nothing like this. thursday is quiet. showers. friday and saturday is up in the air because of the potential effects of joaquin. in the short-term, future cast shows the moderate rain moving through later tonight. heavy rain past midnight. clear out overnight. then through tomorrow there could be isolated shower or two. not a terrible day tomorrow. as far as the total rainfall between now and 11:00 or 1:00 tomorrow afternoon, 3-1/2 to 5-1/2 inches of rain. culpeper could have six inches total. this is a short-term. look at the effects of the tropical storm joaquin over northeast bahamas.

65-mile-per-hour winds. the models take it eventually to the north. but some models bring it to the coastline. other models take it out to sea. so the range of the possibilities is gigantic from having no impact on the weather friday and saturday to a major impact friday and saturday. too early to say which one of the scenarios will take place. this will continue to develop. joaquin is a 65-mile-per-hour winds now could become a hurricane as early as tomorrow. a lot to watch. we have good chances of the rain. only 30% tomorrow. 40% thursday. friday, saturday. up to 60%. you will notice drop in temperature. friday and saturday in the 60's. this happens. sometimes the storms have a true course. you get a feel for way it goes. that one -- leon: no idea. doug: just watch it. goes this way or that way or anywhere in between. alison: let us know.

leon: we need the rain. thank you, doug. the man that leaked thousands of classified documents joined twitter. alison: coming up, the only account that edward snowden is following as he gains hundreds of thousands of

leon: a big change on how to use your credit card. if you haven't gotten a card with a chip in it, you should expect one soon. diane cho explains why the security experts say the information still might not be safe with one of the cards. >> even though the deadline is around the corner it doesn't mean everyone will be up to speed by the time. because we are told that banks are still in the process of replacing 1.2 credit and debit cards here in the u.s. >> some of you may have noticed you have to enter your card and hold it for a few seconds before the machine tells you, you can take it out. those with a gold or a silver chip have the new secure chip technology cards to make it tougher for the rooks to make counterfeit cards. >> with each transaction the chip generates a unique or dynamic security code.

>> they can replace machines so it will read the chip by the deadline. businesses are encouraged to upgrade. >> starting october 1, any her chant that hasn't upgraded to chip reading capability, that experiences a counterfeit card crowd incident in their -- fraud incident in the store will have liability for the counterfeited. alison: the security experts we talk to say a great start is just going to shift thieves in another direction and moving them online. >> the fraudsters are smart. what they do is shut done one door and find another door. >> if you have to enter a pin number after swiping the card it's the same once you get new

card with the chip technology. coming up at 6:00, we will hear from a local business owner and why says it has been a frustrating process so far. alison: thank you. meanwhile "7 on your side" with another consumer alert. authorities in loudoun county are warning about the return of a so-called jury duty scam. several people reported getting a phone call from someone claiming to be a deputy with the loudoun county sheriff office. the caller says the person didn't appear for injury duty and needs to pay a fine with a money card to avoid arrest. if you receive one of the calls hang up and call the loudoun county sheriff office. leon: scams are everywhere! still ahead tonight at 5:00 the search for police k-9. why the dog long-time partner says he wasn't allowed to take him home in a search for answers. alison: plus, what edward snowden is saying after joining twitter. and the only account he decided to follow. leon: first, take into the new year to find out the officer

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: we now know when the first trial for six baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray will be held. we have more with when they will start. jeff? jeff: alison, the first time since they were indicted, five

of the six officers appeared in court today. they haven't been seen since they were indicted. while the appearances were voluntary they were brief. they appeared moments to hear that the cases had all been postponed. they have all been rescheduled. we have the court case here. the first officer to be tried is william porter. he will instead of october 13 the trial date is november 30. officer goodson, the driver of the van is going to tried january 6. officer white's case is heard three weeks later. remaining three case, miller, nero and rice will all be heard in february and march. all of this is part of the prosecution's strategy to have press to try officer william porter first. >> it seems clear to me what the state wants to do is try porter first. the reason in all likelihood

they want to try officer porter first is because there are statements that porter made that implicate some in f not all the other officers. to use the case, to use porter's statements against the other officers porter has to be available to testify such that the other officers being prosecuted can cross examine officer porter. jeff: not every office was in favor. one of them asked the judge for a speedy trial. the judge however postponed the case anyway. we're live in baltimore, back to you. alison: thank you. so twitter has a new high profile user but he is only following one account. edward snowden recently opened an account with the name snowden. his first tweet said, "can you hear me now"? at last check, snowden had a half a million followers. that is only in five hours.

