this is moving to hagerstown and cumberland county as well. after that is charlestown. and frederick will get rain and winchester as well. this is well northwest of washington as well. two hours away. nearly 80 in washington. a line of showers and a cold front coming through. big event this weekend. the million man march. it will be cooler tomorrow on the national mall. if you head to the columbus day weekend, beautiful fall weather coming our way. the forecast and keep track of the timing. jonathan: okay. alison: thank you. week one of the charles severance trial is coming to a close. he is charged in three high profile murders in alexandria. today is day two of system.

northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg stepped out of the courtroom. what did he have to say? jeff: it happened at 2:30 in the afternoon unexpectedly. the witness was compose and he talked about the shooting he received when he was on his way home from a doctor's appointment. he said he received the call from a neighbor who said, ":has been an incident in your house. you need to get home right away." he was asked if anyone had problems with his wife. she had no enemies he answered. he said they were married nearly 37 years and met in alexandria in elementary school. and she lived on the street her entire life. without -- it was not uncommon

for people to come and go from the home. but he did not know ron kirby. he knew nancy dunn. because the children attended the preschool. this is a key to the prosecution contention that charles severance targeted member of the system and wanted to convince violence against them. the defense attorneys did not ask any questions at all of norm lodato. before he took the stand we heard from investigators who were looking at the crime scene following the shooting and the particular evidence they discovered while looking at that scene. we will have more on that coming up at 5:00. until then, live in fairfax, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you very much, jeff. developing this afternoon, three police involved shootings in less than 24 hours. alison: two in d.c., one in

maryland. the one in d.c. involved a shoot-out with the mpd officers. stephen tschida is live with more on this. stephen: police opened fire twice in a matter of hours. this is where i'm standing there was an incident. an officer pulled someone over. at some point police say the person was pulled out a gun and took aim at the officer. the officer pulled his service weapon and opened fire. the suspect took off in the vehicle and crashed a couple of blocks away and took off on foot. a couple of hours later, someone walked into a hospital with a bullet wound. that individual was arrested. last night, a similar situation played out. a suspect shot an officer and the officer shot back but that individual got away. >> it's uncalled for. it is.

it's uncalled for. stephen: the individual took off on foot in southeast d.c. the search remained on for him. charges are pending. they haven't been worked out. we don't have an i.d. on the suspect yet. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. the other shooting was columbia, maryland, where the police confronted a man in cardinal lane. shelly is joining us live from columbia. why were the police called to the scene in the first place today? shelly: well, jonathan, officers received a 911 call around 10:40 this americaning. the caller telling police that a man with a knife was inside his home threatening to kill

him. when they arrived, the man was in the driveway. they said he refused to drop the knife and he advanced on the officers. that's when one fired on him and killed him. they searched the home after the shooting and say no other people were inside. officers responded to the home and they were confronted with a man with a knife in driveway. the man approached him. they directed him repeatedly to drop the knife. he refused. one of the officer was forced to fire his weapon. the police are still on the scene and they will open this road to traffic within minutes. the man's identity is not released and the officer is an eight-year veteran with the department and he has been placed on routine administrative leave while this is investigated. reporting live in columbia, abc7 news.

alison: you can get updates away from the the by going to wjla.com. jonathan: a d.c. police officer is in trouble. he is facing assault charges after investigators say he got in a fight with an employee at cell phone store wednesday night in northeast. the store worker said that he made inappropriate comments to his girlfriend who also worked in the store. alison: in the district. a big weekend planned. we have the taste of d.c. it marks the 20th verse of the million man march on the national mall. all the preparation has been underway for days. what did they say at the news conference today? sam: they had a lot of things to say. we will look at some of them.

i was going to say this is not a million man march. in is a march for everybody this time. they are not expecting a million people to be coming here. but the people here are gathering, socializing, listening to music and getting ready for tomorrow's big day. on the west front of the u.s. capitol, organizers and workers are busy getting ready for tomorrow's 20th anniversary march. october 1995, men came from coast to coast and packed the national mall left-hand by louis farrakhan. he was criticized by many then and this time slammed for a march called justice forever. >> let's see what mr. farrakhan has to say. sam: in a news conference they raised the issue of interim news conference from the capitol police that accused

farrakhan of inciting violence and that there are concerns that the second march may not be as peaceful. they met with the nation of islam about it. >> the chief decided to issue an apology. sam: march attenders arrive to mark the ceremony. it will involve the full day. there is concern to the nation of islam authorities and police are called from the anti-muslim group for protesters to come to area mosques in d.c. in this case, muhammad said to the marchers here do not come with any guns, no alcohol, and don't come with large bags or containers because he says it

will slow down the search process. it will take place here tomorrow. reporting live from the national mall. jonathan: it's chaotic there right now for the republicans. who will be the next speaker of the house? it seemed that kevin mccarthy was a shoo-in. he was poised to take over for boehner but he dropped out at the last second. so now it's chaotic in the hill. this is the halls of the capitol. the scrum, the madness to get a hint of who the republican nominee might be. a free-for-all. one name consistently talked about. >> no doubt an overwhelming choice. >> peter king calls him

