capitol area council for the loy -- boy scouts. we spoke with one of the communication representatives here who tells us that the water flow there has not been affected yet. we will hear from them coming up at 5:00. and some other people in this area who could possibly be affected. reporting live from bethesda, kellye lynn, abc7 news. alison: keep us posted out there. thank you very much. now in the last 45 minutes, d.c. police issued a statement on a disturbing piece of video circulating online. jonathan: if the video it shows a young man on the ground, two officers forcefully placing his hands behind his back. stephen tschida is live in washington and a lot of folks are talking about this one. the kid in this case wasn't even arrested, we understand. stephen: no. he was let go, jonathan. we're on the corner of sixth and pennsylvania. today, the demonstrators say it's racism and police

brutality. but a representative of the department says it's an example of police work. >> cell phone video seen on twitter from an incident yesterday outside a capitol hills bank shows police holding a young man down and cuffing him as he screamed. [screaming] stephen: the video sparked a protest today down pennsylvania avenue. it eventually halted traffic at the intersection of sixth and pennsylvania. >> sometimes you have to be radical to draw attention. stuff like this. this stuff has to stop. >> they didn't initiate the action. from everything i saw in the video and what i know about the incident, they did everything the way they were taught textbook. stephen: now in the police report, officers say they contacted this young man several blocks away. he took off running. led them on several block

chase right through traffic. down pennsylvania avenue. they caught up what -- caught up with him here. he declined medical attention. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: developing story. police need your help to find a driver who hit and killed a pedestrian in the district. this happened this morning in the 5000 block of sergeant road. police closed the stretch between emerson and eastern avenue. investigators now say they are looking for a two-door black truck with a dc tag and a dark tint on the windows. alison: today the prince george's county council was supposed to start talking about a plan for paid sick leave. but that conversation stopped almost as soon as it began. maryland bureau chief brad bell in upper marlboro to explain why. brad, what happened? brad: well, alison, a bizarre sort of day here really. the county council gathered as

a committee to discuss the proposal to have paid sick leave. it would require employers in the county to allow employees to accrue one hour of sick leave for every 30 hours they work. dozens of people here were here in support. there were many here in opposition. everyone gathered in the committee room. all of a sudden, a fire alarm goes. and the whole county building had to be emptied out. now the issue here is whether or not many employees in the county, most of whom who work service industry job should be able to have some paid sick leave. restaurant workers for example. if they call in sick they just don't get paid. so the idea here in prince george's county was to follow along with what montgomery county had done and what the district had done and create this law, this new law. but there was also some pushback from businesses saying they just can't afford it. a lot of union interest here on hand.

here is what one of those advocates had to say. if you work, you need the ability to take off if you're sick. not be in jeopardy of losing the job for being sick. brad: so the committee started to hear view points like that. the fire alarm sounded. they ran out of time. a last minute rush. a lot of positioning. essentially the supporters of the bill realized they did not have enough support to move it forward today. instead, they tabled this bill in hopes that the maryland legislature would take up a statewide version of this. very complicated. we will be back at 6:00 to talk more about this. at that point you will hear the human stories of those who say they have to make tough decisions when they wake up sick or their children wake up sick. in marlboro, brad bell, abc7

news. alison: so this summer montgomery county unanimously passed a bill to give all full-time employees seven paid sick days. last week, the d.c. council started considering a bill that would offer 16 weeks of paid leave to just about all full and part-time workers in the city. for the birth of a child or to care for a sick family member. there is no federal law concerning paid leave, despite pushes by the president starting last year. now here is some perspective. the u.s. is a handful of countries in the world without some form of paid family leave policy. by comparison, croatia offers new mothers 406 days. that is more than a year of maternity leave. albania, australia, bosnia and herzegovina offers more. jonathan: there is a chance ahead for changes in the

weather. there always is. chief meteorologist doug hill in the weather center. where could we see frost by the weekend. i can't believe we are using the f-word. doug: in windshield and grassy areas by sunday or a better chance monday morning. the areas outside of metro washington. north and west and part of virginia and pennsylvania. we have a cool air mass that will come in. we are looking at friday weather map. 8:00 in the morning. another cold front will come through during the day. maybe a sprinkle with it. chilly air will come in friday evening and friday night. it will be saturday and sunday with reinforcing the shot of cold dry air arrives. with that we are talking temperatures in the 40's. saturday morning, maybe the first frost. today is beautiful, 77 degrees. maybe a sprinkle or two. we will have an update on the comfortable october afternoon. alison: thanks. the trial date for all sick baltimore police officers facing charges in freddie