however, snowden is only following one account. the n.s.a. leon: all right. for the first time in 50 years raul castro visited the united states. both president obama and the cuban president addressed the u.n. general assembly. the talks came as the u.s. and cuba continue the effort to restore the diplomatic ties. both the u.s. and the cuban embassy reopened this summer. the first flight from b.w.i. to cuba takes off on wednesday. b.w.i. is half a dozen airports in the u.s. approved to offer direct flight to cuba. also leading with officials at the u.s. embassy in havana. alison: the company ceo claims it will change air travel by speeding up the boaing and the deplaning process. so take a look right here. it is called the side slip seat. ceo hank scott says 3 airlines expressed interest in the concept. it will allow for wider

aisles. he has a background in ergonomics, flight testing and design. the seats are going through the f.a.a. certification process now and could be ready by next summer. leon: whatever they do to squeeze more on a plane. that's what they want to do. alison: oh, no. less leg room and everything. leon: exactly. all right. still ahead on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- a police officer's serum for his missing partner. why he says the department isn't giving him answers about the k-9. alison: next, the reason d.c. public schools is giving for a sudden jump in graduation rates. leon: coming up, new at 6:00 6:00 -- new plan to outdoor ambulance service in d.c. and how soon it could happen is up next.

average we could be looking again at heavy rain. we are looking for what is now tropical storm joaquin to impact the mid-atlantic. this is the latest 5:00 advisory. this is expected to be off the coast of the outer bank of north carolina. a lot of wiggle room with this. wiggle toward the east or toward the west. we could be looking at bigger problems across the area. we will keep you updated on abc7 and wjla.com. bethesda is on saturday. look for period o heavy rain. the temperatures that will range from the lower to the middle 60's. take you out with a look at the next seven days. daytime highs in the 60's on sunday.

isleon: d.c. public school celebrating a milestone. alison: some schools have seen the graduation rate improve. we look at why. kellye: steady rise in the graduation rate. the school with dunbar and a.c. woodson improved graduation rate of 10%.

>> seeing all my friends graduate and me standing by look at them go up the stage. kellye: jacquelyn cruz was a senior and at risk of not graduating after transferring here to another school. programs like after-school credit recovery put her on track to graduate. >> they are taking the courses by staying after school. the teachers are dedicating them to be successful. kellye: there is much more work to be done. the graduation rate at the school is 501%. -- 51%. in 2014, 58%. in 2015, 64%. >> i have had personal obstacles to overcome. i was lacking. kellye: but the report from the teachers and the programs turned dixon's academic life around. now the student was only making it to school two weeks a month was showing up for

class. planning to be the first person in his family to receive his diploma? >> things are coming together for me. >> will you graduate? >> yeah. yes, i will. kellye: in northwest, kellye lynn, abc7 news. leon: arlington public schools also has a reason to celebrate. the on-time graduation rate for chas of 2015 is nearly 93%. that is up 8% points in 2009. the students graduating with an advanced diploma increased 4% as well. it's notable when you look at the requirement for the performance in virginia. congratulations. alison: good news. coming up on abc7 -- a sight you have to see to believe. the explanation behind this sea turtle that glows in the dark. a police dog kicked off the force. now that k-9 is nowhere to be found. the officer fighting for answers a. the officer fighting for answers a. that