"paul." we know him as paul ryan. all the talking about the candidate and paul ryan's name keeps popping up. it's not clear if he will seek the speaker nomination. this is video you saw first on "good morning, washington." who men cited after crashing a drone in the white house. jeanette reyes with the video and the story. jeanette: authorities of a drone. authorities scrambling trying to find it. now we know who is responsible for it. the cameras were rolling as the exhausting and the tedious one-hour search was underway for the drone the size of a small bird. it crashed landed after the operator lost control. witnesses helped locate it. it happened at 1:30 this morning. the u.s. park police were told by the secret service about the illegal drone activity on the south lawn of the white house. he was detained on 15th and east street northwest and

fined $85. >> around 1:20, the united states park police received an alert from the secret service about the drones flying in the area of the washington monument. the park police were able to locate howard sullivan iii in possession of a black remote control. that was in control of the drone. jeanette: it happens more than you think. this year alone it happened the nine times, this is the ninth time. it happened 26 times since 2013. that is just the case documented by the u.s. park police. moving forward i ask them if there are plans to make this, the consequences more severe. they tell me there aren't any plans. however, they are working with the f.a.a. to get the message out there that this is illegal in the district. jeanette reyes, abc7 news. jonathan: coming up, an exclusive one-on-one interview with republican candidate alessandro --

ben carson. jonathan: we will talk gun control with carson following the oregon shooting and questions about his take on the holocaust. the full explanation in his own words only on abc7. alison: plus, a deadly accident on the suitland parkway. how did a tractor trailer flip over a bridge and right on to a busy street? we will take you to the scene and have an update on rush hour travel time. >> a northeast d.c. neighborhood dealing with a problem for more than a year. i'm chris papst. coming up, what ha discover the world

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alison: "7 on your side" getting results after unfinished utility work. jonathan: unfinished because the work left a hole in 35th street northeast. we got a call from a viewer wanting something done. item investigator chris papst took a look and got good news for the neighborhood. this is 35th street in northeast d.c. when they did this work for some reason, this patch of road was never completed.

it has been like this for a year. when people come by here, they swerve out of the way. a couple of neighbors we spoke to, the vehicles were damaged. you see how the car has a side view mirror tilted in. other vehicles just come through here. they do a classic thump-thump. it feels like your car is being rattled because this right here, this is about a two-inch drop in this street. here comes the car right here. you will be able to see. he is swerving out of the way. trying not to go into this ditch too far. after a year of calling washington gas the neighbors called out to "7 on your side." this is one woman we spoke to said today. >> when you hit it, the car rocks. i rocks -- it rocks and creeks. we're doing damage. chris: we will tell you how washington gas responded minutes after we made the phone call. this has been like this for a year. the guys are now here to do something about it.

in northeast d.c., chris papst, abc7 news. alison: okay. sounds good. thank you. our "7 on your side" team wants to hear from you. that is actually how we found out about chris' story. the hotline number is always open taking your tips. 866-236-2301. jonathan: if your morning drive is backed up, there is a reason why. this morning, a big rig driver kill affidavit the truck jumped jumped the guardrail onto the suitland parkway below. i snarled traffic to make for long ride in. this by joint base andrews. suzanne kennedy has the latest from the scene. suzanne: i'm on suitland parkway. this is what is left of the truck that drove off the outer loop of the beltway and came crashing down on the suitland parkway this morning. you can see there is a worker in -- looking at the bridge.

