this hit glenburg to anne arundel county as well. here is the immediate washington metro to rockville. gaithersburg. back to fairfax. loudoun county. seeing the heavier rain. a couple of lightning strikes starting to show up and move toward the washington metro. the rate of movement is east/southeast at 30 miles per hour. that means for the next hour to hour and a half we will see the showers and the storms finally enter the washington metro. the bigger picture, this is all along a cold front. after the cold front is through we are better weather coming our way. we have beautiful fall weather set to come. cooler to start off the holiday weekend. sunshine up to 75. we will retract the heavier showers and the storms. the complete forecast on the way. >> you got it. folks remember you can track severe weather away from your tv. download the storm watch weather app or the smart phone. we have it for you. download it now.

maureen: lots of emotion on the witness stand today at the trial of accused serial killer. this afternoon the widower of the final victim ruthann lobado recalled the moment he learned his wife had been killed. jeff goldberg is live outside the fairfax countyhouse. we understand today's trial included bringing a car bumper into court. what was that about? jeff: that is right. the bumper of charles severance's late 1990 ford escort brought in the courtroom by the prosecution to further tie him to the ruthann murder through circumstantial evidence. this afternoon, we heard from ruthann's husband who talked about losing his wife. the woman he met in elementary school. this photo of norm and ruthann was taken not long before her death on february 6, 2014. on that day, norm was on his way home when he received a frantic call from a neighbor.

there has been incident at your house and you need to get home right away. composed and direct on the witness stand, norm lodato answered questions about his wife of 37 years. well-known and well-loved music teacher in alexandria. she had no enemies. he also testified that ruthanne's father was and her brother is a judge in alexandria key to the prosecution's contention that charles severance hated members of the system and wanted to commit violence against them. late today they brought in the bumper of severance's car on it a city sticker reading "assassination city derby" to prove that severance's car is the same one on the surveillance video near the sodato home on the day of the murder. late today we heard from a corporal with the west virginia police department who talked about the local and the federal officials taking

severance into custody more than a month after the murder. no court on monday because of the columbus day holiday. it resumes on tuesday. jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: thank you. the inmate who escaped custody at inova fairfax hospital this spring setting up a massive manhunt will send 30 years in prison. wossen assaye pleaded guilty to charges he overpowered a guard, took a gandgun and fled the hospital. he was arrested hours later a of a manhunt that shot northern virginia, the district and maryland. he was already in custody for bank robberies and ordered to pay restitution for the crimes in addition to the 30-year sentence. maureen? maureen: abc7 has now learned the fraternity member killed in a shooting at northern arizona university last night is from anne arundel county. he was killed and three others

were hurt when the police say a fellow student opened fire in a fight. the student 18-year-old steven jones is charged with murder. meanwhile, president obama is meeting with families of the nine people killed at an oregon college last week. the president's arrival wasn't welcomed by all. several dozen protesters were there. they are opposing the president's support of gun control. leon: rumors are swirling on the hill over a who will step up in race for house speaker after kevin mccarthy dropped out of the race. senior political reporter scott thuman reports tonight there is new movement on the hill to draft a familiar face. scott: a day after kevin mccarthy's shocking withdrawal from the speaker's race, a fractured house g.o.p. scrambled to renew plans. >> it's unclear how the process will work from this point on. it's unclear if the various groups within the conference will get together to say look, here is a list of people

acceptable to all of us. scott: according to a growing number of republicans one person fits the bill. >> we want paul ryan to do this. >> he is thinking hard about this. >> paul ryan is the right man right now. he has moderate support and clearly has conservative support. >> support echoed from former front runner kevin mccarthy and his potential rival. >> paul is looking at it but it's his decision. if he decides to do it. >> i will support him, get out of the race, to put all of my race on him. >> but so far, paul ryan said he is not running. experts believe no one person may completely fix the party. >> it would be great for the republicans to get all 247 members to line up behind one person. but it's less about the personality and what the people running promise to do. the grass roots has not been happy with the way that washington worked. they have let the members know that. >> so what is next? congress is leaving town for

the recess next week. so many numbers tell us take the time to regroup and return with a better plan on how to pick a new speaker. in arlington, scott thuman, abc7 news. leon: the chaotic atmosphere over the speaker's race is a little known rule. it turns out you don't have to be a member of congress to be house speaker. article 1, section 2 of the u.s. constitution reads in part the house of representatives that choose their speaker and other officers. it makes no mention of the pool from which the person for that job has to be picked. that led mitt romney or newt gingrich could take on that role. maureen: there was a security alert at the white house.