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leon: a police officer is looking for his k-9 partner and can't get a straight answer on what happened to chip. kevin lewis is looking into what is going on with this. kevin: chip the k-9 patrolled the city streets for four years and the former partner says the dog was good at sniffing out illegal drugs and credited for tracking down a number of wanted suspects. but tonight, top department brass in montgomery county won't say where they shipped chip. >> he just wanted to please. he worked so hard. kevin: officer is distraught. in may the montgomery county police department confiscated his k-9 partner chip. the move only weeks after a training mishap. >> chip had a bad day. and he bit me. kevin: four months later the highly trained dog is missing and the department will only say it sent chip to a rescue

foundation. >> there is a glitch in the system. i can't put my finger on. i don't know why they won't come forward and say where chip is. >> unbelievable. >> never seen anything like it before. kevin: these retired k-9 handlers have a petition. >> i was bitten by a dog and i required stitches. they didn't take my dog away. they let me retire with him. kevin: the police department says chip was a danger to the community. writing because of the uncontrollable behavior and risk and the safety consideration associated with the behavior he is not eligible to be adopted. >> he is not a liability. he had a bad day. he bit me. i truly love him and i pray every day he comes home. kevin: the police department says by law it has no obligation to release the name of the rescue foundation it sent chip to.

today i asked if chip is still alive. the department spokesperson told me at last check he was. we're live in gaithersburg, kevin lewis, abc7 news. leon: thank you, ketch. keep our fingers crossed. coming up new at 6:00 a blan to outsource ambulance service in d.c. also metro changes now in effect. the impact this is having on the students who depend on the system. alarming new study about terrorism. what a congressional committee found tonight at 6:00. alison: all right. but first get a check on the roadways. jamie sullivan is standing by on traffic watch for us. hi, jamie. jamie: this has been a rough one this afternoon. we have had to watch a few different crashes and they are still happening. first i want to begin in d.c. heading northbound on the third street tunnel after mass avenue. crash blocked two of the left lanes. you can see we are in the teens. that is on the freeway. we are seeing the heavy traffic southbound on 295. we have the earlier issue near malcolm x. with a tractor

trailer that truck the underpass. we are seeing hellingier delays because of the rain coming down. suitland parkway is congested. we are seeing a lot in the d.c. area. 395 will take you 35 minutes getting from the downtown area continuing toward the mixing bowl. i want to focus in on the biggest issue we have. that is the delay. getting from the 270 spurt to 95 and continuing on the inner loop. that is a 14-mile stretch continuing closer to 450. emergency roadwork put in place. with that you have the two lanes blocked. everyone squeezing to the right-hand side. you didn't mishear me. it's 14 miles of slowing from bethesda continuing closer to land. you may be late for dinner tonight. unfortunately. back to you. alison: okay. thank you for the warning. a sea turtle is blowing minds in the science world. take a look at why. the turtle glows in the dark. the first reptile ever seen

with what is called biofluorescence. that is the ability to reflect the blue light of the ocean as a different color. this sid owe was captured in july by a scientist in the south pacific ocean. the phenomena is not the same as the biolume necessary sant because that is emitting light. leon: this is like a marvel comic thing. alison: i don't think so. no. but you can believe that. speaking of interesting. doug: we are short and longer term concerns involving rain. maybe too much of it. for the moment we have a flash flood watch in the area in green. red area are continuing to flash flood warning. it is raining west all day.

we have the heaviest element from fredericksburg to north to winchester. the next couple of hours not only the heaviest element move and drift east as well, we can give an indication what we expect in the next hour or so. the leading edge of the downpour moves northwest. should be arrives in fredericksburg shortly. western side 6:16. it whether move northeast through the remainder of the evening. that is the short term. we have the rain chances the next comem of days as well as the moisture continue to throw overhead. the next big event potentially is joaquin. tropical storm that got stronger today. sustained 65 miles per hour. northeast of the bahamas, drifting southwest now. the computer models all turn it around to start heading north. that is the issue. where is it going to go to head north? hurricane center says it may be a hurricane tomorrow