the accident took place this morning. the driver was pronounced dead on the scene and has not been identified. there was only one witness. that person was depriving on the beltway and called 911 when they saw the truck go over the side wall. as a result, suitland parkway was closed for more than six hours affecting the morning rush hour. in prince george's county, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. jonathan: check on the traffic situation this afternoon. robertrobert altman keeping an e on thing. from the picture it looks like they are moving. robert: a few moments ago. all lanes reopened. the inbound side was shut down this morning. outbound was closed for 112 hours and now reopened. we are looking at slow traffic around the region. look at the beltway. this starts on the inner loop to 66 and 270. and 202. all the way out of virginia to

montgomery county. prince george's county continuing out through the area up i-95. southbound 95 is jammed up solid. leaving the area of woodbridge, dale city through fredericksburg. northbound 130 in fredericksburg, it continues. outbound 66 through the metro toward the area route 28 in centreville.

devon: hagerstown getting the heavier rain. there is a creep next to the showers. next up is fredericksburg. charlestown and winchester and loudoun county as well. leesburg, we'd get the heavier showers in the forecast. looking ahead to temperatures we have reached 80 degrees. maybe the cloud cover and the sprinkle activity we wouldn't get there. we had the clouds. the sprinkle activity. what we are tracking here is the movement in the showers and the storms closer to washington. what we are seeing is movement at 30 miles per hour. it is 80 miles away. puts them here in two hours at 6:00.

this is a cold front passing our way. the timing of the storms are most important. 6:00 p.m. heart of the washington metro. big picture in the next two days. it's cool irtomorrow. ton of sunshine around this weekend. columbus day, itself, the temperatures go back up. much closer view. we set the forecast and going to tomorrow. lower 50's to mid-50's. a look at the future cast after the showers and the storms tonight. look at saturday. it will be gorgeous. highs to the 60's. washington metro, yeah, a bit cooler tomorrow. get through saturday. cooler. we will get temperatures on the rise really starting to get nicer. there is a look at southwest washington. we will be in the way of mid-60's for the forecast as well. getting to the seven-day forecast, we will be watching in the way of temperatures coming back up in the sembled half of the weekend. 72. monday, look at that. columbus day. a lot of people off for the federal holiday. 75 and sunshine.

repeat from most of the week. alison: we can't argue with that. jonathan: thank you. coming up next on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- an upset when it comes to nobel peace prize winners. a small group and big name they overcame to take the prestigious award. that's coming up. alison: who should be armed and where should they be positioned? republican presidential candidate ben carson opens up to abc7. the interview you will see to abc7. the interview you will see only he

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alison: this year, grassroots democracy group won the nobel prize. we have the big surprise for the winners and who they beat out. >> the nobel peace prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the tunisia national quartet. >> beating out pope francis and germany's leader angela merkel. the quartet honored for saving democracy in tunisia after a government revolution. the north african nation became a beacon of hope in 2011, sparking a populous movement to upend the status quo across the middle east. the arab spring, the jasmine revolution, ballots over

bullets. in tunisia, building democratic institutions, constitutional, legislature from scratch. in egypt, libya, other nations where similar change seemed possible were short-lived. the countries are today marked by chaos and violence. tunisia not immune. in march, isis-inspired terrorist killed 22 people mainly tourists at a museum in the capitol. thousands of tunisias are thought to be fighting with isis in iraq and syria. there are problems. >> driving force to advance people the development in tunisia. >> in tunisia, they are celebrating the surprise honor for the country. one of the quartet member tweeting this is an honor not only for his nation but for those across the arab world who believe in a democracy that works peaceful. jennifer eccleston, abc news,

london. alison: campus shooting in arizona, texas, oregon, in recent days. the spate of violence on campuses and what can be done to prevent it just ahead. >> i don't think it's controversial at all. jonathan: his

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alison: storms popping up. we have a big weekend. taste of d.c., march on the mall. the boat show in annapolis. devon lucie has the forecast. will it clear out for the weekend? devon: it will be. the possible thunderstorms going on now through the evening. heavier showers right now in the northern zone. we go to the live doppler 7 radar here and put it in motion. show you the showers now. they are moving east/southeast. we have rain showers about nothing toward the shan doia valley. we have warm sunshine. you can see this is a line of showers. possible thunderstorms. this is courtesy of a cold front coming in.