leon: why a proposal for the federal got to take control of metro may be dead in the water. first, how long the away in busy road shut down. >> we are tracking storms in the area. this is coming out of burtonsville, maryland. the storms are headed here. when they will be here and gone on "abc7 news at 6:00".

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leon: the outbound lane of the suitland parkway reopened in the past two hours after things shut down all day because of a tractor trailer crash. this happened at 4:00 this morning. the truck careened off the beltway and onto the parkway. the driver was killed. no one else was hurt. maureen: covering metro tonight. the department of transportation has rejected a request to take oversight of the transit agency. in a statement released today, the d.o.t. says it did not see the plan as the wisest or the fastest raise to bring about the necessary safety improvement at wmata. it would have given oversight to the federal railway commission. leon: it has been 20 year sings the million man march came to washington. tomorrow, we will mark the anniversary with another march. it's called justice or else.

the million man march is organized by louis farrakhan. among those planning to attend is barrett who arrived on board a bus today from montana with his family. >> i don't want my children to go through what i went through. i believe that change is due. leon: planning to attend is mother and sister of sandra bland. the mother who died in police custody in texas after a traffic stop over the summer. they dispute the police claim she committed suicide in jail. maureen: there was a security scare when a drone crashed at the white house. [inaudible] leon: up next at 6:00 -- the big move by local police.

maureen: and where the winds may calm down. robert: i'm robert burton.

maureen: one person is dead and another person after 24 hours after violent altercation between officers. they opened fire on twice in district and once in maryland. in the incident they killed a man they say confronted him with the knife. the identity had not been released and the officers were not hurt. the district police shot a man on bladensburg in northeast just after midnight last night. investigators say the man pointed a gun at officers. he ran away but he was arrested when he went to a hospital. he is expected to survivor. in the third incident the officers exchanged shots with a suspect in a foot chase in southeast.

no one was hurt. the police dropped illegal guns as he fled. he is at large tonight. leon: baltimore interim commissioner praising officers for the action in violent encounter. take a look. >> he hit him. leon: now this moment you see here more than 90 seconds in the video that was posted. it has already gotten a million views since yesterday. police were called to the scene because this man was screaming obscenities at everyone around him. the commissioner says the officers knocked him to the ground. the officers was knocked to the ground. other officers subdued man and they arrested him. maureen: thousands of doses of a drug blamed for a jump in violent crime is off the streets. prince george's seized 1600 packets of synthetic drug. ephen tschida gives us a look. stephen: the police displayed a bounty of synthetic drugs.

they were confiscated from three establishments across the county. they wanted to get the word out about the synthetic drugs because they want you to take a look at the packaging. the marketing. they appear to be directly marketed to children or teenagers. prince george county police say they want parents to know of the dangers. it's not sin themmic marijuana but more like sin -- it's not synthetic marijuana but more like synthetic p.c.p. they said we see 1,8020 packet of synthetic. it is not like marijuana. it's 100 times more powerful than marijuana. almost like crack on steroids. >> though they confiscated it, the abundance of synthetic drugs, no one so far has been charged. that's because some of the substances may not be deemed illegal. "police are calling on -- county police aralcaing on sledge -- legislation to

include this type of synthetic drug. leon: one week after the worst disaster to hit south carolina began and the governor nikki haley warning residents that some rivers yet to crest. crews are on standby across the state. so far 19 people have died. the water still in there trying to move to the coast. devon: we have strong storms in the washington immediate metro. track them for you. the next hour the storms clear southeast. they are moving northwest to southeast. the doppler show montgomery county, the heavy cluster moving to the county.