gray's death are set. here is a look at the officers as they arrived in court this morning. the judge denied a motion to suppress. stays made to investigators by officer alicia white. white is accused of speaking to the back of gray's head in back of the police van and did nothing when advised he needed a medic. well, the third day of testimony at charles severance ' brought his former girlfriend to the stand. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg was in the courthouse and joins us with a look at what she had to say. jeff: her name is linda and she talked about the relationship with charles severance how they had a normal and stable relationship. she talked about different things to anger and set off charles severance and why not long after the murder of ruthann she told him to leave and not come back. linda and charles first met at a swing dancing event near

dulles airport. not long after were living together in 2011 at her town home in ashburn. she said that severance was angry at the elites and the system after losing a child custody dispute saying the only good cop is a dead cop. the only good cop is a dead cop. she said he encouraged her to buy two guns and showed her how to load and unload the gun similar to those used in the murders. weeks after the lodado murder, she said that detectives came to speak to severance. the day after finding out that he was seeking asylum and said he was questioned by the secret service. she said that severance told her he wanted to leave town and go camping. she told him to take all his things and not come back. i didn't think it was right that he was going to leave town without talking to police. after severance left, she realized that the two revolvers and the ammunitions

were gone. testifying today he was the only other person who knew where the guns and the ammo were stored in her home. late today we heard from alexandria police chief who talked about the investigation in the three murders. this was a point in the cross examination when the defense pushed chief cook on an issue and he pushed back. we will tell you what that was at 5:00. until then live in fairfax, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: jeff, thanks. the couple injured in an early morning townhouse fire in reston both recovering in the hospital. the two doggings and two -- dogs and two cats killed in the fire. this happened just after 6:30 in the morning. it quickly spread to the bedroom where the couple was sleeping. neighbor captured video as the firefighters tried rescuing them. >> pulled him down off of the second story window. and then they got the female out. they both seemed to be limp.

there were flames coming out of the windows. the firemen were already here. they were both carried out unconscious. jonathan: the couple suffered smoke inhalation and flown to the burn unit. the woman is awake and talking to investigators. the man is in serious but stable condition. a heart-breaking story to tell you and remind us all about how dangerous it is to be a firefighter. there is an investigation right now underway after a devastating apartment complex in kansas city. this happened in missouri, part of kansas city that claimed the lives of two firefighters. according to the fire chief, they died after a wall of the burning building collapsed on tom -- on top of them after they rescued people inside. abc's elizabeth hur has more on the story. elizabeth: a burning building crumbling and collapsing sent firefighters scrambling. >> major collapse on the west side. major collapse. >> this is the scene at a two-alarm fire in a kansas city apartment monday where

firefighters rushed to rescue two residents from the second floor using ladders. the flames and smoke shooting out of the roof and the conditions quickly deteriorating. officials say evacuation was ordered but moments later this. >> two mayday calls were received from the collapsed area indicating firefighters in you are jeny distress. elizabeth: four firefighters found trap. they were taken to the hospital where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries but the officials say the other two experienced firefighters could not be revived. >> the deceased firefighters are identified as 17-year veteran -- elizabeth: the fire chief shaken identified the heroes reminding everyone they died after successfully saving others. >> 17-year veteran. fire operator larry jay leggio of truck two. 13-year veteran, firefighter,

john mesh. >> they told us that leggio is survived by his wife. and mesh is survived by his wife and four young daughters. the cause of the fire sunday investigation. elizabeth hur, abc7 news, new york. alison: coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- days after we told you about overcrowding at a takoma park school, other parents reach out with their tales of crowded conditions. jonathan: plus the story behind that photo of a birdie on the scene -- bride. not a birdie. bride. alison: how about this? the end of an era. why "playboy" won't need to be hidden under mattresses anymore. that's coming up next. jonathan: really? jonathan: we are also keeping an eye on what happened in bethesda. the water main break. it was a big one. it is creating a mess.

