>> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. >> that breaking news this noon out of culpeper county. there are three schools on modified lockdown right now. those schools are culpeper county middle school, high school, and the alternative school. police have a student in custody after they tell us that person brought a gun on a bus. andstudent is in custody the schools are on a modified lockdown. that is all we know right now but we will bring you more information as soon as we get it so stay with abc seven. we are following breaking news and a huge case in arlington

county.police arrested a man connected to a string of sexual assault in the county . we have all of the details. arrestce made that this morning as the suspect was exiting a metro bus in the courthouse section arlington. the suspect has been identified by police. 19-year-old melvin perez boinilla is charged with two counts of attempted abduction. analysis are being done right now to confirm involvement in another attack as well. police say he confessed to multiple sexual assaults during questioning a police headquarters.police say the initial attack happened on july 25 as a victim was walking alone. that men currently being held at the arlington county detention center. reporting live, brianne carter. jummy: another big story this noon, and accused the real killer on trial.

opening arguments in the trial could soon begin. he is charged in the death of three people in alexandria. countylive at the courthouse with new developments regarding the case. >> that's right. this is day three of jury selection and we just got word a few moments ago from our prosecutor saying there is chance the arguments will happen today meeting selections for the jury will continue today. they will likely be seated today and opening arguments are likely said to begin tomorrow morning. was happening inside the courtroom now is what is called the wadeer portion of the jury selection. they are asking the jurors if they can be fair and selective on this case and if they pay attention to media alerts regarding this and fairness with firearms and mental illness. those other topics expected to

be brought up during portions of this trial. murders duringa a more than 10 year period. prosecutors say he was motivated by hatred of the system as well as a custody dispute. they have writings and actions to prevent. with no direct evidence and no definitive witness providing the defense with the opportunity to raise reasonable doubt. say tothe prosecutors the jurors this case will involve evidence that will be frightening, terrifying, and graphic. we expect to start hearing the evidence at some point tomorrow. we will be here covering it closely. live in fairfax, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. jummy: a developing story now in stafford county. a man in custody after an hour-long standoff. this happened in the sunnydale near 610.wnhomes

someone from inside the apartment called 911 about a man with a gun. the color to get out of the apartment but the person with a gun barricaded himself inside. just in the last hour, police took the suspect in custody. no word on what prompted that incident. is more than 100 firefighters to finally contain a three alarm fire that damaged a church in chicago. the fire broke out at the shrine of christ the king church just before 6:00 this morning. luckily, nobody was hurt.investigators still are not sure what caused the massive fire. officials say it may be related to renovation work being done at the church. the same church was gutted by fire in the 1970's. right now, more people are being forced from their homes in south carolina as the flooding threat continues there. water levels are still rising in some areas. at least nine dams have failed since saturday.

we have the latest on relief efforts there. they have been working especially on shoring up the dams as much as they can. there is one a few miles north of your that they worked overnight ringing rocks and sand using heavy equipment making sure it would not reach this morning. they almost have to evacuate a new religion at the last possible moment, they were able to make it strong enough with the situation is still tenuous. relief operations are underway in south carolina, even as dams breached and evacuations continue. 35 dams are currently being monitored throughout the state. of those, 11 have fields and saturday. beaver creek dam which officials warned was on the break failure has stabilized. >> this is a time of fate and strength and taking care of each other and neighbors taking care of neighbors. if we do that, we will come out of this better than we have before. >> hundreds of national guard members are in colombia to

assist. should not helicopters have been flying over the area dropping sandbags and equipment. >> it will take a while for us to get back to where we are. as a collective effort, we have had state and local and federal officials on this issue meeting. we will get there sooner than people expect. >> the national guard is not alone in the effort. residents of south carolina are stepping up to support affected communities, donating food, water, and toys. >> i read in the news this morning that they had urgent needs so i did not hesitate to drop everything and when as much water as a good in my car and deliver it as soon as i could. >> the governor is giving a press conference right now updating everyone on the situation. one of the things she and other officials have been stressing is the need to stay vigilant even though this rain has stopped. even where we are right here,

use the ongoing search and rescue operations. theyheriff's office says are searching for two people who went missing when their car was flooded with water. despite the fact that the rain is done, they do not want people to be complacent. it is still a volatile situation on the ground. jummy: thank you for that report in the upstate from columbia south carolina. if you are looking for a way to volunteer or donate money or send food or clothing to the victims of satellite, you can go to the website. it has all of the resources and information that you need to know. let's take a look outside right now at our local weather. things are pretty nice and warm out there and if you clouds -- there. a few clouds out there. >> 68 degrees down the river at reagan international. very light wind conditions today. it is just a matter of time

