need your help finding a driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in the district this morning on sargent road in northeast. details on the vehicle police are looking for. reporter: police are here at the scene of this hit and run at ferriday and sargent road northeast. it happened about seven coat -- 6:30 this morning. a black pickup apparently heading down or up sargent road struck this man. the man was lying in the road. a second vehicle struck him. the second driver stopped, alerted police they had been on

the scene throughout the day. at this hour they are looking for that black pickup truck with an open bed, possibly a foreign model with tinted windows. it was seen heading down gallatin. no word on the victim. it still awaiting notification of next of kin. investigation continues. larry: a couple in fairfax is in critical condition after fire tore through their townhouse this morning. firefighters were called to the home on purple sage court. several pets inside the home did not make it out. john gonzalez has the latest from the scene and a warning that some of this video maybe graphic. reporter: the fire started before 7:00 this morning, spreading from the living room downstairs to an upstairs bedroom where young couple was sleeping. austin lives right next door. >> there were flames coming out of the windows and firemen were already here. reporter: the husband and wife were trapped.

jim moran captured it on video. >> pulled him down off of the second story window. then they got the female out. reporter: the mother of the woman who lives here arrived shortly after fire investigators visibly distraught. was eventually flown to washington's burn unit. the man went into cardiac arrest and had to be revived. they both remain in serious but stable condition. >> i hate to hear something like this. reporter: among the debris, you can see a big cage with a dog bowl. we understand the couple had a number of pets, two dogs, two cats that did not make it out of the home alive. birds were rescued and are alive this afternoon. some of the more than 40 firefighters who rescued the birds. they used respirators for the dogs and cats but could not

revive them. the cause of this fire is under investigation. >> it does not seem like all their pets made it. attorneys for six officers charged in freddie gray possible death -- freddie gray's death are back in the courtroom. statements those officers made to investigators following gray's death. same sweetie -- same sweeney has new developments. reporter: much different than what we've seen in the past. you can see the roads are open. there is little to no police presence and there are no barricades in the streets. inside this courthouse defense attorneys are asking a judge to suppress statements given to investigators by five of the six officers following gray's death. officers say they spoke to go they feared losing their jobs at the did not cooperate.

they say there were not properly briefed on their rights. prosecutors want the statements to be used as they will be a major portion of the evidence used against the officers and their upcoming trials. this hearing is set to last through the day tomorrow and the first trial for that officer is set for november 30. killeraccused serial charles severance is back in a courtroom today. our northern virginia bureau chief is in the courtroom right now. stay with abc seven news on air and at wjla.com for details. the sun making a comeback. doug hill is here with a look at your forecast. doug: a little sunshine. let's give you a look at our camera in rockville on the campus of montgomery county -- all of montgomery county -- my camera college. a few showers.

still watching the cold front to the west. sprinkle orroduce a more. 60 degrees at reagan national, 73 and manassas. across the area we will watch for breaks in the overcast to continue. a batch of showers that moved through this morning is out of here that if you are further west, you can pick out a leading edge of the next cold front stretching along southeastern ohio into western pennsylvania. i don't think the metro area will see any rain from this front when it comes through. maybe an additional period of cloudiness. milder temperatures with westerly wind. virginia beach at 79 degrees. 50's to around 60 degrees to the north and west. for this afternoon, partly cloudy at times. temperatures hit about 74 degrees. the last pleasantly warm day with a feel a fall in the air

starting tonight and lasting for the balance of the week. larry: enjoy today while we have it. the holiday is over and traffic red -- traffic returning to normal. danielle: we have lots to talk about. you're watching delays on the of 95 in virginia. we have left lane road work causing a backup. 234 and dumfries. expect to see delays as you head over to eastern avenue, not to enter a delay in this camera. right around sargent road we have an accident closing the roadway in both directions. at that was an earlier police investigation still ongoing. you will have to find your way around that one. as you head over on the southbound side of 295, we are seeing earlier slowdowns easing out. burrows avenue toward east capitol street, that was because of an earlier crash.