only one northbound lane is getting by. we'll check in with traffic for alternate routes for you and we'll have that

jonathan: trending now, guys

will tell you they read "playboy" just for the articles. maybe they are. maybe they are lying. just a smidge. but song they may just read for the articles because after 62 years "playboy" is doing away with nudity. they are. jeanette reyes tells us more. jeanette: the iconic magazine doing away with the nude images we are used to see in wrapped up magazines like this one. it sounds crazy to say but the magazine is now asking the models to cover up a little bit. the reason is perplexing for some. "playboy" says it wants to reach a younger audience, going else for the racy images like the internet. founder hugh hefner assuring everyone that everyone else will stay the same, including the hard-hitting articles that draw readers in the first place. take a listen to how some reacted to it. >> it's disappointing. i don't know why they are suddenly changing.

>> it would show more respect to women. i don't know if it would get their target audience anymore. i as a woman appreciate it. >> it's probably a bad idea. they won't sell as much. that's what i think. jeanette: this is a business move. circulation has gone way down from 5.5 million in 1975 to 800,000 now. but a lot of people being honest say you know what? we like the reason for the wrapper. they are hoping it won't change but the change is coming march of next year. reporting in clarendon, jeanette reyes, abc7 news. jonathan: so you can imagine a move like this got a lot of folks talking in the, especially on the online twitterverse. people sharing their thoughts with us. we have on our facebook page folks weighing in. derek wrote this --

alison: lots of people weighing in as you can imagine. jonathan: you can get the articles online, too. >> i'm sure. but you know, it probably worked what they are doing because everybody is talking about "playboy" today and that is not something that happened in a long time. jonathan: good point. you can join the conversation by going to wjla facebook page. weigh in. it's fun. plus we like your comments and we appreciate you taking the time to do that. alison: in other news today, the district started the new pay-by-space program. it lets drivers pay for the specific spaces rather than having to put one of those little slips of paper on the windshield. coming up at 5:00, brianne carter explains how it's different from a standard meter and why some people are just confused with the different types of meters out there. jonathan: today, crews broke

ground on a project to make the drive smoother in loudoun county st. project route 7 meets route -- hold on. we have to go back to the breaking news we're following in bethesda now. we have water main break that is creating quite a mess. some lanes as you can see are open. i'm not sure if that is by oice butthat is what is happening. robert is live with an eye on trfi what is happening here? robert: i tnk what is happening the traffic we are seeing, this is near n.i.h., just north of n.i.h. where this is. a lot of the parking lot, the cars have to go somewhere. so i think that is the travel we are seeing. we'll double check on that. right now north and southbound 355, for all intents and purposes besides what we are seeing here is open. or closed. all lanes closed between the beltway. north and southbound. major delays for the communities. beltway taking on extended pace as you make your way out of the connecticut avenue stretch. it will be heavier from the legion bridge.

look at the flood. a big issue as we make your way around the area of rockville, bethesda. end up adding up as you make your way in to the area. northbound 355, north of the intersection. that is near the beltway. want to give you one other big issue. southbound 95 at 17 in fredericksburg is shut down at exit i-30 because of a serious crash there. that is the latest from the traffic center. back to you. alison: okay, robert. thank you. a tennessee woman did not let anything stop her from running to the scene of an accident. not even her wedding dress. take look at the photo. this is sara ray in the wedding gown walking away from the scene of an accident and in the rain. her grand parents and her dad were heading to the reception when they say a driver ran a red light and slammed into their vehicle. without much thought, sarah and her husband who is a paramedic immediately went to help. >> i went in and checked on her to see how she was doing. she was upset that she had

ruined my day. i told her that it wasn't her fault. i just happen to be in a wedding dress. alison: what a picture. her 72-year-old grand mother was sent to the hospital and was okay. that reception went on as planned. jonathan: that is a special bride. there is a lot of guys going that is my kind of woman. alison: exactly! doesn't let the dress get in the way. jonathan: or the rain. we had rain today. doug: showers earlier with a cold front. we have a couple out there now. it's still pleasant in the mid-70's now. very nice. until we get in the evening hours before things start to dry out here. we're in good shape. let's get start and look at what is happening. outside the belfort furniture weather center. we have clouds. 77 degrees. a mild afternoon. the winds are kicking up a bit out of the west and the southwest. they will turn more northwesterly. the cold front hasn't arrived yet. our story is a sprinkle or two