before we will see some areas make into some sunshine. areas of cloudiness continued to stream in from the north and northwest. 68 degrees at noon. 70 in fredericksburg and andrews air force base. 69 in hagerstown and manassas. mid to high-level clouds but you see some breaks. it will be pleasant enough. we will get to the 70's. some areas will wind up with a few hours of sunshine. a feel of the october son still warm out there it will be pretty. rather pleasant. very comfortable temperatures. a couple of degrees above average for this seventh day of october. the satellite on the futurecast, this is innovation simulation of what the weather may be like for the next couple of days. you see some cloudiness moving across pennsylvania tomorrow morning in the forecast. as we get through today, things will change a little bit. that will be as the cloudiness from the next corporate increases. that will have a late tomorrow

evening. by midday to mid afternoon hours on friday, the corporate will pass through with occasional showers and maybe some isolated thunderstorms. the air is a little bit cooler behind it. unlike the last hope and we had which made all kinds of problems for us, this one will blow to the area is submit. we will be in fine shape as we head into the weekend. 68 areagan international airport. winds are eastern-southeasterly. we will talk about the weekend in detail in a couple of minutes. jummy: we will see you then. a couple in custody after an overnight crash involving a metro bus and a car. around 1:00 this money, police say a man driving a stolen car crashed into the metro bus ride along the 11th street bridge. the driver tried to leave the scene at one point elected to jump off the bridge but was eventually arrested. the driver and three passengers were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. let's head over to jamie sullivan now with a check on the

traffic for us. we are starting with a live look in the d.c. area. no problems right now you if you do have to get closer to d.c.. no problems right now getting there. midday construction, we have a few things going on. let's move to the maps and talk about what you need to know. if you are getting inbound on clara barton parkway, there is roadwork happening, some paving they are doing heading inbound between chain bridge and the turnaround. is a scheduled until 2:00. for the next two hours, get ready for some volume. you see that solid red line at about eight miles per hour. gw parkway is clear so that may be an option if you are heading in. let's talk about military road. some work went into place with rolling closures in both directions. you will see this between oregon avenue and 14th street. one lane will be maintained in each direction. that is until november 8. looking good with no delays on

the capital. on metro, do not forget the red line has midday work. expect some delays possible. that is a look at traffic. back to you. jummy: thousands of kids across the region and the nation ditched school buses this morning and walked to school. today is national walk and ride your bike to school day. we spent the morning at an elementary school where students were welcomed with a big celebration. >> good afternoon. gaithersburg elementary school is one special place. more than 800 students here wall or writer-director schools here every day. they are fulfilling the exact goals of what is they was originally made for, to start a new trend work is walk instead of by the bus to school. this year, nearly 5000 schools across the country participated. another goal was to encourage local governments to build more sidewalks and crosswalks for their communities. we spoke to a lot of students here today. they say they could not be happier to walk agent every single night. >> it is really cool because it

is good for everyone because you have to stay active and healthy. todayike car rides but everybody walked to school. >> writing a car is easier, but walking is better for the earth. >> if you're out on the list this afternoon, these kids will not be riding the school bus.they will be walking back home . just caution as you head out on the road. jummy: good advice. coming up at noon, a health alert after it is legally outbreak. what the cdc has limited to. know rooms, no problems. the amazing. delivery story out of north carolina we are already looking to the headline.

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>> you are watching abc 7 news at noon on your side. jummy:an associated press investigation reveals a thriving black market in eastern europe. law-enforcement officials in eastern europe are working with the fbi. they have interrupted four attempts in the past five years. to sell material that can be used to make a dirty bomb in february. off in ag a dirty bomb very dense area, the level of contamination can be a big deal if nothing else from an economic standpoint. jummy: the radioactive material is believed it to come from russian hospitals. they also say the islamic state has not shown an interest in building a dirty bomb. we turn now to the race for the