morning. so we check out the movement here. to the southwest. makes a u-turn and heads up the atlantic. the problem comes in where it is going to go? good question. really no one if they are honest can tell you because the computer models are all over the place with this storm. the possibilities from the lower chesapeake bay and eastern north carolina, new eng land out in the at lannic ocean. rain chances will continue even without the tropical storm. rainy stretch for a few days. leon, allison and robert, back to you. leon: boy, this is the time of year that is really cool for sports. alison: a lot going on. leon: baseball, final, college football, basketball, nba. training camp. robert: look for new offense from the wizards. the run game. they are in transition and all that. we saw it last season. see it again this season. wizards kicked off the

training catch. is this the year the wiz kids get past the sembled round of playoffs? i hate to remind everyone but they don't have paul pierce anymore. he is with the clippers now. most of the core is still here, john wall, the undisputed team leader. it's only day one. the intensity was midseason last year. >> we shared the ball all over the place. probably if i had referees out here we had eight guys foul out probably. but that happens. just that exuberance of being back in the gym. trying to get ready for another year. there is a great excitement. it's good to see. i would be worried now if it was the opposite. it wasn't. robert: leon, you missed drama the other day. but who won't be here next year for the nats? jonathan papelbon or skipper matt williams? for all we know they will both be back next season. matt williams hasn't taken the team to the promised land.

as expected. last season eliminated first round of the playoffs. this season, didn't make the postseason. with a roster that was supposed to win it all. who put the roster together? mike rizzo the general manager. he tells us he is not innocent in all this. mike: a lot of things went wrong. when things go wrong you find out where the deficiencies are. they went wrong quickly and often. probably, you know, i was saying that looking back at the season when i look back at it will see things i should have done different. robert: i have never scored a touchdown before so i have never done a touchdown dance. but if i did, i know where to go to practice. redskins at a key middle school in springfield. in the nfl play 60 program. some of these -- oh! some of these are not bad. how about that? professional dancers there. if i scored a touchdown i'd

either do the whip or nene. but i don't know, i might hurt too bad. alison: i think the kids are doing the teaching out there. little better. robert: good stuff out there. alison: thank you, robert. well for the third time in days facebook crashed yesterday. leon: coming up next, what the outages

alison: you probably know this, facebook is up and running again after the second out knowledge a week. many frustrated users took to social media, where else, to vent. but the incident is highlighting just how much we now rely on our phones. our new technology and our internet sharing. here is abc's brandi hitt. brandi: when facebook went down monday the backlash was instant. people venting on twitter. hey, facebook, have you tried turning it off and on again?

>> it's also in the center. brandi: today's facebook isn't about the 300 million new photos uploading every day by the 968 million active daily users. it's also business. >> there is a lot of other sites and apps relying on facebook and its services to power and run their own app. brandi: in the modern digital age many of us rely on cell phones and online entertainment more than ever. apple still tops the list. in new iphone 6s and the 6s-muss set a record. more than 19 million told. this week google unveiling the new products. >> the new chrome cast allows to hide behind the tv. brandi: now the new norm in tech world. for facebook monday outage was

the third in a month. unprecedented. they said in a statement we apologize to those who have been inconvenienced. not all users were upset. considering how much time we spend online and on the phone, spend quality time with the family. alison: well, coming up next on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- an alert for metro riders. service changes in effect and they could mean delays in the commute. plus, monitoring the rain out there tonight. the chief meteorologist doug hill will have the storm watch forecast. first, consumer alert about credit cards. new technology is here to protect you. what you need to know as "abc7 news at 6:00" starts now. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00ment" on your side. leon: up first we are in storm watch mode. unsettled weather bringing a

chance for rain and storms to the area. maureen: it won't end tonight. chief meteorologist doug hill has a timeline for the rain and what we could see the rest of the week. edoug: is area in a flash flood watch. red area is the area of successive rain causing the flash flooding in progress. the rain is relentless along and west of i-95. the area of orange with the heaviest downpours and these are the heavy areas and almost three inches an hour falling over the foothills now. of the blue ridge. that is moving north. another area of two inches of rain per hour falling southwest of fredericksburg. heading northward in those directions. a tough night. west of the metro area. a cluster you see of yellow and orange, the heaviest rain may take a swipe at d.c. proper this evening. that is the first concern. more chances of the showers the next couple of days