possible across the area with the front. a big-time cooldown in time for the weekend. 79 in manassas. baltimore at 74 degrees as we speak. as we talk about the rain, this is an area of showers that pop up over downtown washington spreading east and northeast. we will continue to move in that direction. i will point out on the noon show one of the computer models showed exactly this. a few showers would move across in the afternoon. maybe a few more 7:00 to 7:30 when the cold front comes through the area. the actual front still back west. we would expect that to make the progress eastward. look at the change. 60 degrees in pittsburgh. 61 in columbus. still in the mid-to-upper 70's in our area. through the evening, only a sprinkle or two getting through the late night temperatures. it will fall in the 50's. as we go in the next seven days, this is the way it shapes up. it will be mild for a day or

two. come the weekend, strong friday cold front could bring us showers and more impressively look at the temperatures that bring saturday and sunday. in the mid-to-upper 50's. night time lows sunday and monday. upper 30's to 40's. we have the first frost of the season in part of the area. outlying areas, not downtown, for the weekend. sooner than average, but we'll take it. it's fall. alison: i don't know if we are quite ready for that. jonathan: nobody is ever really ready for that. it just happens. coming up here at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- it's the day high school cheerleaders live for. spirit day! find out why a maryland high school now is cutting spirit day celebrations. >> southeast d.c. apartment building is off the market because of hundreds of code violations. i'm sam ford. i

alison: you saw the story first on 7 last week. residents of an apartment building told they only had days to get out after the building was declared unfit for occupancy. today was the deadline for those folks on knocks place at alabama avenue to get out. our d.c. bureau chief sam ford live at the building today. hi, sam. sam: hello, alison. it's 2913 knocks place. this morning there were 12 families living there. now they have all been moved or in the process of being moved. residents spent much of the

day hauling their belongings out. they received the official notice five days ago, their building was being closed due to multiple code violation, 287. city inspectors said the building is unsafe. the city offered each family two weeks of hotel. after that it's not clear. earlier, city authorities talked of condemning the building and giving condemnation certificate to get another place to live. but the city chose not to condemn but close the build something now there is a question if the people will soon be homeless or will receive anything. one woman who lived in the building 34 years refused to leave. police came and the city workers talked of putting her in the hospital. she had mental issues. her legal guardian arrived and said no way. >> they want to hospitalize her to figure out what services she doesn't need to be hospitalized. she doesn't have a psychological or a mental health crisis. the crisis is housing.

sam: so his client who told us her name is sandra jenkins left the building in a wheelchair, headed for a hotel like the rest of the displaced. her guardian said now the difficult job begins with trying to find for her permanent housing. of course, that is likely to be a difficult job for all of the people who were here as they look for another place to stay. coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- we will tell you the story of one woman who not only had to move today but she has to bury her husband of 43 years tomorrow. reporting live in southeast washington, sam ford. jonathan: coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- there are barely any words to describe what this woman did behind the wheel of her car. we'll show you more of the video and tell you how a lot of people are reacting. scott: i'm scott thuman in las vegas.

hours away from the first democratic debate. how will they steal the spotlight from a public end? we have a preview coming up. >> too many kids and not enough money. the problem a local school district

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: look at the picture behind me. not an empty seat in the classroom. that is part of the problem. days after we addressed school

overcrowding in takoma park, kevin lewis was inundated with e-mails and calls from other families with similar stories. today he went to bethesda to see how another school is coping with too many students and too little space. >> every year they are having to do more with less. >> the halls of ashburton elementary school in bethesda are packed. >> the kids are in portables some of the days. we lost our computer class to be a classroom. these are things that impact the daily lives of the kids. kevin: this year the enrollment broke 900. that is a 57% increase in less than ten years. putting ashburton over the capacity. >> it's an epidemic, because it's county wide. >> although the ncps is the fastest growing school district in maryland, governor hogan cut state funding. >> there are new people in montgomery county who are