white house. new controversy for republican presidential candidate dr. ben carson. he has been criticized for comments he made about last week's mass shooting in oregon. he said if he had been sitting in the classroom, he would have fought back. he later responded to critics who called him insensitive and said he was not judging the victims. plant the seed in people's minds so that if this happens again, they do not all be killed. jummy: carson supports gun rights. he is also pushing for veterans of health care and keeping guns from people declared dangerous by psychiatrist. and important health alert now. officials in maine investigating a deadly e. coli incident. one-timers that and another in the hospital after visiting a petting zoo at a county fair last month. a state veterinarian will investigate the health of the animals. the cdc says the best defense against e. coli is thoroughly

washing your hands and using hand sanitizer. the condition of the second little boy his unknown. a new mother in south carolina has a unique story to share after giving birth during the flood. the woman was trapped in her north charleston home on sunday when she went to labor. there is no way she could drive or nebulas could get to her through the high water. firefighters used a canoe to get her to the hospital. >> i was scared. i was scared. there was so much water. in 15 years, that is the first patient i have ever had that arrived via canoe. wasy: the healthy boy healthy and delivered after nine hours in the hospital. mother and baby doing just fine and expect to return home today. that is such good news to hear. doug: a great story. jummy: for our weather here, kind of the same as yesterday. doug: a little less sunshine has

we get into the afternoon. the clouds indicative of what it is like. a little warmer. we will do you underway with a time lapse. this picture from the belle haven country club in alexandria along the shores of the potomac river. it was absolutely gorgeous there today with plenty of breaks in the overcast promised for later. maybe it has been the clouds that have been keeping people off the course. as the afternoon goes on, we will have more sunshine coming our way. temperatures at midday already in the lower 70's at spots. 74 an in falls church. the numbers will continue to climb slowly. our average high this time in october is 72. we will be a little above average. our satellite shows the clouds earlier this morning. that you get into some clearing.

some indication of clearing skies so we will go partly sunny . i do not know if we will get mostly sunny but close to it. the key is it will be quiet with light winds and pleasant weather. still good news weather-wise across the carolinas. south carolina mostly clear skies statewide now. temperatures rebounding there as well. this gives us an idea of the shift in the atmosphere. more clouds will pass overhead to the north. as it into the afternoon and evening, more clouds line up as the cold front comes through. this could well bring us scattered showers and thunderstorms on friday afternoon. a 40% chance. the front will come and go and we will be back to clearing skies and a touch cooler weather to the upcoming weekend. as far as what will happen today, 77 for a high with decreasing cloudiness and light winds. skies will be clear to partly cloudy and cooling in the 50's. -- will again in the 50's.

and high of 76 degrees tomorrow. into the weekend, saturday will be cooler with a few clouds in the morning becoming sunny during the afternoon hours. as we look forward to the day on sunday, 71 degrees. that is the outlook right now for the current temperature on sunday. with that, temperatures will be quite seasonable. about 71 degrees. as far as what is coming next, our seven day outlook not bad at all moving toward. the weather should be picking up with temperatures rebounding into the 70's by the end of the weekend and early next week. not unusual this time of year to get a couple of days around 80, but that will be a rarity going forward. jummy: ok. doug: days are getting shorter. we will take its. jummy: almost that time. some new information on the bones like an emissions scandal. mystery.edical this strange problem impacting a

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jummy: a new addition to the rosslyn neighborhood today. a new target opened today. it includes a section of a payroll, groceries, and home items aimed at smaller space living. it is one of eight opening nationwide this year including one already in college park. now to a 7 on your side consumer alert. volkswagen is cutting its nonessential spending to cope with a huge cost of the admissions skatin cheating scandal. -- emissions cheating scandal. the automaker hopes to fix all of them by the end of next year.

we want you to know me the 12-year-old girl who has hurt blasio more times that you can count. she began sneezing and she has not stopped. she averages about 20 sneezes a minute. so far, doctors in houston have not figured out exactly what causes this the thing. they are calling the condition a take. she just wants the condition got for good. a beautiful wednesday in store for you. we will be back with a full forecast for you when we come back. wow. this place is spectacular.

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get you backt to that were breaking news from culpeper county. this is a live look now from news chopper seven over culpeper county high school. that school in a modified lockdown as well as the middle school and the alternative school. police tell us they have a student in custody after the student brought a gun onto a bus. stay with abc seven and wjla.com for the latest. we will have more tonight at 4:00. a quick check of the forecast. doug: we will get some sun this afternoon. beautiful weather tomorrow as well. a cold front could break showers and storms clearing over the weekend. i will have a lot more

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