we have the 5k there. the rest of us high temperatures are 67. means two or three in the afternoon and the sun is rising. 50's to 60's to get there. the columbus holiday on monday. beautiful sunshine. mid-70's. the rest of the forecast on the way. alison: in texas, a deadly shooting outside a dormitory at texas southern university. one person is dead. another is in stable condition. houston police they say that a possible suspect in custody. the campus was placed on lockdown while they looked for the gunman but they say the shooting may have started with an argument. alison: emotional day in oregon. jonathan: president obama went to oregon to meet the victims'

families from umpqua community college shooting. >> as presidents obama arrives in oregon this afternoon, the white house says he will be focused on traumatized survivors and the grieving families he is there to meet privately. the nine killed in last week's massacre at a community college. but just hours before his troop -- >> an emergency call. one dead, three others wounded in shooting overnight near a dorm at northern arizona university in flagstaff. >> this is not a formal day. >> the 18-year-old gunman a freshman now in custody opened fire and a fight escalated. >> two separate student groups got in a confrontation. it turned physical. >> while president obama is not expected to discuss gun control in oregon the staff is looking what he can use the

executive actions to expand the background checks without waiting for congress to act. most say the focus should be on mental health. today, dr. ben carson is defending his recent suggestion that part of the solution to mass shootings could be more guns. >> do we need mechanism in schools or other places where you can defend yourself? should we have trained people there? i have no objection to that at all. >> there have been ten school shootings this year. in arizona, place have not said what led to deadly fight. in northwest, abc7 news. jonathan: on the issue of gun control we heard from presidential candidate ben carson. he had a lot to say. a controversial comment people are taking issue with. he said with the hol cast and guns in jews, he said 6 million jews would not have been slaughtered if they had guns and had a chance to

defend themselves. abc7 got exclusive access to dr. carson this afternoon and got to press him on the issues and a few others. >> i don't think it's controversial at all. what i said is that before tyranny can take hold, the tyrants generally disarm the people. and that happened in germany as well. >> dr. carson standing by his comments suggesting that 6 million jews would not have been slaughtered if they had had access to guns. the candidate for president saying the media is blowing this out of proportion. >> the press has an agenda. that question is a perfect example of it. taking something that most americans understand what i'm talking about and trying to make it into a controversy. jonathan: abc7 also asked carson about the comments about arming teachers in schools.

>> i made that comment in the context of gun-free zones. what i said is many of the massacres that have occurred have occurred in gun-free zones. even though these people carrying them out may not be in full possession of their faculties, they are in possession of them enough to know if they go to a place they are not likely to get shot they might carry out the nefarious purposes. jonathan: if elected he said he would enforce gun laws already on the books. >> you don't pick and choose which laws you want to enforce. jonathan: dr. carson had more to say. if you want to listen to the entire interview we put the interview, the one-on-one on the website. go to wjla.com. then just click on the feature video tab and you will see it there. alison? alison: okay. larry hogan is in his final round of chemotherapy in the medical center in baltimore. he is battling non-hodgkins lymphoma. he is expected to undergoing a

test next month to see if the treatment was successful. in a facebook post he said he is excited to beat the defense minister and work hard and change maryland for the better. howard county teacher under arrest after a sting operation. richard kemp was arrested for prostitution and sexual solicitation of a minor in montgomery county. he is an english teacher in howard high school at glenelg high school. a letter was sent home to parents yesterday explaining the situation. a long-term substitute will take over kemp's class. jonathan: developing story now. the national transportation safety board is examining the sister ship of the cargo ship that zapping in hurricane joaquin. el unique arrived yesterday. in the meantime, three el faro former crew members say that the ship never should have been out on the water. a former quarter master says that the chief cook's room was constantly leaking water and the ship's drainage didn't work very well. >> all that we do is mask the problem. we paint over rust.

but it's so much rust. jonathan: in an e-mail to cnn the company that operated el faro said the 40-year-old ship met all standards regardless of the age. 33 crew members including 28 americans are believed to have perished with that ship going down. prosecutors pushing for murder conviction against oscar pistorius. he was set to be released from prison and moved to a house arrest today. but a new parole hearing set for next week. alison: so what is crossing the line when it comes to hol wean decorations? -- halloween decorations? how real should it look? the homeowner and the neighbors' reaction coming up next. jonathan: a local toys for

tots running out of options may not be able to participate this year. the local organization reaching out to "7 on your side" and how you might help. we have th

jonathan: must-see news. folks in ohio are freaked out by hall bean display. a -- halloween display. this body upazoid dune, this one nailed to a cross and this is nailed to a pole. they freaked out kids in the neighborhood in spirit of halloween. neighbors are not happy by it. they are bothered how graphic the display is. this house is a block from elementary school. a lot of the kids are too scared to go by the house now. >> i felt scared because i thought they were real people. >> shock. you take a double take because it's very realistic display. jonathan: city officials are weighing in saying there is nothing they can do about this because it's freedom of expression. the homeowners were asked and they were nice about it. they said they didn't realize the display was so upsetting. they didn't mean to frighten children. alison: they didn't know it