investing in the children's future to have the students in the wonderful school system. we need the funding to follow the expectations. kevin: ash burton elementary school expects to have an addition built by 2020. however, the county continues to approve residential developments, and they will bring in more kids. in bethesda, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: well, just a great stretch of awe dumb the last few -- autumn the last few days. jonathan: fantastic. a bit of the winter chill may be ready to hit us. we are never ready for that. doug hill has a check of the forecast. doug: cold front is coming through later this afternoon and evening. it won't bet cooler in the next couple of days. stronger front comes in friday and then it will get chilly. we are looking live at the weather bug camera, 71 in frederick maryland. look at the dark clouds, a clouds ahead of the cold front. ahead it so far we have showers and heavy downpours

over the edge water and the areas to the north and the shady side. but light showers here and there. the front west where you see the cooler air is 68 in cumberland. it's warmer east of the mountains. the mild air mass. 77 all over the place. 77 right now at reagan national airport. the forecast tonight is a few showers or sprinkles. but late tonight clear and breezy. 56 for an average low. it's gorgeous, upper 602's to near 70. breezy and feel of fall in the air. then the cold stuff. we will talk about that. the special weekend preview in 20 minutes. alison: we love that. thank you. so right now we are just about four hours away from the very first democratic debate. in vote 2016. those five candidates you see right there will take the stage in las vegas. including two of them with strong local ties. senior political reporter scott thuman live in nevada tonight. so, scott, how do you think this debate will be different from what we saw with the

republicans? scott: good question, alison. it's interesting because a lot of democrats we have spoken to have told us the same thing over and over that it will be different. because they say there won't be a lot of the fame-calling, the zingers, the one-liners. they insist this debate will be more focused on policy and procedure talking about the big issues like immigration, like gun control. trade. minimum wage. they think they will have a much more civil discourse. that could be optimism. we'll have to wait and see. because it's also the opportunity for them to separate themselves from each other in a lot of ways. that is often acatch hissed by attacking the -- accomplished by attacking the others on stage. but they are claiming it will be more serious of the g.o.p. debate. alison: around here, we are familiar with the webb and o'malley. is there way to break out -- looks like we've lost -- are you there?

can you hear me? scott: i'm here. alison: any way they can break out? scott: sure. yeah. and carly fiorina had a stronger debate. she was on the second stage but she made her ways up in the polls significantly. so martin o'malley as you mentioned who is well-known in our area, jim webb and lincoln chafee. they have to have a stand-up performance and maybe they can do the same. alison: scott thuman live in las vegas. we'll see you later. thank you very much. jonathan: if you want to vote in the next month election in virginia, the clock is ticking. you have to register. you have another 25 minutes to get the registration filed. you can do it online or do it in person as your local voter registration office. coming up for us here on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- bad taste or terror. what more than a dozennen people are accused of -- a

dozen people are accused of doing that has them facing terrorism charges today. but first -- >> we may have won the battle. but we won the war. jonathan: a revenge of sorts from an epic battle of the bands at a virginia high school nearly 20 years ago. alison: news chopper 7 still above this. water main break. along rockville pike in bethesda at cedar lane. all of that happening near n.i.h. just one northbound lane is getting by right now. we'll have the latest on the repairs and the delays coming up for you at

jonathan: here is a quick play of the moment. you may know foo fighters front man went to high school in alexandria. but did you know while he was there, his band lost a battle of the bands competition to a group led by the son of former mississippi senator trent lottt. who knew? really? last week in memphis, he had his revenge. ♪ ♪ ♪ pressing down on you ♪ under pressure jonathan: he joined the foo fighters on stage in memphis and did a deuton the classic

"under pressure" and he told him he may have won the battle but he won the war. then he invited him to sit at the foot of the throne he has been touring. custom chair since breaking his leg over the summer. groll, i'm not sure if you follow the band. a great talented drummer and guitarist and musician. alison: he is in all the videos, too. very funny. great story. jonathan: living the life of a rock star. alison: rock stars right now are the cubs. they are celebrating their latest wins in the playoffs. perhaps no one is happier about that than a woman who has been a fan for more than a century. >> i'm a fan from wrigley field. alison: that 101-year-old loretta dolan.

when she turned 90 the cubs invited her to throw out the first pitch. to celebrate the 100th birthday, she donned that. her custom cubs jersey. at 101, she returned and posed for pictures. in fact, she is such a big fan when the cubs lose, she can't sleep at night. jonathan: what a sweetheart. alison: what a fun story. jonathan: you almost wish for her they would win the series. alison: she deserves that. jonathan: unless you're a dodgers fan. coming up for us at 4:00 -- >> i found out more about her being an orphan, i did a d.n.a. test. jonathan: reunited and reconnected. find out how a job brought these two sisters back together. alison: but first -- >> i know, i know. i am [bleep] right now. alison: a questionable decision behind the wheel

drawing criticism from all around the country.