, some delaysvenue on the outer loop you had from university boulevard to past georgia avenue. we are seeing delays of you had toward connecticut but it is not impacting traffic terribly. a crash was cleared in the same area between georgia avenue and colesville road. on inre thing going virginia, mount vernon memorial highway still dealing with an accident closing the roadway in at a point just south of old mill road at route one. watch for police activity in the area. also looking at some delays on the westbound side of the icc as you at a point just south of old mill road at route approach 372, left lane blocked with a work zone. larry: thanks. we are just a few hours away from the first him a credit residential debate. the five candidates go head-to-head in las vegas tonight. scott thuman is in vegas with a look at the challenges they will face.

reporter: we are in las vegas where the headliners are not celine dion or wayne newton. instead, hillary clinton and bernie sanders and the rest of the democratic field. the first debate for the democrats and they are betting big. there's a lot at stake for the front runners like sanders and clinton. they will jockey for position against each other and keep sizable leads. for the calendar -- for the challengers, jim webb, martin o'malley, lincoln chafee, they have to go against long odds to make up ground and be considered challengers in this campaign. one name that is absent, joe biden, as many wonder if you will get into this race. a lot of the arguing has been if there is too much attention for the republicans. they have stolen the spotlight in many respects. trump, that is another

trump tower across the street from the site of tonight's democratic debate. we will have coverage for you throughout the day so stay tuned from las vegas. 7rry: make sure you catch abc 's news at 11:00 tonight for complete coverage of the debate. scott will have analysis from the event getting on abc seven .ews at 4:00 this afternoon two separate reports are out trying to determine what caused malaysia airlines flight 17 to crash. the dutch safety board says mh 17 was destroyed by a russian-made surface-to-air missile over eastern ukraine. a russian missile maker says it's observations contradict that claim. >> flight mh 17 crashed as a result of the decommissioned of the warhead outside the airplane. the left-hand side of the

cockpit. larry: all 298 people on board died. officials involved in this case say a criminal investigation is underway to determine who is responsible and they are calling on russia to cooperate. attack in israel is the latest in a wave of violence in that region. israel he police say a man was stabbed waiting at a bus stop in aviv. near tel bystanders took down the attacker until police arrived. one of them suffered minor injuries. the attacker was injured, described as a 22-year-old man from east jerusalem. coming up, killed in the line of duty. details on the fire that killed two firefighters. >> i know. larry: the major mistake that led to the florida woman a bars and how random strangers helped alert police. the askew's -- the excuse has

become reality. the reaction it is getting. doug is back with when you will need that fall jacket, that is all coming up next.

larry: today marks five years since 33 people were rescued from that collapsed mine in chile. the miners got trapped more than 2000 feet underground when the ramp they were working on collapsed. all 33 men were eventually rescued. a film about the drama will be released in theaters next month.

an investigation under way after a fire in kansas city, missouri, claimed the lives of two firefighters. crews were dispatched to a two alarm fire last night. firefighters were clearing an area with a partially collapsed roof when a wall gave way injuring four them. two firefighters died. they had just saved the lives of two people trapped inside. around the district, mayor stafford charged with intent to distribute cocaine. the 51-year-old served as a staff assistant in the mayor bowser's department of administrative affairs -- office of religious affairs. pay by king. it eliminates receipts on your

dashboard. you park numbered space and enter the number at the payment kiosk. this program includes 1000 faces -- 1000 spaces from e to a street and from third to 11th street northwest. an incident caught on camera in loudoun county is sparking mixed reaction. >> what are you a professional videographer? you can see me on video. you are assaulting the kid. larry: it happened in sterling, virginia. you are assaulting thea young d against the light when a driver had to swerve off the road to avoid him. this video has racked up more than 100,000 views online. here is a hint, if you're going to break the law, don't broadcast yourself doing it. in this case, police say it may have saved lives. >> i know. i am super drunk right now.