was upsetting? c'mon. jonathan: mission accomplished. they got everyone scared. alison: go to something cute instead. look at this. watch the video from australia. it will bring out "ahh's" i'm sure. 4-month-old brush tail possum named betina loves her kangaroo toy. she clings to it thinking it's her mom. the 'sun is the orphan and they say e -- 'sun -- possum is an orphan and would be clinging to her mother. we can call this fur ball friday. that started on "good morning washington." we got great pictures. here is emma and lucy together. thanks to the wards for sending this sweet picture. we are a look at gus. we know gus. this is steve rudin's dog, our meteorologist. jonathan: sound dog. what is that? alison: i don't know what gus is. a sweet dog. steve walks all around old town with gus.

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alison: wow! you might remember this scene. february 16. mount carbon, west virginia, a train carrying dozen of cars filled with crude oil derailed. then the huge fire. i burned for days. now the ntsb says the tracks

were damaged an inspectors missed that twice before the derailment. a nearby home burned down in the fire as well. jonathan: the highlight that blew know stores you drug -- flew notorious drug lord el chapo to freedom is behind bars. 2 people have been arrested in connection with the escape. all but one is a government employee. at&t is making wi-fi calling available to all customers with an iphone 6 or newer model. it enables phones to automatically switch to a wi-fi connection for calls if the cell signals are low or unavailable. company turned on the feature today. they are free if they're between u.s., puerto rico or u.s. virgin island numbers. it does not require separate apps but you have to be running ios 9. an organization that is in the business of giving to children and their families during the holiday season is now in need of a huge favor from us.

alison: montgomery county toys for tots campaign said there may be no give-away for children in the county unless someone steps forward to help right away. "7 on your side" horace holmes explains. horace: he has a lot of toys. >> left over from last year. horace: a big problem on his hands. >> i have been to burtonsville and silver spring. horace: but he hasn't been able to find what the montgomery county toys for tots needs. awareness. >> i'm worried. >> it's october and they should have already been collecting toys for the give-away at christmas. >> the children, you can see them. let me loose in a candy store and instead you can have all you want. horace: these are pictures from last year give- away. it was filled with toys and people. the owners of the warehouse

decided not to make it available this year. even though toys for tots has been frantically looking for another, they had no luck. >> we need a warehouse yesterday. horace: right now they only have a small rented locker at the germantown storage facility. the toys for tots would love to have a permanent warehouse so they would haven't to go through it every year but that is down the road. the focus is on this year and a place to store and distribute toys for kids this christmas. >> we don't have a place to go this year, that means that there would be no toys for tots in montgomery county for children. >> in germantown, horace holmes, abc7 news. jonathan: be nice to see them get the help they need. alison: absolutely. jonathan: they need it from now until the end of december. if you can donate the space or if you know someone who has space to do it, give them a call. it is tax deductible, by the way. alison: great organization. jonathan: it is. alison: still to come at "abc7 news at 5:00" today -- a frederick woman seeing red.

about all that pink. find out why she is taking on the nfl in the name of cancer research. jonathan: you think your commute is bad? look at this. find out why the folks were stuck for hours. alison: are you sure that is not a parking lot? jonathan: that is crazy. alison: more planes over d.c. we'll explain why? that's coming up at 5:00. jonathan: coming up for us on abc7, sunday at 9:30 in the morning, "full measure" with sharyl attkisson. senior political reporter scott thuman will have part two of his report on the refugee crisis in the middle east and europe. look for that sunday morning. alison: meanwhile, more evacuations are taking place in south carolina as communities brace for the chance of even more flooding. the forecasters say more rain is on the way. a week after the storm that caused historic flooding in the state. 20 inches or more of rain fell. houstons of roads remain closed. fema has opened -- hundreds of roads remain closed.

fema has open three centers to help families there. the fall foliage has not peaked here yet. it will be later this month. but look at the colors in wisconsin. isn't that beautiful? this is near wausaw, wisconsin. it's not quite peak there but you can see we have a lot to look forward to. this gives us a nice taste of it. jonathan: beauty, don't you know? alison:rah, yeah. that's nice. jonathan: talk about what is happening here. weather, we couldn't ask for anything better. devon: it's been great all week. now there is a bump. we have showers an storms this evening. some could be hefty. this is well outside the viewing area. route 40 near i-70 junction on the washington county line. you can see the wet roads. start with doppler radar and show you the shower and the storms northward. but the latest information in is the heavier showers, thunderstorms. north where the warnings are. the severe thunderstorm.