jonathan: breaking news to tell you about coming to us

from spotsylvania county. southbound i-95 shut down for a death investigation. traffic now is being detoured at exit 130, which is route 3 in fredericksburg. i-95 closed between exits 130 and 126. police are not giving us details on the death investigation right now. just letting us know that the roads is been shut down. alison: a high-tech tip leads to a drunk driving arrest. as ryan smith reports good samaritans called police after seeing a drunk young woman broadcasting herself online while behind the wheel. >> i'm driving home drunk. >> hi there. i just saw a girl on periscope driving drunk. she doesn't know where she is. she is driving really fast. reporter: this morning police are saying a smartphone app helped them take an allegedly intoxicated driver off the streets and put her behind bars.

>> how do you know she's drunk? >> she is slurring her speech and going from one to another on the street. >> i know, i know, i am super mean mean drunk right now. reporter: police say she was using periscope to share her saturday night out in lakeland, florida, with the world in real-time starting off at a bar and then getting behind the wheel of her car. >> i really don't know where the [bleep] i am. i am so [bleep] drunk. reporter: people who didn't even know her saw her video and called police. >> do you have her name or anything? >> no. i don't know her. these are just random people that pop up. reporter: a police officer used his personal account to find her location. pulling her over reportedly smelling alcohol on her breath, arresting her and charging her with d. u.i. after failing several field sobriety tests and refusing to

take a breathalyzer. >> you hear her saying she is drunk. after 30 years in law enforcement i haven't seen anything like it before. alison: a lot of people have an opinion on this one online. jonathan: you can't imagine. kimberly posts -- alison: she is so lucky no one else died. jonathan: the officers say this makes our job easier. alison: you can join the conversation by going to our abc7 facebook page. jonathan: i hope she gets the help she needs. gand jury in georgia indicted 15 members of a pro confederate flag group after a

brawl at a child's birthday party. this happened in july. members of the group respect the flag drove around the community in vehicles displaying the confederate flag. they stopped near a home where neighbors were gathered for a party. got into a fight with the folks there. >> we didn't want to say we respect the fights of all citizens, with the first amendment rights. but we're going to require them when doing that to respect the rights of all of us citizens to feel safe. jonathan: members of respect the flag now facing charges for violating georgia street gang terrorism and prevention act. and terroristic threats. >> this is a heart-warming story of two orphan sisters from south korea reuniting at coworkers at florida hospital. can you believe that? o'brien and megan hughes met earlier in year working at a sarasota hospital. they had a lot in common as friends. both women had lived in orphanages in south korea.

both were adopted by american families about 40 years ago. well, they realized they might be related. so they took a d.n.a. test and that confirmed it. >> i cannot believe i finally found my sister. i never gave up on her. i just cried and cried. i'm sorry. alison: so with no kids of her own, holly has in an instant become an aunt with two nieces. the sisters are so happy to be making up for all the missed memories. jonathan: how great are stories like that? alison: it's incredible. jonathan: what are the odds? alison: i know. wonderful to see them altogether there. all right. so weather wise, it's pretty spectacular. a little bit of rain. but otherwise really nice. doug: 75, 77 degrees around here now. that is all going to change because it's tiny bit cooler over the weekend. that's why i'm here. look at the weekend forecast. it will all be dominate and controlled by this cold front. we anticipate to roll through friday afternoon.