larry: that florida woman is behind bars after using periscope to broadcast her drunken drive home. police say when whitney beall strained her saturday night out in real time starting out at a bar and getting behind the wheel, people who did not know her saw the video and called police. >> you know her name? >> no. i don't know her. these are random people that pop up. >> you hear her saying she is drunk. larry: police officer used his personal periscope account to find her location. she was arrested after failing several field sobriety tests. police say beale is lucky to be alive and fortunate no one was injured or killed during this incident. some men say they read playboy just for the articles and now that my become more believable.

the magazine has announced it --l no longer show foo show photos of nude women. a story that is trending right now. reporter: many of us never thought we would see the day this iconic magazine doing away with nude images. it is crazy to say now they're asking their models to cover up. the reason behind this is perplexing for some. playboy says it wants to reach a younger audience. going elsewhere for racy and is like the internet. hugh hefner assuring everyone that everything else will stay the same. take a listen to how some people reacted to the news. >> i think that is a little disappointing. they have had them for a while so i don't know why they are

changing. >> i think it is to show more respect to women. i don't know if it will get their target audience anymore. i appreciate it. >> a bad idea. that's what i think. varying. those reasons this is a business move. circulation is dropped since 1975 when the magazine had about 6 million subscribers. it's about 800,000 now. a lot of people were honest enough to tell us they like the reason for the rapper. we will see how this goes come march. larry: we will see what happens. images now on the internet taking the place of what was hefner'ser -- hugh dream. doug: the weather will turn more like october. cooler weather.

it is all good. let's show you a time lapse from times bill from oakdale high school. southern sections of frederick county maryland. the day it is an interesting day to see how quickly the clouds and showers rolled through the area. we start to see breaks in the overcast. i think we will see quite a bit of sunshine through the afternoon. this evening will see what happens with the cold front. some areas might get a brief sprinkle area to temperatures at midday, 73 in falls church. 72 in chevy chase. washington.n fort cloudiness during the morning. seeing a breeze with this area of showers. as we get to the afternoon we see more breaks in the overcast and that is going to point to a comfortable afternoon. temperatures should make it into the middle 70's. this afternoon, more clouds develop ahead of the cold front

in southeastern ohio. when that comes through, maybe dinner time hours, a few areas might see a passing sprinkle or shower. afternoon, a few clouds in the area but progressively be break into more clear skies. on this rendering it shows showers with the cold front coming to the mountains but as we get through the evening, most of them break up with only isolated shower or sprinkle through about 7:30 tonight. most people won't see much of anything with the cold front because the time it is coming today and will clear out tonight and have a couple of pleasant days. on the cool side. another cold front comes in friday. otherwise, enjoy this afternoon. 77 degrees. maybe a spotty showers late in the afternoon and early the evening. the comfortable breeze as we head through the day and for tomorrow, we'll start off with

cool temperatures. 56 for an average weight of temperature with a breeze out of the north and west. we look forward to the next couple of days. building your 70 tomorrow with sunshine and a breeze. as we get the next seven days, temperatures turn cooler through thursday and friday and that when the next quote front goes through on friday, much colder air with high temperatures expected in the 50's for this coming weekend. it should be dry as well. larry: getting chilly. delay.up, delivery why do may have to wait longer to receive your fedex package. an amazing rescue caught on camera. how one man was able to flag down help after he was stranded five days at sea.

larry: the u.s. coast guard rescues a man after he had been adrift abort his vessel for five days. even see the stranded boat in just released coast guard video. the masthead been destroyed and the storm and there was no satellite beacon to be found on the boat. hopefully you're not waiting for a fedex package at a florida. a fedex truck struck a car on an orlando highway causing one of the truck's trailers to fall over the -- off the overpass, spilling hundreds of packages. no one was hurt in the rack. fedex says is reaching out to those customers to say, by the way. a breezy and warm tuesday ahead. doug i

doug: it will be breezy and we get more sunshine. tomorrow, a beautiful day. cooler weather thursday and friday. a cold front may give a few showers friday in a beautiful weekend. only in the 50's. it'll feel like october. who would think of that. larry: thanks for joining us. be sure to watch abc seven news at 4:00. be sure to watch abc seven news at 4:00.

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