they move closer to the immediate washington metro. we expect storms to fire up and explode in intensity. focusing on the weekend forecast. once we get past the stormy evening, it's looking great. cooler going to saturday. highs in the 60's. recover nicely for the columbus day weekend. into columbus day on monday. saturday, one of the events coming through. we have the taste of d.c. temperatures only in the mid-to-upper 60's. wear the coats there for the taste of d.c. it is going to be chilly. the army ten-miler going on sunday. sunny skies. the army ten-miler. i'm told that it starts in the 40's and gets in the 50's. gorgeous weather coming for you then. fantastic columbus day. mid-70's for the highs. that is the latest on the weekend forecast. we could get the latest on the wet roads north with robert altman. robert: we have wet roads coming in.

frederick county, washington county. heading to the area very soon. we have big problems on 95. the pavement is dry but the traffic is slow. northbound 95. live look near 198. the overturned just ahead between 198 and 216 blocking the two left lanes. slow traffic to power mill. we are headed to the beltway with the delay. the beltway, inner loop. it's intermittent to silver springs. back at it through college park and green belt through 202 and landover. westbound 66. into centreville. plenty of stop-and-go. that is the latest from the centreville. back to you. alison: thank you. we will see you soon. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a designer clothing at a discount. is it too good to be true? where the ads are popping up and the unexpected costs after

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alison: how would you like a design dresser for $20? it might be too good to be true. before you place an order, consumer reporter john matarese shows what happened to one woman so you don't waste your money. jop: designer dresses can cost hundreds of dollars. more and more women in the d.c. area find them online in discounts. a woman learned that some of the dress selling sites are too good to be true. >> she is saying it's a large. it's a small. john: tammy who didn't want her last name used can't believe the poor quality dresses that just showed up. >> this one is ripped. john: she ordered them after seeing an ad on the facebook page for discount dress site. she never heard of tbdress.com but felt better when they took paypal. >> i saw that paypal does business them and they accepted it i felt 110% confident. never questioned it. john: what arrived in a bag from china is nothing like what she saw online. >> three are the wrong side. one is damaged. i got five instead of six.

>> the package was shipped by d.h.l. but there is no return label oreesy way to cheap it back. >> the shipping is $99. >> it would cost almost as much to ship them back as she paid. two years ago a new bride told me a similar story. she ended up with awful bridesmaid dresses from the same website. >> the color is not at all what i wanted. >> the better business bureau gives them an f rating. it has not responded to the b.b.b. inquiry or ours. while paypal has buyer protection if you are disappointed. >> if they take paypal i'm covered. >> but it doesn't recover the shipping fees and it's not worth her time or money to ship it back to china. >> my advice is look into retailer for complaints and find out where they are located. paypal offers some protection but you can still be disappointed. so be careful and don't waste your money. i'm john matarese, abc7 news. alison: right now on abc7 news

at 5:00 -- our small stretch of summer is ending in a summer-like fashion with the possibility of thunderstorms tonight. meteorologist devon lucie on storm watch for us. devon: the heftiest storms well north/northeast of washington. that is where we have severe thunderstorm warnings, watches from new jersey. if you watch the heavier showers north/northwest of winchester, martins burg, they close in on the metro. those are expected to flop through in the heavier thunderstorm but this is still a ways away. so live 7 doppler radar, it's west of washington. the hev heaviest storms north and west. we have the rain sliding slowly. frederick, the main moving through. we haven't seen lightning. heavy rain extends to charlestown. winchester has the rain moving in as well. as this moves out, expect heavier storms to fire. temperatures because we're right around 80 degrees.

82 leesburg and higher humidity to go with it, spark and spawn storms. you can see the severe thunderstorm watch north and east but nothing in the way of the severe thunderstorm threat yet. if we had a stronger storm, stronger wind gust to come through. match for justice coming in. beautiful weather coming on the national mall. we will talk about a beautiful columbus day weekend in the complete forecast a few minutes away. alison: we'll see you then. stay a step ahead with the weather at wjla.com. you can also monitor the facebook page and the twitter feed. or you can download the storm watch 7 weather app to the tablet or smartphone to have a forecast at your fingertips. jonathan: ruthann lobado husband took the stand at the trial today. norm was on the stand for half an hour. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg was in the courtroom. i expect the defense didn't ask any questions. what happened there?