accompanied by sprinkles or showers. the big story is the chilly temperatures coming behind the cold front especially as we get into saturday and saturday evening. reinforce through sunday and monday. it will be the coldest air of the season. a chance, especially on monday morning and maybe even sunday morning in a few spots where there could be isolated frost well west of the metro area. many people have low on sunday morning and monday morning. rain in the upper 30's to the lower 40's. definitely the chilliest stuff we have seen in a while. specifically, a lot of sunshine. 59 for high on saturday. sunny and cool. overnight to sunday morning the first frost chance. also over the weekend there will be fun for the seventh annual world of montgomery. abc7's meteorologist josh knight and devon lucie will be there. good weekend. get out for the fall weather. once you get past saturday and sunday on the seven-day outlook we see milder air returning next week. so the story again for rain, a few sprinkles out there this

evening with cold front number one. a few sprinkles and showers with cold front numeral two. alison: all right. check on the commute right now. robert altman standing by with traffic watch. robert: we have a metion. obviously the huge water main break in the bethesda area north of n.i.h. in the recent hour, northbound the right lane allowed to get through. the reasoning is there is so much of a volume of traffic coming out of chevy chase, bethesda and points south out of georgetown they had to do something. so the right lane is getting by. southbound 355 is schult down as we look at if video from news chopper 7. this is the closure point on the southbound side below the beltway. the last place you can go is make the right turn. if you are in the left lane or the center lane you will have to make a u-turn, go back over toward the beltway and find

your way. there are alternates route you can take for western avenue. they will jam up toward the area of connecticut avenue. that will be a major headache. another problem, southbound 95 and fredericksburg is shut down near u.s. 17 exit 130 because of a serious accident from earlier. that is the latest from the abc7 traffic center. back to you. alison: robert, thank you. a widow warn out after a long battle with anne arundel county reached out to "7 on your side." marilyn mitchell lived in her maryland city home for 48 years. it was a great home. but in early 2012 the county did work on the street beside her home and since then whenever it rains, her property would flood. for 3-1/2 years she fought with the county to try to get the problem fixed but nothing was happening. >> i just wish the county would do the right thing and see the problem, fix it. not that hard. alison: frustrated and defeated the mitchells recently reached out to "7 on your side."

and soon after, well, their luck began to change. and their story is coming up today at 5:00. so stay tuned for that. jonathan: fun to help. coming up here at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- celebrating the american spirit or offending the flag. alison: the debate raging in one maryland

jonathan: a group of parents and students in maryland are upset that the high school principal rejected the return of america day, a day to celebrate america during their spirit week at the school. but as paul gessler reports the principal says she has a reason for denying the request. reporter: it's homecoming week here at annapolis senior high school culminating in a big game this week against rival northeast high school. we are not here for that so much as we are for this. with homecoming week comes spirit days. this is act your age day. the principal here canceled one of the planned spirit days

this week called "america day." it's where students in years past dressed in patriotic gear. school officials say it has gotten out of hand. especially last year dozens of students wore the american flag like a cape. and school officials say it has become a distraction. if you have a student or two that is one issue. when you are a level of disruption like this one, the principal made the decision not to do it. >> they don't want to be disrespectful of anyone. we live in america. reporter: parents who disagree with dropping the america theme spirit day tell me they will voice concerns at a ptsa meating tomorrow. paul gessler, abc7 news. leon: tonight, the man standing at an a.t .m. one minute, d.c. police handcuffs the next. but he was never arrested. so why the take-down? a commuter alert if you can. steer clear of this intersection.

busted water main wreaking serious havoc. >> it's frustrating and it's hard. upsetting. leon: a widow who hates it when it rains and a clogged drain ignored by the county. now "7 on your side" on her side and something amazing has happened. >> now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. leon: let's get to it. first at 5:00, we are continuing to follow the breaking news from bethesda where a water main break turned the road into a river. this is live pictures from news chopper 7 near n.i.h. south of the beltway. kellye lynn has been on the scene all afternoon. what is the latest right now at this hour? kellye: well, the latest, you can see the cars navigating their way through the water that exists at this location. i'm at rockville pike and cedar lane. it can be tricky if you have a car that doesn't sit up as high. we have been out here for several hours now. after we arrived we witnessed both sides of rourkeville has

been shut down. now the traffic one lane moving smoothly there. the latest is that they have not yet isolated this break. they have to do that in order to shut it down. crews are trying to find that location. in order to do so, they have to turn some valves. they have turned a few already. they have not been successful. we talked to some of the people who work around here and live around here. one of whom is the communication director at the boy scouts of america. and they got a chance early. >> i came to look and my first thought was i wish i had a kayak. wince then it has been watch -- since then it's been watching as we are cleaning up the street to get the traffic moving again. >> we have to get a good shutdown to isolate the site of the break and excavate into the road and see what type of break it