down-hour in herndon. laurel with the heaviest storm. college park minutes away. silver spring on top of you. wheaton, heavy downpour. to bethesda and chevy chase. potomac the storms are exiting. rockville, lightning right there. the lightning data for the last ten minutes. take the storm activity and go southwest to move to northwest d.c. and mclain. tyson's corner next up. chevy rain in chantilly. downpour over rust rust right now. a wider view. you see it is moving. so that is the storm activity where you are. no worries after severe weather with it. heavier downpour and stronger wind gust. in the next few days changes behind the front. cooldown tomorrow. in the middle of the columbus holiday weekend, sunshine to come back out.

and bring temperatures back to the right direction you want it to go. the beautiful fall weather returns. future cast forecast confirms that the storm activity here and now. it will exit by the time we get to 8:00. henceforth, the hour and a half time frame. by tomorrow, lower temperatures. lower 50's and mid-50's. it's cooler north and south as they usher in the cooler air. tomorrow afternoon, lots of sunshine. it's noticeably cooler. 80 degree for a high today. zone forecast northwest. typical behind the front. the mid-to-upper 60's coming in. high end might push 68, 70. looking to the next day, that will begin a warmup. highs topping 70 degrees. lower 70's. we spent most of the day rising through the 60's to end up at 73. this is one of the newest features. abc7 sky cast here. overnight tonight to tomorrow morning we look at the cloud

cover. 57. throughout the day to push the last of the clouds out. beautiful blue skies. sunshine, end up with the 67 degrees. watch for the heftier storms right now. the clouds look ominous. they look scary at it times. there is no threat of severe weather. at the worst, downpour with the wind gust over 40 miles per hour. after we get through tonight, beautiful fall weather coming around. leon: ominous could be the word you would use to describe this. >> injuries. you have to lock in. you are not playing the eagles. you are playing the falcons. some missing pieces for the skins on the offense. but that is okay. there is a rookie who has been stepping up. he will be a big target this weekend. sports is next.

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robert: the skins will be missing some pieces. culiver is ruled out. jackson without with hamstring. jordan reid out with a concussion. they are ready for another big day in hotlanta. >> they have the confidence.

you want to go out and make if plays. that is the mentality. to make the plays and help out the team. >> the terps reasons the only one getting ready for a big one. a big road test for navy. they have notre dame tomorrow. they are 4-0. but notre dame is 4-1. they haven't been playing cupcakes either. the fighting irish beat georgia tech and texas. >> whatever happens. you know what i mean? we'll take our shot. pull on our gloves. robert: show me the money, first. the wizards continue preseason action tonight hosting the knicks. tip off at 7:00. from preseason to postseason,

blue jays and rangers. this is extra innings. top 14, alberto puts it in the perfect spot. a play at the plate. he would be safe. the rangers go up 5-42 and they add another run and win this one. the final is 6-4. later tonight the two and three virginia tech hokies try to get something started. they host n.c. state at 8:00. good football there for you. leon: all right. maureen: get the latest. devon: a last look at the radar. coming from the immediate metro. the next half hour to hour. right to d.c. southeast metro for another hour and a half toward 8:00. leon: all right. bumpy night out there for some folks. maureen: "world news tonight" with david muir up next. leon: we will be here at 11:00. have a good and a safe night.

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tonight, two deadly school shootings in just one day. a student gunman opening fire in arizona, photographed holding guns before. one student killed, several others shot and wounded. the other deadly shooting in texas. the university on lockdown. meantime, the president in oregon at this hour, after the campus massacre there. the protesters, even a family of one the victims saying you're not welcome here. the chaos on capitol hill. tonight, what really happened. the congressman telling lawmakers he had the votes to be speaker. two hours later, shocking everyone. does anyone want the job? the urgent warning in south carolina. they warned this would happen. the waters now quickly rising long after the rain. and more rain